All Saints, Jordanhill

A congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Glasgow, Scotland

Sunday worship for 4 April 2021, Easter Day

Christ is risen! A happy Easter to everyone! The music accompanying today’s Liturgy of the Word presents two exceptional performances – of This Joyful Eastertide by a young man beautifully singing all four parts, and of Charles-Marie Widor playing his own Toccata at St Sulpice in Paris, in 1932. We open with hymn 120, Thine be the glory …

Commentary: Much is being torn down, little is being built in its place

We have just resumed our worship in church after a lockdown of some three months, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. For some of us it has been tedious as we are denied the company of friends and the pursuit of out of home activities. But in coming together again there is that sense of regathering, renewal,…

Sunday worship for 28 March 2021, Palm Sunday

Although at last we’re able to celebrate the Eucharist together again today, some will not feel able to do so and others will miss the music which should make Palm Sunday joyous. I hope that this online Liturgy of the Word, book-ended by wonderful singing from a virtual choir of four from an Episcopal church in Boulder, Colorado, and a gathered one of 250 at St Andrew’s Kirk in Chennai, India, will compensate! We open our worship with hymn 352, Crown Him with many crowns …

Sunday worship for 21 March 2021, Passion Sunday

At last, the end of lockdown is in sight and we hope to meet again in church next Sunday. Meantime, in this week’s Liturgy of the Word we  travel musically from King’s College, Cambridge, to Dundee Parish Church, beginning with hymn 90, O sacred head, sore wounded …

All Saints will reopen on Palm Sunday

Sunday services will resume at All Saints on March 28, Palm Sunday, following the Scottish Government’s easing of anti-Covid restrictions.

Sunday worship for 7 March 2021, Lent 3

This week our progress through Lent takes us musically from Guildford Cathedral in 1966 to Westminster Cathedral, All Saints Margaret Street in London, the Irish Cultural Heritage Center in Milwaukee for a wonderful rendition of ‘I heard the voice of Jesus say’, and to the Westerkerk in Amsterdam for organ music by Sigfrid Karg-Elert. We begin with hymn 414, O for a closer walk with God …

Commentary: Learning in testing times

It is really strange seeing the signs of springtime appearing while the life of the church and much of the city has been stilled, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Conditions in almost all aspects of life are still highly unpredictable, in terms of the weather, progress of the Covid pandemic, the restarting of our national life,…

Sunday worship for 28 February 2021, Lent 2

As we advance through Lent, this week’s Liturgy of the Word includes music from Singapore and from the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. We open our worship with hymn 74, O for a heart to praise my God …

Bishop’s Lent Appeal 2021: Aberlour Child Care Trust

Bishop Kevin Pearson writes: This year my Lent Appeal is for the outstanding work undertaken by the Aberlour Child Care Trust, a charity that has longstanding links with our Scottish Episcopal Church, a charity dear to my heart, and a charity that is there for Scotland’s hidden children, whose considerable difficulties have been hugely exacerbated…

Sunday worship for 21 February 2021, Lent 1

As Lent begins we ask God to give us grace to discipline ourselves in submission to His Spirit, that as He knows our weakness so we may know his power to save. We open our worship with hymn 67, Forty days and forty nights …

Scottish Christians fear criminalisation of trans criticism

An unprecedented alliance of evangelical, Catholic and Free Church leaders has issued a joint appeal to the Scottish Government to ditch changes to the law that could potentially criminalise any criticism of transgender ideology. The Christian leaders want the Scottish Government to drop Part 2 of the proposed Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland), which…

Sunday worship for 14 February 2021, Transfiguration

This week our Liturgy of the Word reminds us that in our own ordinary lives, each of us is part of the unfinished task of the Mount of the Transfiguration. We open our worship with hymn 178, Tis good Lord, to be here …

Jessie Bradshaw, RIP

All Saints’ oldest communicant, Mrs Jessie Bradshaw, has died aged 101. She passed away at her home in Clydebank on Monday February 1, with her devoted daughter, Janet, who cared tirelessly for her, and her son Ian by her side. Jessie was a shining lifelong Christian, loving and serving at St Columba’s in Clydebank, Holy…

Sunday worship for 7 February 2021, Presentation of Christ

Today’s Liturgy of the Word is complemented by videos of really uplifting choral and congregational singing, as well as moving organ music from the church of Saint Séverin in Paris. Please remember especially in your prayers today Jessie Bradshaw, who passed away this week at the age of 101, her daughter Janet and son Ian. We open our worship with hymn 408, Love Divine, all loves excelling …

Religious leaders launch legal action against Scottish Government over Covid shutdown

Religious leaders in Scotland have started legal proceedings against the Scottish Government over the closure of churches, The Scotsman newspaper reports. Lockdown measures designed to stop the spread of coronavirus have forced the shutting of places of worship. Representatives from the Church of Scotland, the Free Church of Scotland, the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)…

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