‘Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we have sinn’d against thee.’ This moving piece derives from a hymn composed in the 10th century by Mozarabs, Iberian Christians living under Islamic rule in Andalusia.
Epiphany 4 / Sexagesima: It is the Lord who desires to lead us
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 February 2024. ‘His love and His direction are there to bless us and to enable us to share them with others. This is the focus of our lives as Christians – and if we let Him lead us in it then He surely will.’
New Priest in Charge appointed for St Bride’s, Kelvinside
Rev Peter Bradley has been appointed Priest-in-Charge of St Bride’s Church, Kelvinside, Glasgow. His licensing will be at 12 noon on Saturday, 9 March in St Bride’s Church, 69 Hyndland Road, Glasgow, G12 9UX. A former Dean of Sheffield, Peter says: “For the past three years, I have served in a Central London parish, and…
Commentary: Jesus and the poor
There is a question that has been niggling away at me for some time, writes Rev Sydney Maitland, and not one that has always come to a ready answer. This is the place of the poor and the dispossessed in the sight of Jesus. The conventional answer has been to refer to Jesus’ bias to…
Epiphany 3 / Septuagesima: Time is moving on …
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 January 2024. ‘It is when people are more uncertain that perhaps the gospel message can offer a different set of assurances. The peace of God can still live in us when others want to threaten.’
Church appoints new Procurator
A new Procurator has been appointed by the Scottish Episcopal Church, with immediate effect. Paul Reid KC takes on the position following the resignation of his predecessor Alan McLean KC. In November last year, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the Scottish Episcopal Church concluded its investigation into complaints lodged under Canon 54 regarding Bishop Anne Dyer….
Epiphany 2: Called into realms of holiness
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 January 2024. ‘Are there areas of failure, guilt, regret, inadequacy, shame or anguish? Then we may lay them before the Lord, for we do not have to be defined by them.’
Catriona Montgomery McLaughlin, RIP
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death earlier this month of Catriona Montgomery McLaughlin (Catrìona NicGumaraid NicLachlainn), the distinguished poet and much-loved member of All Saints. Catriona’s funeral will be held in All Saints at 2 pm on Monday 29 January, with interment later on the Isle of Skye. May she…
Baptism of Christ: the Spirit of the Lord
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 January 2024. ‘What we need is the power of Jesus Christ in our lives – to endow us with His personal presence and authority.’
Epiphany: Mary and Jesus
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 January 2024. ‘This is a confident Mary, proud of her first-born, contented in her home. There is nothing defensive here, no cowering in fear.’
Christmas 1: More than a number
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 December 2023. ‘To know His Name in the worship and liturgies of the church is not enough. We also need to know Him for ourselves, and to let Him be named within us just as we also may be named within Him.’
Christmas Day: What defines us
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 December 2023. ‘What started life as a helpless baby became risen, glorious, triumphant over the very powers of sin and death. We also need to move on from our own mangers…’
Advent 4: A revealing of things long hidden
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 December 2023. ‘May God be glorified in every generation of the church, and therefore may the Body of Christ also be wholly committed above all else to the same gospel message and truths.’
Advent 3: Just what we are looking forward to?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 December 2023. ‘… And so Paul looks for the workings of the Holy Spirit: that the people may be filled with His grace and that they may live in His life.’
Commentary: The love that offers but does not demand
It must have been developing for some time, but it is now getting faster and faster, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. No, this is not about HS2 – another costly rail project for the Home Counties. More, it is the inversion of reality. Truth does not exist – except as perceived and promoted by certain interest…
Advent 2: God has not turned aside
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 December 2023. ‘The Lord is still at hand, and He comes: either when we are least expecting it, or in the fulfilment of our expectations, as we look to Him day by day. For the promises of the Lord are not given cheaply or as afterthoughts. They are given so that we may trust in them.’
Advent 1: The tension in the strings of the orchestra’s instruments
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 December 2023. ‘So also are the people of the Lord as an orchestra: living in and with a tension – but one in which Jesus Himself is the One who composes, conducts and leads.’
Christ the King: The One who has given his all for the Church
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 November 2023. ‘The theme of the intimacy of Jesus with His obedient disciples runs through the New Testament like a vein of gold in rock.’
Trinity 23: Nobody is unimportant
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 November 2023. ‘We may not feel that we have much to offer – but as we offer ourselves then we will find that the self that we do offer has already been blessed and enriched.’
Bishop to answer bullying and misconduct accusations
The Scottish Episcopal Church’s procurator, or senior legal officer, has been tasked with investigating complaints of bullying and misconduct lodged against the church’s first woman bishop, the Rt. Rev. Anne Dyer.
Remembrance Sunday: The different kinds of remembering
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 November 2023. ‘As we come together this Remembrance Sunday, we are both remembering those who died in the great wars of the 20th century and in lesser wars since then and ongoing today. But we are also taking care of what we remember and how we remember it …’
Christian charities to benefit from sale of book on how to deal with grief and trauma
Sales of a new book by Anniesland minister Rev Fiona Gardner will support the counselling service Quiet Waters and Richmond’s Hope, which helps bereaved children and young people. Titled Love Songs for Healing and Hope, the book is comprised of a collection of devotional blogs, stories from different individuals, and resources to support others in…
All Saints: Deeply and directly personal
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 November 2023. ‘We are given some very practical and personal applications of what it means to serve the Lord … It goes to the heart of our motivations and how we confront them.’
Commentary: Love in action
This autumn seems to be beset by despondency, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. It is not just the posturing and point-scoring that we get during the political conference season. In part it may be the feeling that national agendas are being driven by political and cultural extremes, which gain currency by being deaf to all questions…
Trinity 19: The rejects of polite society
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 October 2023. ‘These were Christians of simple and practical faith. They might have been looked down upon by the well-placed but in the sight of Paul they were God’s wonderful people. Just stay like that…’
Hugh Waterfield: an appreciation
It was with great sadness that we marked the death in September of Hugh Waterfield, in his 90th year. Despite his age, Hugh was one of our most active members and will be sorely missed. Hugh was responsible for several innovations in and around the church, including the planting of a herb garden – not…
Jenny Morgan: an appreciation
Jenny Morgan, one of All Saints’ long-standing members, passed away in September. Jenny had been in care for some time, but prior to succumbing to old age and frailty was to be found every Sunday in her pew in the centre of the church, smiling and cheerful. A retired librarian, she was full of knowledge…
Bishop Dorsey McConnell is new Acting Bishop in Aberdeen and Orkney
The College of Bishops has appointed Bishop Dorsey McConnell to take over from Bishop John Armes as Acting Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney. The appointment of Bishop Dorsey is to provide cover for the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney during Bishop Anne Dyer’s continuing absence and her return to work at any point will bring…
Trinity 18: The best there is
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 October 2023. ‘For Paul, it was Jesus who was the One to define who he was and where he was going. All other social and cultural privileges were set aside in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There simply was nothing else around to rival or supersede it.’
Trinity 17: Harvest
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 October 2023. ‘It is one thing to give thanks to the Lord for the harvest. It is another to serve Him consistently as we work for it during the rest of the year … The Lord says: I will be your God and you will be my people. Are we in?’
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