Advertise with Googlier.com https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk A congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Glasgow, Scotland Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:58:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-DSC_0110-002-32x32.jpg https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk 32 32 23127180 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/alex-robertson-r-i-p/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8423 8423 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-nick-at-all-saints-august-9/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:56:44 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8421 Bishop Nick Bundock will pay an episcopal visit to All Saints on Sunday 9 August, presiding and preaching at the 10.30 am Eucharist. Rev Mary Bowden writes: “Please make sure you have the date in your diary, and if you know anyone who might be interested in hearing and meeting our bishop – perhaps some...]]> 8421 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-2026-at-all-saints/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:34:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8378 Please come and join us as we follow the bleakest and most exalted times in the Christian calendar - Christ's entry into Jerusalem, His Passion, His death by crucifixion and His glorious resurrection. We would love to see you!]]> 8378 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/interim-priest-for-all-saints/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:41:12 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8342 The Rev Mary Bowden has been appointed interim priest for All Saints following the retirement of Rev Sydney Maitland. She is taking some services in December and will begin her new post officially in January 2026. Mary enjoyed a career as a civil servant, serving as director of Home Office Immigration and Asylum Appeals, as...]]> 8342 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/death-of-the-rt-rev-dr-gregor-duncan/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 21:37:12 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8337 It is with great sadness we inform you that the Rt Rev Dr Gregor Duthie Duncan died peacefully yesterday, Friday, 21 November, at the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Bellahouston, in the company of his sister Morag and friend Liz. The Rt Rev Dr Nicholas Bundock, the current Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway...]]> 8337 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/forthcoming-tea-and-talk/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 21:52:37 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8299 Having passed the 100-session mark earlier this year, All Saints monthly Tea and Talk afternoons have been planned for the year ahead by Eileen Maitland. They take place from 2-3 pm on the first Thursday of the month, admission is free and everyone is welcome.]]> 8299 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/retirement-of-rev-sydney-maitland/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 20:55:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8234 The charge of All Saints is now in vacancy following the retiral of Rev Sydney Maitland as Priest-in-Charge, with his final Eucharist taking place on Sunday, August 31. The Diocese and Vestry will now work on determining the church's future.]]> 8234 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-11-the-rat-race/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 20:53:43 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8293 8293 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/how-gloriously-he-will-meet-us/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:54:56 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8296 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland at Evensong on Saturday 30 August 2025. 'We want a sign and it is given. Its shape is the cross and its name is Jesus.']]> 8296 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-10-asking-the-people-to-get-real/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:39:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8287 8287 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-9-asking-for-help/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:29:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8283 8283 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-8-right-with-god/ Sun, 10 Aug 2025 22:21:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8280 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 August 2025. 'For us also, it is still a matter of holding to the things of God before all else. These define our attitude to each other, to our lives and money and relationships.']]> 8280 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-7-why-we-need-each-other-so-much/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 22:12:18 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8277 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 August 2025. 'Setting the mind on the things of God, letting go of the things that must die, looking to a renewed identity in the knowledge and in the image of God Himself.']]> 8277 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-6-we-have-all-been-in-times-of-great-testing/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:38:29 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8262 8262 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-5-setting-priorities/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:59:37 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8250 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 July 2025. 'Above all, it is letting His love come into our lives – and especially where we most need His truth and His healing.']]> 8250 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-4-fear-not/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:00:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8252 8252 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-3-he-has-already-overcome-sin-and-death/ Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:30:33 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8241 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 July 2025. 'He is still sending us out as His messengers, and that message is there in how we are and how we speak of Him: gently but with great confidence.']]> 8241 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-2-the-path-of-discipleship/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:44:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8246 8246 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/renowned-egyptologist-to-guest-at-100th-tea-talk/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:26:23 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8215 Archaeologist, Egyptologist, author and lecturer Dr Bill Manley spoke on the theme ‘Ancient Egyptian Sense of Self and Others’ at All Saints’ 100th Tea & Talk on Thursday June 26. Dr Manley, honorary president of Egyptology Scotland, is best known for devising popular forms of access to the study of Ancient Egypt. Bill’s books have...]]> 8215 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-1-our-god-is-a-listening-god/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:22:34 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8228 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 June 2025. 'This is the kind of mercy with which the Lord seeks to bless us and in which He waits to be gracious to us.']]> 8228 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-why-the-difficulty/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:08:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8222 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 June 2025. 'This is the presence of God the Son, Jesus Christ, now made present to us in every land by the presence and movement of the Holy Spirit. He who only takes what He receives from Jesus and gives it to us.']]> 8222 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/pentecost-just-as-jesus-was-tempted-so-are-we/ Sat, 07 Jun 2025 23:28:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8218 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 June 2025. 'The disciples of the Lord have been granted spiritual gifts and areas of serving, by which the gospel may be proclaimed and the life of the body of believers edified and enhanced.']]> 8218 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/scottish-episcopal-church-synod-wrestles-with-fallout-after-return-of-bishop-dyer/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:40:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8213 The fallout over the return to work of the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, meant that this week’s meeting of the Scottish Episcopal Church’s General Synod had been “assailed by words even before we gathered”, members were told on Thursday, the Church Times reports. Later on Friday, a lay member...]]> 8213 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/ascension-1-jesus-prayer-and-vision/ Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:24:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8198 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 June 2025. 'Jesus was never looking at the church as an organization, with rules and structures and orders of ministry. What was needed would come to be so long as it served the needs of the gospel, rather than the personal ambitions of its members - or the state.']]> 8198 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/ascension-day-the-purposes-of-god-which-have-yet-to-be-shown-to-us/ Thu, 29 May 2025 18:40:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8208 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Thursday 25 May 2025. 'The task entrusted to the apostles and all who follow them shows Jesus’ confidence in those apostles, and a mixed bunch they were...']]> 8208 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/new-bishop-to-attend-ascension-day-service-thursday-29-may/ Mon, 26 May 2025 14:04:34 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8195 Newly-installed Bishop Nick Bundock will be the celebrant at a special Ascension Day Eucharist at All Saints at 7 pm on Thursday May 29. The service is at the behest of the North West Regional Council. Rev Sydney Maitland will preach while Jordanhill Liturgical Choir and choristers from other churches in the North West Regional...]]> 8195 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-the-ministry-of-the-church-was-to-be-christ-centred/ Sun, 25 May 2025 21:03:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8180 It is interesting how the great festivals of the church follow the rhythm of the seasons, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Christmas is our midwinter celebration, while Easter is the start of the lambing season and the Harvest Festival speaks for itself: the final ingathering. But Pentecost is also important, in being the celebration of the...]]> 8180 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-6-pull-down-the-barriers/ Sun, 25 May 2025 20:54:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8186 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 May 2025. 'And so day by day, event by event, meeting by meeting we are called to allow Him to draw closer to us.']]> 8186 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/general-synod-2025-agenda-published/ Thu, 22 May 2025 20:55:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8190 The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church will meet at St Paul’s & St George’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, from Thursday 5 June to Saturday 7 June. The agenda and papers have now been sent to members and published here on the Scottish Episcopal Church website, detailing the business scheduled. Proceedings will begin on the...]]> 8190 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/jesus-new-commandment-to-his-disciples/ Sun, 18 May 2025 20:29:49 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8182 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 May 2025. 'He sees us in terms of wiping every tear from the eyes of His people. Death, mourning, crying and pain have no meaning or significance. The Lord is seeing to that one, personally.']]> 8182 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/anglican-church-leader-urged-to-resign-as-bullying-scandal-drags-on/ Wed, 14 May 2025 20:14:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8178 8178 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-4-i-know-my-sheep-and-they-know-me/ Sun, 11 May 2025 15:42:14 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8172 8172 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-3-called-into-the-service-of-his-gospel/ Sun, 04 May 2025 11:51:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8153 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 May 2025. 'He was there so that we also might be part of that great company of praise in heaven: animated not by our sins and memories but empowered by His mercy.']]> 8153 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/consecration-of-bishop-nicholas-bundock-full-report/ Sun, 04 May 2025 11:31:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8159  A new Bishop has been consecrated in the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway at a service held in the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin in Glasgow. The consecration of the Right Reverend Doctor Nicholas Bundock took place on Saturday evening following his election earlier this year. The service was live-streamed and can...]]> 8159 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/consecration-of-bishop-nicholas-bundock/ Sat, 03 May 2025 20:10:01 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8146 The consecration took place today of the Most Rev Nicholas Bundock as Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway. Here is the order of service:  ]]> 8146 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-2-the-faith-that-comes-through-in-small-things/ Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:08:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8141 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 April 2025. 'Do we hesitate? Maybe it is also time for us to let the Lord meet us in our own hesitations, as we receive His commission as well.']]> 8141 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-day-the-air-that-we-breathe/ Sat, 19 Apr 2025 20:00:47 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8122 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 April 2025. 'It is life everlasting, joy in its fulness, peace beyond understanding, the portion poured out: overflowing and spilling onto the ground.']]> 8122 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-new-experiences-of-love/ Sat, 19 Apr 2025 19:47:39 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8120 8120 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-5-i-am-doing-a-new-thing/ Sun, 06 Apr 2025 20:29:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8137 8137 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-our-readiness-to-receive/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:01:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8126 8126 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-4-mothering-sunday-the-comforts-of-god/ Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:15:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8132 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 March 2025. 'Always there, always on the look-out, always ready to draw us close with His strength and reassurance.']]> 8132 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-3-all-should-repent-from-self-serving-agendas/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:04:31 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8128 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 March 2025. 'And yes, the holiness and purity of God is not the length of a measuring rod: it is the width of the universe. In this none may assume that there are aspects of their own lives that do not demand to be assessed and amended']]> 8128 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-2-in-it-but-not-of-it/ Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:59:40 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8115 8115 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-1-the-atoning-sacrifice-of-jesus/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 23:29:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8100 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 March 2025. 'And so Paul stresses that if we believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, and confess with our mouths that this is so then we shall be saved.']]> 8100 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/ash-wednesday-it-is-his-agenda-that-matters/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:39:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8096 8096 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-prose-a-haunting-hymn-with-its-roots-in-10th-century-spain/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:25:30 +0000 http://scotclick.co.uk/allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=847 '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.]]> 847 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/diocesan-synod-2025/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:35:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8104 Reports plus video message from Bishop-Elect Nicholas Bundock in Uganda.]]> 8104 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-8-quinquagesima-the-salvation-of-all-people/ Sun, 02 Mar 2025 21:15:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8093 8093 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-7-sexagesima-perhaps-there-are-things-that-we-can-let-go-of/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:36:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8079 8079 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-6-septuagesima-blessed-is-the-one-who-trusts-in-the-lord/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:58:07 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8073 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 February 2025. 'But the personal faith of the church was in Jesus as a resurrected being and not as a memory or a historical figure. Either Jesus is alive or He is not. There are no alternatives.']]> 8073 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/aberdeenshire-priest-resigns-her-cure-over-bullying-bishop/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:41:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8085 8085 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-5-the-blame-culture-on-steroids/ Sun, 09 Feb 2025 23:06:13 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8059 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 February 2025. 'If we think our years are too advanced, then think of Moses, called to serve God as a youngster of 80.']]> 8059 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/patronal-festival-at-st-brides-hyndland/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:14:01 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8044 St Brigit of Kildare, died 1500 years ago and this milestone has inspired an extended Patronal Festival at St Bride’s. Special choral services on Sunday 9 February will be preceded by a series of events on the previous day. Saturday 8th February 2025 12 noon – Ecumenical Service with participation from local churches Music from...]]> 8044 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-4-presentation-of-christ-watching-and-praying/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:38:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8049 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 February 2025. 'Maybe the church is also intended to come into its own, like the football stadium, when the game is on and the stands are full and there is that excitement and exuberance in the air.']]> 8049 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-3-the-church-as-the-body-of-christ/ Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:55:07 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8040 8040 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/date-set-for-consecration-of-new-bishop/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:41:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8036 The consecration of the Rev Canon Dr Nicholas Bundock as Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway will take place on Saturday 3 May, at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow. Nick formally accepted his election today during a visit to the General Synod Office in Edinburgh, having been elected last Saturday. The Bishop-elect said: “As I...]]> 8036 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-more-joy-in-heaven/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:31:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8033 8033 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/new-bishop-elected-for-glasgow-galloway/ Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:26:47 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8027 The Rev Canon Dr Nicholas John Bundock was elected yesterday (18 January) as the new Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. He will be consecrated and take his new post later in the year. Nick becomes Bishop-elect following the retirement of the Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, who served the Diocese as Bishop for five years. The...]]> 8027 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-2-a-magnificent-and-abundant-provision/ Sun, 19 Jan 2025 01:27:09 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8022 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 January 2025. 'Where our humanity seems to fail, the Lord is able to fulfil and supply: magnificently and far beyond our imaginations.']]> 8022 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/baptism-of-jesus-a-confidence-in-personal-faith/ Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:19:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8020 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 January 2025. 'Jesus’ promise is very clear that He will hear our prayers and answer them. And we need it in order to fulfil the ministries that He wishes us to pursue.']]> 8020 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-a-godly-regimen/ Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:47:31 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8013 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 January 2025. 'As we reflect on the coming of the Magi, perhaps there are things in which we can make our personal response...']]> 8013 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-1-the-life-of-the-church-as-a-family/ Sat, 28 Dec 2024 22:22:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8009 8009 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-day-o-come-let-us-adore-him/ Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:46:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=8004 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 December 2024. 'For Jesus is indeed the radiance of the Glory of God and the exact representation of His being, and with John we in the later years of the church, still say ‘We have seen His glory.’']]> 8004 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-4-tell-out-my-soul/ Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:07:44 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7996 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 December 2024. 'The celebration of Mary and the promise of Micah are not vested in a new system of social or economic order. They are both looking to One anointed by God – a Messiah. One who is directly and personally of God and in God and yet who is also wholly human.']]> 7996 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-3-let-jesus-be-real-in-our-generation/ Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:30:33 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7989 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 December 2024. 'This is never a matter of treating the church as a museum: very interesting but of no relevance in the home or the street. More, it is the workshop of the soul, the place where hearts and spirits are raised up before God in joyful expectation.']]> 7989 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-2-the-last-of-the-old-testament-prophets/ Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:01:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7985 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 December 2024. 'John knew for a certainty that there was One other. He did not know who this was, but he would know Him when he saw Him.']]> 7985 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-1-the-lord-has-placed-us-here-because-he-believes-in-us/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:57:57 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7969 7969 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-trust-in-him/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:55:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7970 7970 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-accused-of-bullying-begins-return-to-work/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 22:28:48 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7973 Scotland’s first female bishop – who has been accused of bullying – has begun a phased return to work. The Scottish Episcopal Church’s Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, the Right Reverend Anne Dyer, was suspended in 2022 and was due to face a disciplinary tribunal after three complaints were made against her. However, following a...]]> 7973 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christ-the-king-the-king-who-is-coming-back/ Sun, 24 Nov 2024 21:44:48 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7966 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 November 2024. 'Now we wait for Him to return and claim what is His own and to remodel it in His own fashion.']]> 7966 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-25-our-great-high-priest/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:34:22 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7963 7963 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/remembrance-complete-trust-in-and-dependence-on-god/ Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:18:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7953 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 November 2024. 'We are ... remembering those whose devotion to duty cost them their lives – maybe not always willingly offered. But they still went forth anyway.']]> 7953 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/all-saints-a-life-for-the-here-and-now/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 20:43:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7916 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 November 2024. 'There are many burdens that we carry in this world. The fear of sin and death need not be among them']]> 7916 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-a-majesty-that-draws-us-into-itself/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:51:48 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7923 7923 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-22-lord-have-mercy/ Sun, 27 Oct 2024 20:54:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7919 7919 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-21-stay-with-god-or-leave/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:04:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7921 7921 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/no-prospect-of-my-resigning-writes-bishop-dyer-after-pressure-is-applied/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:48:25 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7945 The Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, said on Friday that some of her episcopal colleagues had chosen to “threaten” her in an “unprofessional and un-Christian manner” by asking her to resign. “For the avoidance of doubt, there is no prospect that I will allow them to pressure me into quitting...]]> 7945 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/four-scottish-bishops-urge-dyer-to-consider-her-position/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:44:44 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7943 Four of the six diocesan bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, including the Primus, have urged the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, to consider whether she is the right person to lead the diocese, in light of the response to her reinstatement. On Thursday afternoon, the Primus, the Most Revd...]]> 7943 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-20-the-high-priest-already-in-the-heavens-and-praying-for-us/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:01:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7929 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 October 2024. 'In the Holy Spirit, He comes to us with His personal life and experience, His own wisdom and His ability to see and perceive. To discern and give counsel.']]> 7929 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/angry-parishioners-cut-scottish-episcopal-church-from-their-wills-after-bullying-claims-against-its-first-female-bishop-are-dropped/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:57:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7947 Members of the Scottish Episcopal Church are threatening to leave while others have vowed to remove it from their wills after bullying complaints against its first female bishop were dropped. Some claimed the decision by its independent procurator that it was not in the public interest to pursue a tribunal has made a ‘mockery’ of the...]]> 7947 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/disciplinary-proceedings-against-bishop-of-aberdeen-orkney-dropped/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:39:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7940 Disciplinary proceedings against the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, have been dropped, even though the Scottish Episcopal Church’s Procurator said that there had been a “realistic prospect of conviction”. In a “note of reasons”, published on Tuesday evening, the Procurator, Paul Reid KC, wrote that proceeding with the prosecution was not...]]> 7940 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/canon-54-process-concludes-after-review-by-independent-procurator/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:32:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7934 During the Canon 54 process enacted following complaints made against the Rt Rev Anne Dyer, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, the independent Procurator to the Scottish Episcopal Church has kept under continuous review his decision of May this year to take charges to the Clergy Disciplinary Tribunal. Having maintained that review throughout discussions with involved...]]> 7934 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/harvest-honouring-him-in-our-relationships-and-transactions/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 20:54:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7956 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 October 2024. 'When our priorities start with the Kingdom then our other needs fall into place.']]> 7956 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-what-kind-of-discipleship/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:56:29 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7926 I have written before about Jesus’ total commitment to those who are His followers and disciples, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. This commitment is expressed in all four gospels, and in Matthew, Mark and Luke it is in the same account of how His natural family wanted to see Him and He pointed out that His...]]> 7926 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-18-a-good-story/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 21:09:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7906 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 September 2024. 'Perhaps our three lessons are linked by a commitment: the devotion and self-giving of Esther; the place of prayer shown by Esther and James; the importance of prayer and unity of faith as we continue to serve the Lord in our own time and place.']]> 7906 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-17-jesus-challenge/ Sun, 22 Sep 2024 22:01:13 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7901 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 September 2024. 'Leadership did not grow out of public relations and a good personal story. It did not come out of aggressive self-promotion and noisy assertions. It was to be seen in serving others and putting them before oneself.']]> 7901 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/mandate-for-episcopal-election-and-summons-for-electoral-synod-issued/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 20:38:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7889 The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Rev Mark Strange, yesterday issued a mandate for the election of the next Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway. The Rt Rev Andrew Swift, acting bishop during the vacancy following the retiral of Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, has also issued summons to the eligible members of the...]]> 7889 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-16-wisdom-offers-to-instruct-the-simple/ Sun, 15 Sep 2024 21:37:43 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7899 7899 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-15-who-is-in-need-and-how-do-we-recognize-it/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 21:22:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7896 7896 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-14-we-may-know-peace-and-forgiveness/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 21:08:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7893 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 September 2024. 'What matters is that Jesus should increase in us and that our self-importance should decrease. That is how we will find ourselves – and that is also how the Lord wishes to be found in us.']]> 7893 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-law-and-its-effectiveness/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 20:41:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7891 7891 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-13-equipped-with-gods-armour/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:39:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7884 7884 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-12-what-something-looks-and-feels-like/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 21:57:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7877 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 August 2024. 'May we ... live by every word that comes from the mouth of God and not from our own emotions.']]> 7877 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-11-one-area-of-faith-that-must-be-challenged/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 21:19:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7873 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 August 2024. 'I do not believe that Jesus came in order to found a church or even the church. Emphatically not.']]> 7873 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-10-the-i-am-of-jesus-2/ Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:44:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7868 7868 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-9-god-waits-to-be-gracious-to-us/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:01:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7851 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 July 2024. 'We do not have to be defined or limited by our sins, failures or disappointments. Not when the glory of the fulness of Jesus Christ is just waiting to be poured over and into us.']]> 7851 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/discipline-tribunal-hearing-to-be-rescheduled/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:05:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7853 The Clergy Discipline Tribunal hearing into allegations against Bishop Anne Dyer, scheduled for September 2024, has been postponed following an application on behalf of the Bishop for further preparation time. The request was granted by the Tribunal. The hearing was scheduled to begin on 10 September 2024 in Edinburgh, and work is now underway to...]]> 7853 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/last-call-for-views-on-assisted-dying/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:10:34 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7855 7855 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-8-a-vision-of-a-new-humanity/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:50:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7840 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 July 2024. 'So yes, we are all sheep without a shepherd until we receive Jesus Christ.']]> 7840 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/upcoming-bishop-search-process-and-diocesan-description/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 21:06:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7848 A message from the Rt Rev Andrew Swift, Acting Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway: “The election of a new Bishop is a vital part of the life and ministry of a Scottish Episcopal diocese. As you say farewell to Bishop Kevin, please keep in prayer him and Elspeth and all those who will be part...]]> 7848 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-7-what-was-true-then-is-true-today/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 20:17:31 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7833 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 July 2024. 'The lessons of King David, King Herod and of the church in Ephesus are all there for us to receive and ponder.']]> 7833 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-6-find-yourself-in-me/ Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:12:50 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7825 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 July 2024. 'Our ministries and areas of Christian service are never our possessions. They are always those areas of serving that are entrusted to us by the Lord.']]> 7825 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-where-do-truth-and-justice-lie/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:52:07 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7821 7821 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-5-faith-with-courage/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:52:57 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7805 7805 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/celebration-service-for-bishop-kevin-pearson/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:18:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7808  A celebration service for the Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, was held on Saturday 29 June at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow. Over 300 people filled the cathedral, coming together to honour Bishop Kevin as he prepares to retire later this summer, 44 years after he was ordained to...]]> 7808 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-4-the-utter-glory-and-majesty-of-the-love-of-god-in-jesus/ Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:59:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7798 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 June 2024. 'Never just a feeling or an emotion – rather a living truth that transcends all other realities.']]> 7798 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/scottish-episcopal-church-found-to-have-been-using-ndas/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:37:00 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7818 The Scottish Episcopal Church has made use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), the Church Times has discovered — even though the Primus, the Most Revd Mark Strange, has questioned whether they are appropriate, saying: “I don’t think anyone should be silenced.” In an interview for the Church Times podcast, Bishop Strange, who has been the Primus since 2017, said:...]]> 7818 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-3-our-shepherd-teacher-and-saviour/ Sun, 16 Jun 2024 19:38:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7795 7795 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-dyer-case-expected-to-cost-scottish-episcopal-church-%c2%bdm/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:48:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7788 The disciplinary process concerning the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, is expected to cost the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) more than £500,000, The Sunday Times has reported. Accounts published in advance of this week’s meeting of the Church’s General Synod show that £325,000 was spent last year on legal and other fees related to...]]> 7788 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/investigation-into-bullying-by-female-bishop-set-to-cost-church-500000/ Sun, 09 Jun 2024 20:06:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7951 The cost of investigating complaints of bullying and financial impropriety made against Scotland’s first woman bishop is on track to reach more than £500,000. The Right Rev Anne Dyer was suspended as the Anglican bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in 2022, a year after priests and church staff came forward to claim that she was...]]> 7951 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-2-spiritual-kinship-with-jesus/ Sun, 09 Jun 2024 19:00:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7790 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 June 2024. 'Those who follow the purposes of God in their lives are also those to whom He has dedicated His life.']]> 7790 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-1-speak-for-your-servant-is-listening/ Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:48:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7767 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 June 2024. 'We also are here for the sake of the Lord and in order to offer a light and a hope to others.']]> 7767 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-god-has-taken-the-initiative-for-the-whole-of-humanity/ Sat, 25 May 2024 19:32:39 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7762 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 May 2024. 'At Christmas we celebrate God coming into the world in Jesus; at Easter we celebrate His victory over sin and death. At Pentecost we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. And at Trinity we celebrate all three at once.']]> 7762 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-drawing-together-in-faith-and-confidence/ Fri, 24 May 2024 20:59:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7754 7754 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-kevin-gives-formal-notice-of-retirement/ Wed, 22 May 2024 20:36:11 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7746 The Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, has given formal notice of his resignation (as required under Canon 7 of the Code of Canons of the Scottish Episcopal Church) to the Primus, the Most Rev Mark Strange, following Bishop Kevin’s announcement earlier this year that he will retire on 31 August 2024 shortly after...]]> 7746 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/diocese-of-argyll-the-isles-elects-new-bishop/ Tue, 21 May 2024 20:31:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7743 A new Bishop has been chosen in the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles, with the Rev David Railton elected to the position that has been vacant since the death of Bishop Keith Riglin in September 2023. Mr Railton accepted the post following a vote of the Electoral Synod, held today in Oban. He becomes...]]> 7743 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/pentecost-the-fruits-of-the-spirit/ Sun, 19 May 2024 19:21:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7757 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 May 2024. 'Faith, hope and love all abide – and the greatest is love, which we need to be grown within us and among us.']]> 7757 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/discipline-tribunal-to-hear-complaints-against-bishop-dyer/ Fri, 17 May 2024 20:45:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7751 In November 2023, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee (PPC) of the Scottish Episcopal Church referred to the Church’s Procurator a number of complaints lodged under Canon 54 against the Rt Rev Anne Dyer, Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney. The complaints had been referred to the Procurator for further consideration following investigation by the PPC. The Procurator,...]]> 7751 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/ascension-a-personal-assurance/ Sun, 12 May 2024 19:52:47 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7732 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 May 2024. 'Humanity is rife in its selection of personal resentments, all demanding redress and restitution. But none of this remotely sets aside the glory and wonder of Jesus Christ, risen and ascended.']]> 7732 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-5-rejoice-in-new-harmonies/ Sun, 05 May 2024 19:21:29 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7725 7725 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-4-grounded-in-where-we-belong/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:49:18 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7720 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 April 2024. 'Jesus is not going away, even when things feel dark and foreboding. He is as much with us in those times of trial and temptation as in times of light and peace and joy.']]> 7720 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-an-easy-target/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 21:45:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7713 It’s the vicar wot dunnit!’ This was an almost routine explanation for any villainy in some rather unimaginative dramas shown during the 1960s and 1970s, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. The church was an easy target because it did not hit back and the charge of hypocrisy could be levelled so deliciously. The sense of bile...]]> 7713 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/diocese-has-a-new-administrator/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 21:28:14 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7705 A new Diocesan Administrator has been appointed, with the arrival of Kim Schmulian at the Diocesan Offices earlier this month. She will ultimately take on much of the work currently undertaken by Bob Burgon and John Mitchell ahead of their departures from their roles. Kim has practised law for over 25 years, and has considerable...]]> 7705 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/farewell-service-for-bishop-kevin/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 18:43:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7703 Bishop Kevin Pearson’s farewell service following the announcement of his retirement as Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow at 11am on Saturday 29 June, when he will celebrate 45 years of ordained public ministry. It is hoped as many as possible will be able to join together...]]> 7703 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/diocesan-synod-2024/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:30:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7709   An extensive report on this year’s Diocesan Synod, held in Kilmarnock on March 2, is available on the Diocesan website.]]> 7709 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-faces-fresh-allegations-over-church-accounting/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:50:26 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7700 7700 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-3-the-peace-of-god/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:24:44 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7698 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 April 2024. 'God is always with us. Like a shepherd – calling us, healing us, tending us, leading us into new pastures, with fresh food and water and shelter.']]> 7698 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-2-jesus-is-doing-the-same-today-for-each-of-us/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:27:30 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7695 7695 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-1-a-story-to-tell/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 15:15:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7692 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 April 2024. 'Here is love – and it starts with God and His total self-giving.']]> 7692 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/the-copts-early-christian-egypt-2/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:20:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7677 The Talk to be held in the church on 4 April at 2 pm will be given by Dr Bill Manley, an archaeologist, Egyptologist, author and lecturer.  His subject will be The Copts: Early Christian Egypt 300 – 800 AD. Dr Manley, honorary president of Egyptology Scotland, is best known for devising popular forms of...]]> 7677 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-sunday-christ-is-risen/ Sun, 31 Mar 2024 21:06:37 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7688 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 March 2024. 'That is why we gather together, why we worship and find that in the presence of God we also have an identity and a purpose that can never be matched by the wealth, the opulence or even the scientific knowledge of the world.']]> 7688 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-the-turning-point-of-the-whole-of-human-history/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 20:41:23 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7682 7682 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/maundy-thursday-a-foundation-for-their-lives-together-in-prayer-and-worship/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:55:38 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7684 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Maundy Thursday, 28 March 2024. ''Do this in Remembrance of Me' would become a command to love one another, as they allowed His love to flow through them.']]> 7684 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/dr-dee-bird-is-appointed-new-secretary-general/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:21:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7664 The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church will welcome a new Secretary General when Dr Dee Bird takes up the position this summer. Dr Bird joins the General Synod Office from Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association where she has been Chief Executive Officer since 2020.]]> 7664 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-5-passion-sunday-gods-cleansing-agent/ Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:14:56 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7662 7662 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-4-mothering-sunday-the-work-of-the-holy-spirit/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:12:40 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7659 7659 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-3-the-power-of-god-over-death/ Sun, 03 Mar 2024 15:23:34 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7652 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 March 2024. 'Is self the measure of all that we do and are? Is it humanity in its many forms of community and its political doctrines, each locality choosing its own model? Or might it be God?']]> 7652 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-kevin-announces-retirement/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 15:23:50 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7650 The Right Rev Kevin Pearson has announced today that he will retire as Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway on 31 August 2024. Bishop Kevin became the 15th Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway in July 2020 upon his translation from the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles. Announcing his retirement to the Glasgow and Galloway Diocesan...]]> 7650 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-2-walk-before-me-faithfully-and-be-blameless/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 19:12:56 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7635 7635 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-escaping-the-silo-of-self-definition/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:24:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7637 7637 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-1-repent-and-believe/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:25:47 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7630 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 February 2024. 'We can make a better sense of the things that hold us back – especially the things that do not have to.']]> 7630 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/quinquagesima-epiphany-9-no-alternative-and-no-evasion/ Sun, 11 Feb 2024 21:02:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7627 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 February 2024. 'The Holy Spirit is still promised to us, to support us in need and to strengthen us in weakness. To bring us to the fulness of Jesus Christ and to support us as we seek to abide in Him.']]> 7627 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-4-sexagesima-it-is-the-lord-who-desires-to-lead-us/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:36:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7613 7613 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/new-priest-in-charge-appointed-for-st-brides-kelvinside/ Sun, 04 Feb 2024 22:06:35 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7623 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...]]> 7623 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-jesus-and-the-poor/ Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:30:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7608 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...]]> 7608 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-3-septuagesima-time-is-moving-on/ Sat, 27 Jan 2024 22:17:43 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7605 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.']]> 7605 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/church-appoints-new-procurator/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:44:50 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7621 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....]]> 7621 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-2-called-into-realms-of-holiness/ Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:46:54 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7599 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.']]> 7599 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/catriona-montgomery-mclaughlin-rip/ Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:48:56 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7588 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...]]> 7588 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/baptism-of-christ-the-spirit-of-the-lord/ Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:47:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7594 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.']]> 7594 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-mary-and-jesus/ Sun, 07 Jan 2024 21:44:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7585 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.']]> 7585 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-1-more-than-a-number/ Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:40:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7580 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.']]> 7580 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-day-what-defines-us/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:00:31 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7575 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...']]> 7575 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-4-a-revealing-of-things-long-hidden/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:46:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7572 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.']]> 7572 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-3-just-what-we-are-looking-forward-to/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 22:02:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7562 7562 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-the-love-that-offers-but-does-not-demand/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 21:41:48 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7559 7559 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-2-god-has-not-turned-aside/ Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:38:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7549 7549 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-1-the-tension-in-the-strings-of-the-orchestras-instruments/ Sun, 03 Dec 2023 21:17:43 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7544 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.']]> 7544 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christ-the-king-the-one-who-has-given-his-all-for-the-church/ Sun, 26 Nov 2023 21:17:30 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7541 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.']]> 7541 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-23-nobody-is-unimportant/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 12:51:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7538 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.']]> 7538 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-to-answer-bullying-and-misconduct-accusations/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:50:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7534 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.]]> 7534 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/remembrance-the-different-kinds-of-remembering/ Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:19:26 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7528 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 ...']]> 7528 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/all-saints-deeply-and-directly-personal/ Sun, 05 Nov 2023 21:14:33 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7516 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.']]> 7516 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-love-in-action/ Sat, 21 Oct 2023 20:02:11 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7508 7508 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-19-the-rejects-of-polite-society/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:14:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7502 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...']]> 7502 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/hugh-waterfield-an-appreciation/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:57:48 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7495 7495 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/jenny-morgan-an-appreciation/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:40:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7492 7492 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-dorsey-mcconnell-is-new-acting-bishop-in-aberdeen-and-orkney/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:39:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7499 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...]]> 7499 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-18-the-best-there-is/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:05:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7484 7484 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-17-harvest/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 21:56:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7481 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?']]> 7481 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-16-the-lord-will-definitely-meet-us-and-reward-us-as-he-wills/ Sun, 24 Sep 2023 20:36:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7472 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 September 2023. ]]> 7472 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-keith-riglin-rip-1957-2023/ Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:45:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7477 It is with great sadness that the College of Bishops today announces the death of the Right Reverend Dr Keith Riglin, Bishop of Argyll & The Isles. Bishop Keith died peacefully with family at his side today (24 September) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley following a short illness. The Most Rev Mark Strange,...]]> 7477 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-15-if-it-was-easy-then-it-would-not-be-an-issue/ Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:15:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7465 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 September 2023. 'All of us are sinners and in need of the forgiveness of God and yet we can put ourselves beyond it by nursing grudges.']]> 7465 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-14-a-different-way-of-working-together/ Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:35:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7457 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 September 2023. 'Life rather than management, faithfulness rather than performance targets. But it is also an orientation towards the things of God and away from self, with its demands and appetites.']]> 7457 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/hugh-waterfield-and-jenny-morgan-rip/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:31:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7447 7447 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-13-now-there-is-a-new-dynamic/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:21:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7442 7442 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/tea-talk-michael-kerins/ Sun, 03 Sep 2023 10:34:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7449 7449 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-12-so-what-about-you/ Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:03:00 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7435 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 August 2023. 'Paul says that we are to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to God. It also applies to our minds, our thinking and our speaking. It applies to our willingness to speak out. It is the mainspring of all our work in the church.']]> 7435 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-nobody-goes-to-the-cross-in-order-to-fulfil-or-to-validate-oneself/ Sat, 26 Aug 2023 20:06:44 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7439 7439 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-11-we-can-still-believe-and-trust/ Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:56:34 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7432 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 August 2023. 'There are people in our own time who may be only dimly aware of the things of our faith and life – but who appeal to us for our aid. As we are able we also can surely hear and have mercy, and begin to tell a story.']]> 7432 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-10-my-grace-is-sufficient-for-you/ Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:56:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7420 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 August 2023. 'For all our learning and standing, we also need to put ourselves under His protection. To find in Him our peace and security, our sense of being and of direction. Above all, to rely on Him when we may be so undermined by doubt and insecurity.']]> 7420 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/summer-edition-of-sei-journal/ Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:06:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7429 The Summer 2023 edition of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal is now available, featuring the theme of ‘Christianity and Zionism.]]> 7429 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-9-the-greatest-gift-of-all/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:54:35 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7417 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 July 2023. 'The greatest gift of all is His own life poured out for us. The message of His salvation. This is the foundation of all subsequent works of mercy for the people of the land.']]> 7417 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-8-where-will-we-invest-our-faith-and-confidence/ Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:13:13 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7410 7410 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-7-ordained-of-god-and-yet-compromised-in-sin/ Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:17:37 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7405 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 July 2023. 'We are seeing in vivid detail the groaning of creation as the whole of fallen humanity has its effect on it. Perhaps we need to look to the harvest of His message and pray for the workers to go into the fields for His purposes.']]> 7405 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-6-a-new-beginning-and-a-new-birth/ Sun, 16 Jul 2023 15:26:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7400 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 July 2023. 'Jesus is the vine and His Father is the gardener, looking for fruit and pruning the branches so as to improve the yield.']]> 7400 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-5-an-invitation-to-all/ Sun, 09 Jul 2023 18:42:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7396 7396 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-4-the-commonwealth-of-god-in-jesus-christ/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 17:35:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7380 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 July 2023. 'The question posed by our hymn Love Unknown asks: ‘Who am I that for my sake My Lord should take frail flesh and die?’ is answered by Jesus Himself: ‘You are mine. Nobody takes you out of My hand.’']]> 7380 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-3-not-peace-but-a-sword/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 21:15:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7370 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 June 2023. 'Jesus Himself is also divisive. Will we accept Him as the Son of God – and our Redeemer? Will we receive Him as He comes to us or is there an agenda in our lives to which we expect Him to conform? Is he Lord, but subject to our conditions?']]> 7370 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-2-pray-together-with-one-heart-and-one-hope/ Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:46:38 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7366 7366 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/church-times-reports-on-general-synod/ Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:26:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7363 Reports from the Church Times newspaper on last week's General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church, including recorded interview with the Primus.]]> 7363 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-render-unto-caesar/ Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:07:14 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7359 I usually start these thoughts with an aspect of modern life and its priorities and perspectives, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Often there are some questions to look into – contradictions, confusions or whatever. Then comes the perspective of the gospels and I usually finish there. So this is going to be different because at one...]]> 7359 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-1-life-in-a-different-order-and-purpose/ Sun, 11 Jun 2023 13:32:57 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7355 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 June 2023. 'It is one thing to profess a faith and then to get comfortable in it. To allow it to become routine and predictable. But the challenges here were about believing and trusting.']]> 7355 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/scottish-primus-asks-for-patience-as-dyer-crisis-drags-on/ Sun, 11 Jun 2023 13:14:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7352 The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church opened on Thursday on a sombre note, as the Primus, the Most Revd Mark Strange, read out a pastoral statement about the continued suspension of the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer.]]> 7352 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/general-synod-reports-2/ Sun, 11 Jun 2023 13:06:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7350 Official reports on this week's General Synod can be seen on the Scottish Episcopal Church website.]]> 7350 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-he-is-for-all-who-will-believe-in-his-name/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 12:29:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7341 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 June 2023. 'He is there in all His three persons so that we may know Him more deeply in the dimensions of our own lives and in the dimensions of our time here on earth.']]> 7341 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/pentecost-the-purpose-and-agenda-of-god/ Sun, 28 May 2023 12:25:33 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7337 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 May 2023. 'The comfort that Jesus was giving the church was not a manual on marketing strategy or a code for appropriate and inclusive behaviour. Basic courtesy to all they met should have been enough to manage all contacts and relationships. No, Jesus was giving the disciples His personal and intimate presence – and nothing less.']]> 7337 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-all-parts-are-connected/ Sun, 28 May 2023 12:13:49 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7334 7334 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/general-synod-2023-highlights-include-net-zero-action-plan-and-first-ever-address-by-moderator/ Tue, 23 May 2023 21:15:46 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7330 The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church will meet at St Paul’s & St George’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, from Thursday 8 June to Saturday 10 June 2023. The agenda and papers have now been sent to members and published here on the Scottish Episcopal Church website, detailing the business scheduled. Among the headline items are...]]> 7330 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/ascension-you-are-my-witnesses/ Sun, 21 May 2023 12:48:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7327 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 May 2023. 'Of one thing we may be sure: He who has called us and commissioned us will also equip and supply us in the fulness of His Holy Spirit. All we need do is say with Isaiah: Here am I. Send me. And He will do the rest.']]> 7327 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-5-the-commands-of-jesus-were-quite-simple/ Sat, 13 May 2023 19:05:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7323 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 May 2023. 'Love God above all things, believe in Jesus and love one another. Love their neighbours as they love themselves, and yet love not the world. Let Jesus define the realities around them and He indeed would be their security in the Spirit.']]> 7323 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-4-living-stones/ Sat, 06 May 2023 22:15:57 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7319 7319 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-3-a-new-kind-of-freedom/ Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:29:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7315 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 April 2023. 'It is a freedom from fear, especially of eternity and of death. It is a release from condemnation, and that includes the most intimate personal embarrassments as well as the received wisdoms of the culture of the day.']]> 7315 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-2-jesus-is-alive-we-meet-him-daily/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 21:44:54 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7311 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 April 2023. 'Yes, it was for real. Yes, He was alive. Yes, death was defeated.']]> 7311 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-first-look-away-from-ourselves/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 18:19:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7309 7309 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-1-as-the-father-has-sent-me-so-i-send-you/ Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:45:01 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7305 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 April 2023. 'Just as God the Father invested everything in Jesus to redeem the world, so also Jesus has invested everything in His disciples in every age and culture.']]> 7305 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-blooms/ Sat, 15 Apr 2023 17:40:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7291 Thank you to everyone who decorated All Saints with wonderful displays of flowers for Easter.]]> 7291 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-sunday-resetting-lives-in-the-light-of-jesus-resurrection/ Sat, 08 Apr 2023 23:12:01 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7289 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 April 2023. 'When the world is at its most destructive in arranging its affairs, the Kingdom of God is at its most creative in giving, rejoicing and centring itself of Jesus Christ – crucified and risen for evermore.']]> 7289 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-5-passion-sunday-life-in-its-fullness/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 12:54:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7285 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 March 2023. 'For Jesus is also challenging us in these days of ours: ‘Dare we believe and trust?'']]> 7285 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-4-mothering-sunday-3/ Sun, 19 Mar 2023 11:57:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7275 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 March 2023. ]]> 7275 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-the-best-worship-is-that-of-the-lord-not-that-of-the-political-rally-or-cult/ Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:01:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7280 7280 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-3-living-waters-2/ Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:40:49 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7269 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 March 2023. 'But Jesus’ living water is there for all of us, and we do not have to earn it. We only have to ask.']]> 7269 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/new-rector-appointed-for-all-saints-bearsden/ Sun, 12 Mar 2023 12:11:48 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7282 7282 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-2-the-extravagance-and-exuberance-of-gods-love/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:39:41 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7263 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 March 2023. 'Instead of each person in the world facing a just judgment for their sins, they would only have to look at and to trust in Jesus. God was never going to desire a regime of condemnation when He could fashion in Jesus a regime of forgiveness and renewal.']]> 7263 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-1-all-these-temptations-are-present-in-christian-experience-today/ Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:07:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7260 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 February 2023. 'What Adam had freely forfeited, Jesus freely restored by going to the cross. What had fallen into weakness was raised in unbelievable power. What had fallen apart in the name of self-fulfilment and self-realization was restored to glory by a single act of total self-giving and self-abasement.']]> 7260 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-our-values-have-to-be-able-to-stand-for-themselves/ Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:55:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7256 There is something very strange in today’s fashion for denying the concept of truth, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. The idea is that since all truth is subjective, there can be no objective truth, by definition. Any view expressed has to be personal and limited by personal experience and perspective, especially that of race and social...]]> 7256 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/quinquagesima-the-starting-point-for-being-the-people-of-god/ Sun, 19 Feb 2023 13:37:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7251 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 February 2023. 'The Transfiguration of Jesus looks back at the law and the prophets and forward to the death and resurrection of Jesus. Above it all and overshadowing it is that cloud of unspeakable holiness and unapproachable glory from which comes the voice of God, and speaking of Jesus: Listen to Him.']]> 7251 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sexagesima-we-are-living-members-of-the-kingdom-of-god/ Sat, 11 Feb 2023 21:49:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7247 7247 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-4-presentation-of-christ-all-we-need-to-do-is-to-ask/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 13:49:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7242 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 February 2023. 'It is His simple humanity that encourages us to approach in faith and confidence, knowing that whatever we face, He also has seen in its essence.']]> 7242 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-3-god-says-that-he-only-looks-for-simple-things/ Sun, 29 Jan 2023 14:02:13 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7238 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 January 2023. 'Those in power would never understand, in any generation. They still don’t.']]> 7238 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/drumchapel-mission-closes/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:11:17 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7231 The Diocese reports that Drumchapel Mission – “this small and loving community of the Scottish Episcopal Church” – closed its doors after a special service held on Sunday 16th October 2022. “The four remaining members had asked Bishop Kevin for a swift closure because they no longer had the resources to continue. “Approximately 50 members...]]> 7231 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-2-releasing-people-into-a-realm-of-finding-themselves/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:53:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7227 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 January 2023. 'Far from imposing a rule, God seeks to release His people within a commonwealth of His love and deliverance. It is a regime of enhancing His people to become what He had always wanted them to be. To fulfil the potential that was always there, waiting to flourish into their fullest expression.']]> 7227 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/baptism-of-jesus-to-fulfill-all-righteousness-in-the-sight-of-god/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 12:51:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7218 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 January 2023. 'The disciples who followed Him were not going to form a community spirituality circle in which members could pick and choose that which was to their taste and avoid the uncongenial.']]> 7218 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-the-life-we-are-intended-to-live/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 16:11:58 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7215 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 January 2023. 'But when we put together the law and the prophets with the gold, and the frankincense and the myrrh then they give each other life and meaning.']]> 7215 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-1-death-will-never-have-the-last-word/ Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:48:33 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7204 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 January 2023. 'This was the loving kindness of God in action. God taking personal responsibility for the whole of the human condition when none other could do so.']]> 7204 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-25-december-2022-christmas-day/ Sun, 25 Dec 2022 10:37:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7193 'God our Father, whose Word has come among us in the Holy Child of Bethlehem, may the light of faith illumine our hearts and shine in our words and deeds.' We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 42, While shepherds watched ...]]> 7193 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-day-only-the-beginning/ Sun, 25 Dec 2022 10:35:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7191 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 December 2022. 'A new song for a new time. Glory to God – to be worshipped and adored like none other in human history.']]> 7191 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-18-december-2022-advent-4/ Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:27:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7178 We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 11, O Come, O come Emmanuel …]]> 7178 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-4-the-source-of-who-we-are-and-where-we-are-going/ Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:22:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7174 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 December 2022. 'Today faith seems to be a form of cultural bonding. It has its practices and conventions, its festivals and fasts. But the Christian hope is about trusting God above all others and in Jesus following His teaching and example.']]> 7174 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-december-2022/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 13:39:37 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7234 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 7234 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-3-a-new-and-greater-dimension/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 18:29:09 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7154 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 December 2022. 'As we gather in worship we are doing far more than having a social bonding session. We are also being taken up with the things of God.']]> 7154 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-11-december-2022-advent-3/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 17:31:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7148 'God of power and mercy, you call us once again to celebrate the coming of your Son. Remove those things which hinder love of you, that when he comes he may find us waiting in awe and wonder for him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.' Our accompanying music videos this week take us from Accra to Omsk, but we open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 7, Hills of the north, rejoice …]]> 7148 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-2-encrusted-with-its-own-importance/ Sat, 03 Dec 2022 23:10:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7128 7128 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-4-december-2022-advent-2/ Sat, 03 Dec 2022 21:32:57 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7131 We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 12, On Jordan's banks …]]> 7131 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-27-november-2022-advent-sunday/ Sun, 27 Nov 2022 11:40:11 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7118 'Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility, that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal.' We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 9, Lo He comes with clouds descending …]]> 7118 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-sunday-the-task-is-not-to-lose-heart/ Sun, 27 Nov 2022 11:36:39 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7116 7116 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-apocalyptic/ Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:25:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7110 7110 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-20-november-2022-christ-the-king/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 01:39:31 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7095 'Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, our Lord and King: grant that the peoples of the earth, now divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his gentle and loving rule.' We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 394, Let all the world in every corner sing …]]> 7095 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christ-the-king-this-is-the-kind-of-king-that-we-serve/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 01:38:47 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7093 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 November 2022. 'Jesus’ kingship is present among His disciples in every age and situation as they spread the word of His life and death and resurrection.']]> 7093 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-13-november-2022-remembrance/ Sat, 12 Nov 2022 22:16:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7083 'Almighty God, you sent your Son Jesus Christ to be the light of the world. Free us from all that darkens and ensnares us, and bring us to eternal light and joy'. We open our online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 417, O God our help in ages past …]]> 7083 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/apocalypse-now/ Sat, 12 Nov 2022 21:50:14 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7078 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 November 2022. 'This is the time to renew our lives of prayer, and to look again at the things of our faith. It is time to pray for those who already serve in our forces and civilian first responders, and for those who will serve or be called to other service for the nation. That may include some of you here today.']]> 7078 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-6-november-2022-all-saints/ Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:37:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7068 'Almighty God, whose people are knit together in one holy Church, the mystical Body of your Son: grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you.' We open our online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 197, For all the saints, who from their labours rest …]]> 7068 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/all-saints-chosen-and-blessed-in-the-sight-of-god/ Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:36:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7064 7064 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-jesus-the-tekton/ Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:07:38 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7057 'The interesting thing was that Jesus was known as the carpenter’s son. But he may have been more than that: a general builder, skilled in stonework as well as woodwork. A ‘Tektōn’: multi-skilled and probably multi-tasking.']]> 7057 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-30-october-2022-4th-before-advent/ Sat, 29 Oct 2022 22:16:41 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7045 'Almighty God, whose chosen servant Abraham obeyed your call, rejoicing in your promise that in him the family of the earth is blessed, give us faith like his, that in us your promises may be fulfilled'. We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 486, We have a gospel to proclaim …]]> 7045 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/4th-before-advent-it-all-seems-so-unfair/ Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:57:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7042 7042 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-23-october-2022-trinity-19/ Sat, 22 Oct 2022 21:07:47 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7033 Lord God our redeemer, who heard the cry of your people and sent your servant Moses to lead them out of slavery, free us from the tyranny of sin and death, and by the leading of your Spirit bring us to our promised land. We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 473, When morning gilds the sky …]]> 7033 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-19-whatever-disappointments-life-has-thrown-at-us-god-has-seen/ Sat, 22 Oct 2022 21:05:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7029 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 October 2022. 'The mercy and rewards of God are unearned because they are unearnable. They can only be received in love and joy, which is given in exuberant and extravagant mercy.']]> 7029 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-18-a-different-kind-of-reality/ Sun, 16 Oct 2022 14:32:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7023 7023 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-9-october-2022-trinity-17/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 18:51:44 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7014 Almighty God, in our baptism you adopted us for your own. Quicken, we pray, your Spirit within us, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in sincerity and truth. We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 433, O worship the king …]]> 7014 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-17-jesus-met-them-and-they-were-healed/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 18:49:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=7011 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 October 2022. 'The question for us is why do some suffer and others not? Why do some find their pleas answered and others meet delay or just silence?']]> 7011 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-2-october-2022-harvest/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:28:37 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6972 Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered by your Holy Spirit into one, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your name. We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 262, We plough the fields, and scatter …]]> 6972 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-16-harvest-there-is-still-much-to-be-grateful-for/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:26:44 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6980 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 October 2022. 'To receive Jesus’ agenda in faith is to open doors to a wholly new kind of life. He promises not only a new relationship with God but a new relationship with ourselves and with each other.']]> 6980 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/episcopal-synod-decides-appeal/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 20:32:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6990 The bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church have rejected - on a split vote - an appeal by the Rt Rev Anne Dyer against her suspension as Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney following the lodging of formal complaints of misconduct.]]> 6990 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/muriel-draper-rip/ Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:09:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6948 6948 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-18-september-2022-trinity-15/ Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:08:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6953 Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered by your Holy Spirit into one, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your name. We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 237, Morning has broken …]]> 6953 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-18-september-2022-trinity-14/ Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:17:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6936 Music accompanying this online Liturgy of the Word comes from as far afield as Huddersfield, Chennai and California. The organ voluntary concluding our worship is Handel's Zadoc the Priest, and as well as a fine recording and video from the Basílica de Santa Maria de la Seu, near Barcelona, we have footage from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. We open with hymn 7, Hills of the north, rejoice ...]]> 6936 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-11-september-2022-trinity-13/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 19:45:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6911 We open our worship in church today by singing God Save the King. For this online Liturgy of the Word we can hear it sung for the first time for a living monarch since 1952, joining the congregation at the service of prayer and reflection which took place on Friday at St Paul's Cathedral in memory of Queen Elizabeth II. Thereafter we will have music from Exeter, Cape Town, Dubai and Germany …]]> 6911 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-13-a-day-of-very-mixed-feelings/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 19:44:22 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6908 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 September 2022. 'What God says to us He also says to our King: Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name; you are Mine.']]> 6908 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/queen-elizabeth-in-memoriam/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:18:07 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6888 Rev Sydney Maitland: "And now she has gone home. In the communion of saints she is only an eye blink away, and she is among those with whom we worship God, together with angels and archangels and the whole company of heaven."]]> 6888 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/prayers-to-mark-the-death-of-the-queen-and-accession-of-the-king/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:08:40 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6885 6885 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/tributes-to-queen-elizabeth/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:53:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6880 The Archbishop of Canterbury + Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church + Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway + Moderator of the General Assembly + Roman Catholic Bishops]]> 6880 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/our-faithful-queen-70-years-of-faith-and-service/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:20:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6892 Enjoy it in full online: Published earlier in 2022 to mark Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee, this book includes many rarely seen photographs from her early life through to the present day, as well as prayers from a book of devotions given to the Queen to use in the days leading up to her coronation. It provides a powerful witness to the Queen’s enduring Christian faith.]]> 6892 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/meeting-of-episcopal-synod-postponed/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:00:40 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6875 The meeting of the Episcopal Synod scheduled for today has been postponed. The meeting, which was arranged to consider the appeal by the Rt Rev Anne Dyer against her suspension as Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, has been rescheduled for Monday 19 September.]]> 6875 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-12-discipleship-is-a-process-and-not-just-a-state-of-being/ Sun, 04 Sep 2022 17:03:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6854 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 September 2022. 'Discipleship is a long and personal encounter with the love and mercy of God as He directs and prunes our lives so that we may become more of what we already are in His sight.']]> 6854 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-4-september-2022-trinity-12/ Sat, 03 Sep 2022 21:22:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6857 The musical accompaniment to today's online Liturgy of the Word comes from Westminster Abbey, Florida, California and Asaba in Nigeria, where the choir of the Cathedral Church of St Peter opens our worship with hymn 417, O God our help in ages past …]]> 6857 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-august-2022/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 20:42:58 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6860 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 6860 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/tea-talk-learning-about-caring/ Sat, 27 Aug 2022 20:16:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6837 The guest speaker at September's Tea and Talk will be Louise Morgan, Director for Scotland of the charity Carers Trust, which works to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems. Louise's talk takes place in All Saints at 2 pm on Thursday 1 September, with a presentation followed by questions and answers. Everyone is welcome.]]> 6837 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-28-august-2022-trinity-11/ Sat, 27 Aug 2022 20:15:46 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6825 'Author and Giver of all good things, graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us in all goodness, and of your great mercy keep us in the same.' We open our worship with hymn 349, Come, let us join our cheerful songs …]]> 6825 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-11-seeing-and-being-seen/ Sat, 27 Aug 2022 20:14:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6822 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 August 2022. 'One of the challenges of the times will be as we discover how much we belong to one another and what we can do to support one another.']]> 6822 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/episcopal-synod-meets-to-agree-appeal-process/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 20:22:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6839 The Episcopal Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church met in Edinburgh yesterday to consider procedure relating to the appeal by the Rt Rev Anne Dyer against her suspension as Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney. • Read more on this topic Earlier this month, Bishop Dyer was suspended by the Primus following the lodging of formal...]]> 6839 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-21-august-2022-trinity-10/ Sat, 20 Aug 2022 21:46:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6819 'Almighty God, we are taught by your word that all our doings without love are worth nothing. Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue.' We open our worship with hymn 294, Just as I am …]]> 6819 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-10-never-a-burden-always-a-means-of-drawing-close-to-god/ Sat, 20 Aug 2022 21:44:40 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6816 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 August 2022. ]]> 6816 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-14-august-2022-trinity-9/ Sat, 13 Aug 2022 19:28:26 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6805 'Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin and sent into our hearts the Spirit of your Son. Give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service, that all people may know the glorious liberty of the children of God.' We open our Liturgy of the Word in the company of a mass choir in Chennai, India, with hymn 484, The Church's one foundation …]]> 6805 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-9-a-point-of-division/ Sat, 13 Aug 2022 19:09:38 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6803 6803 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishops-suspension-is-confirmed-then-lifted/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:14:26 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6811 Canonical process confirmed in Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney + Bishop’s suspension is lifted after appeal lodged]]> 6811 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-7-august-2022-trinity-8/ Sat, 06 Aug 2022 21:24:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6785 'Almighty God, you sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church. Open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love, joy, and peace.' We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 333, All my hope on God is founded …]]> 6785 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-8-watch-the-signs-of-the-times/ Sat, 06 Aug 2022 21:23:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6783 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 August 2022. 'It is when people are most indolent in their faith and most inclined to use the church as a vehicle for their political and cultural agendas that is most likely to be caught out and found to be at fault.']]> 6783 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-a-new-freedom-and-a-new-kind-of-wisdom/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:30:39 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6794 6794 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-31-july-2022-trinity-7/ Sat, 30 Jul 2022 18:45:41 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6768 'Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry with the bread of his life and the word of his kingdom. Renew your people with your heavenly grace, and in all our weakness sustain us by your true and living bread.' We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 359, Fight the good fight …]]> 6768 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-7-there-is-even-more-to-come/ Sat, 30 Jul 2022 18:43:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6771 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 July 2022. 'To be invested solely in the fleeting glamour of our times is to risk losing all of it – certainly at the end of life and possibly as the result of calamity in our own times.']]> 6771 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-6-never-give-up-2/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 20:15:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6735 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 July 2022. 'God is never deaf or blind. And it is not as if we are telling Him anything He does not already know: rather, we are placing ourselves in His hands so that He may meet us and feed us and fulfil us.']]> 6735 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-24-july-2022-trinity-6/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:49:39 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6747 'O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: increase and multiply upon us your mercy, that with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal.' We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 377, Immortal, invisible, God only wise …]]> 6747 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-17-july-2022-trinity-5/ Sat, 16 Jul 2022 20:16:11 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6730 'Almighty God, your Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence. Give us pure hearts and constant wills to worship you in spirit and in truth.' Music accompanying today's Liturgy of the Word includes hymns from two other All Saints churches - in Aldershot and Northampton - but we open our worship at Pershore Abbey in Worcestershire with hymn 237, Morning has broken …]]> 6730 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-5-ever-decreasing-circles/ Sat, 16 Jul 2022 19:51:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6725 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 July 2022. 'The task of the church is to remain centred on Jesus and His teaching. It is still to focus on the salvation that He has wrought and which none other has or can.']]> 6725 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-4-a-message-for-our-time/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:25:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6715 6715 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-10-july-2022-trinity-4/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:58:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6711 We open today's Liturgy of the Word in Westminster Abbey with the Abbey Choir and the Choristers of the Chapel Royal singing John Rutter's anthem 'This is the day the Lord has made' at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton  …]]> 6711 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-3-july-2022-trinity-3/ Sat, 02 Jul 2022 20:19:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6703 'Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ has taught us that what we do for the least of your children we do also for him. Give us the will to serve others as he was the servant of all.' We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 7, Hills of the north, rejoice …]]> 6703 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-3-the-long-haul/ Sat, 02 Jul 2022 19:56:58 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6699 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 July 2022. 'Paul warns the church that it can live for itself or for the name and purposes of Jesus. Its members can live for themselves and all their physical and emotional appetites, or they can be moved and empowered by the Spirit of the Lord.']]> 6699 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/leslie-macleods-farewell/ Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:08:17 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6694 6694 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-26-june-2022-trinity-2/ Sat, 25 Jun 2022 21:53:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6678 The music accompanying today's Liturgy of the Word includes some favourite hymns, one featuring a New York artist/chorister whose work is a much-loved part of our St Mary's Cathedral. We open our worship with hymn 238, New every morning is the love …]]> 6678 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-2-the-costs-of-discipleship/ Sat, 25 Jun 2022 21:26:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6676 6676 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-19-june-2022-trinity-1/ Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:13:17 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6667 'O God our defender, storms rage about us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us all from unbelief.' We open our worship with hymn 146, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty …]]> 6667 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-1-this-sense-of-turbulence-makes-todays-lessons-look-very-up-to-date/ Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:11:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6670 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 June 2022. 'Whatever the battering we have had to face personally and as a church, the Lord still has a new plan and a new purpose for us.']]> 6670 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/general-synod-reports/ Sat, 18 Jun 2022 16:49:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6665 What happened at the Scottish Episcopal Church's 'annual conference', held earlier this month.]]> 6665 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-sunday-and-so-we-enter-the-mystery/ Sun, 12 Jun 2022 16:27:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6661 6661 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-5-june-2022-pentecost/ Sat, 04 Jun 2022 20:50:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6648 We open our Liturgy of the Word for Pentecost Sunday in the company of the choristers from of St Michael’s, Highgate, in London with hymn 137, Come down, O Love divine …]]> 6648 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/pentecost-is-there-more-that-we-can-ask-for-and-expect-to-receive/ Sat, 04 Jun 2022 20:49:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6650 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 June 2022. 'The Holy Spirit is not a special gift for the specially holy: He is there for all who ask and who do so from within their own sense of need and even inadequacy.']]> 6650 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-29-may-2022-ascension/ Sat, 28 May 2022 18:44:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6632 We open our Liturgy of the Word this week in the company of the congregation of Chet Valley Churches in South Norfolk with hymn 130, Hail the day that sees Him rise …]]> 6632 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/ascension-he-rose-so-that-we-may-open-ourselves-to-his-vision-for-our-lives-and-church/ Sat, 28 May 2022 18:30:38 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6628 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 May 2022. 'Today, He is present with the soldiers of Ukraine facing the onslaught of their invaders, and with the starving of Africa as they lack simple access to food and water in the face of drought and civil war and the plundering incompetence of their own governments. He is there with every grieving parent, every crying child and trafficked soul, sold into a nightmare of exploitation and abuse.']]> 6628 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-22-may-2022-easter-6/ Sat, 21 May 2022 19:47:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6619 This week we are in the company of musicians and singers from Los Angeles, Moscow and South India as well as Westminster Abbey and Ely Cathedral, opening our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 263, All creatures of our God and King …]]> 6619 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-6-a-vision-for-the-present-of-the-church/ Sat, 21 May 2022 19:14:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6616 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 May 2022. 'This is what the release of the Holy Spirit was going to be about. He would be there in the person of Jesus in every time and place and situation.']]> 6616 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-regather-before-god-in-the-confidence-that-he-will-never-fail-us-or-forsake-us/ Sat, 21 May 2022 18:55:29 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6614 6614 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-15-may-2022-easter-5/ Sat, 14 May 2022 23:49:12 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6607 This week we are in the company of musicians and singers from Cambridge, Nigeria and Wisconsin, opening our Liturgy of the Word in Norfolk with hymn 130, Hail the day that sees Him rise …]]> 6607 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-5-where-we-lack-the-wisdom-on-how-to-act-we-can-always-ask/ Sat, 14 May 2022 23:46:09 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6604 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 May 2022. ]]> 6604 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-8-may-2022-easter-4/ Sun, 08 May 2022 10:02:54 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6598 6598 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-4-a-matter-of-personal-faith-and-personal-relationship/ Sun, 08 May 2022 09:47:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6596 6596 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/the-rt-revd-edward-luscombe-rip/ Thu, 05 May 2022 12:20:42 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6591 The Rt Rev Edward Luscombe, former Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, has died at the age of 97 after a period of illness. Bishop Ted, as he was best known, was Bishop of Brechin for 15 years and served as Primus from 1985 until his retirement in 1990. He was ordained deacon at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow in 1963 . Previously he had held the posts of vestry member, lay representative and diocesan treasurer in Glasgow & Galloway.]]> 6591 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-1-may-2022-easter-3/ Sat, 30 Apr 2022 21:46:53 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6585 6585 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-3-my-way/ Sat, 30 Apr 2022 21:22:07 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6580 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 May 2022. 'Jesus has personal agenda for each of us – and He looks to us to follow Him before all others and all else.']]> 6580 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-24-april-2022-easter-2/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 19:50:14 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6568 'Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith and receive the fullness of Christ's blessing.' We open our worship with hymn 117, The day of resurrection…]]> 6568 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-2-the-central-task-of-the-church-in-every-land-and-in-every-generation/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 19:48:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6565 6565 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-17-april-2022-easter-day/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 22:47:29 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6543 'Lord of life and power, through the mighty resurrection of your Son you have overcome the old order of sin and death and have made all things new in him. May we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, reign with him in glory.' We open our worship with hymn 124, Ye choirs of new Jerusalem …]]> 6543 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-day-a-message-of-life-in-its-fullness/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 22:45:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6540 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 April 2022. 'Whatever the world may throw at the disciples, it would never undo the power of Jesus’ resurrection.']]> 6540 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-april-2022/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:06:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6545 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 6545 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-10-april-2022-palm-sunday/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 21:18:47 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6528 Assist us mercifully with your help, Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy into the celebration of those mighty acts whereby you give us life and immortality. We open our worship in the company of the choir of St Andrew's Kirk, Chennai, with hymn 509, All glory, laud and honour …]]> 6528 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/palm-sunday-passion-narrative/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:51:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6521 There is no sermon in church today, Palm Sunday. Instead, Rev Sydney Maitland and members of the congregation will be reading the Passion Narrative - Luke 23: 1-49. Here, we can enjoy the passage being read by the actor David Suchet ...]]> 6521 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-every-saint-has-a-past-and-every-sinner-a-future/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:34:29 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6534 6534 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-3-april-2022-passion-sunday/ Sat, 02 Apr 2022 19:08:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6510 Almighty God, breathe upon us with the power of your Spirit, that we may be raised to new life in Christ and serve you in holiness and righteousness all our days. We open our worship with hymn 79, The royal banners forward go …]]> 6510 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/passion-sunday-looking-forward/ Sat, 02 Apr 2022 18:53:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6508 6508 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-27-march-2022-lent-4-and-mothering-sunday/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:52:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6491 Three favourite hymns accompany our Liturgy of the Word this Mothering Sunday - Tell out my soul, All things bright and beautiful, and to open our worship, hymn 237, Morning has broken …]]> 6491 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/mothering-sunday-a-faith-that-lives-moves-breathes-hopes-beyond-hope-and-continues-in-prayer/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:46:25 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6487 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 March 2022. 'Now Jesus was looking for the care of His Mother. And Jesus entrusted her to the care of John, the beloved disciple who would indeed honour and look after her as he would his own mother.']]> 6487 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-20-march-2022-lent-3/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:31:30 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6472 Today's music comes from Singapore, Chennai in India, Peterborough, Hereford and Dundee, opening our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 74, O for a heart to praise my God …]]> 6472 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-3-god-knows-our-stories-far-better-than-we-know-them-ourselves/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:30:49 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6474 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 March 2022. 'This self-sufficiency ethic breeds its own doctrine of survival: defend everything you have with everything you can lay hands on. Let the weak perish and let truth wither. Morality redefines itself in terms of our own interests and is essentially Godless.']]> 6474 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-13-march-2022-lent-2/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:23:18 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6461 'Almighty God, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross, give us faith to perceive his glory, that being strengthened by his grace we may be changed into his likeness.' We open our worship with hymn 417, O God our help in ages past …]]> 6461 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-2-the-fog-of-war-the-life-of-faith/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:21:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6459 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 March 2022. 'Wherever we are, God still cares. He is still present and we may still approach Him with our own prayers and together as we worship.']]> 6459 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/evensong-postponed/ Sun, 06 Mar 2022 03:04:44 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6453 6453 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-6-march-2022-lent-1/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 23:04:14 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6450 We begin our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 67, Forty days and forty nights …]]> 6450 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-1-a-personal-conviction-that-our-faith-lies-in-jesus-christ/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 22:49:46 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6446 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 March 2022. 'There is no place for fear – for in Him we already have all things. And He will never fail us or forsake us.']]> 6446 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-27-february-2022-quinquagesima/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:55:56 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6418 We end this week's Liturgy of the Word in Paris by way of Ghana, but open our worship in Hammersmith with hymn 343, Bright the vision that delighted ...]]> 6418 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/quinquagesima-faith-embraces-all-who-put-their-trust-in-jesus-christ-and-him-crucified/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:25:31 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6415 6415 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-it-is-at-a-time-when-the-ages-grow-darker-that-the-light-of-christ-grows-brighter/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:15:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6429 6429 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/prayer-for-peace-in-ukraine/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:11:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6413 6413 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-20-february-2022-sexagesima/ Sat, 19 Feb 2022 22:49:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6402 'Almighty God, grant us the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we who can do nothing good without you may live according to your holy will.' We open our worship with hymn 433, O worship the king, all glorious above …]]> 6402 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sexagesima-the-place-to-begin-this-preparation-for-heaven-is-here-in-our-lives-on-earth/ Sat, 19 Feb 2022 22:31:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6400 6400 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/third-before-lent-resurrection-was-the-gift-and-will-of-god-for-all-of-humanity/ Sun, 13 Feb 2022 00:22:33 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6390 6390 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-13-february-2022-third-before-lent/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 22:36:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6392 'Almighty and everliving God, whose Son Jesus Christ healed the sick and restored them to wholeness of life, look with compassion on the anguish of the world, and by your power make whole all peoples and nations.' We open our worship with hymn 408, Love Divine, all loves excelling …]]> 6392 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-6-february-2022-presentation-of-christ/ Sat, 05 Feb 2022 20:54:50 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6378 This week's Liturgy of the Word is accompanied by some exceptionally moving music from Lincoln Cathedral, St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth (in 1990), St Paul's Cathedral (for the Queen's 90th birthday service of thanksgiving), the church of Saint Séverin in Paris, and Chester Cathedral, where we open with hymn 52, O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness …]]> 6378 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/presentation-of-christ-he-too-shared-their-humanity/ Sat, 05 Feb 2022 20:19:23 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6375 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 February 2022. 'Wherever we are and whatever we feel, there is nothing new for Jesus to see: but there are many things for Him to heal, to release and to bless.']]> 6375 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-30-january-2022-epiphany-4/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:27:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6361 'Living God, in Christ you make all things new. Transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your glory.' With this week's Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music from the Royal Albert Hall, York Minster, Guildford Cathedral and Recklinghausen in Germany. We open our worship with hymn 408, Love Divine, all loves excelling …]]> 6361 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-4-will-we-allow-his-love-to-be-our-light-our-strength-and-our-wisdom/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:35:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6357 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 January 2022. 'Jesus was offering power instead of passivity, vision in place of greyness, hope instead discouragement, joy instead of routine, harmony instead of noise.']]> 6357 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-desmond-tutu-my-tribute-to-a-great-man/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 14:37:22 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6329 'A situation of personal difficulty can become the portal through which we may begin to glimpse a realm far greater than anything we can imagine through our own senses. In this someone had to open the curtain and let the light in. For me, this was Desmond Tutu.']]> 6329 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-3-every-member-can-serve-in-the-ministry-of-the-church/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 14:34:12 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6325 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 January 2022. 'This is the Body of Christ. Each member of the church is also a member of Jesus Himself.']]> 6325 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-23-january-2022-epiphany-3/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:34:35 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6334 Our musical journey accompanying today's Liturgy of the Word takes us to Accra in Ghana, Aldershot, Coventry, Groningen in Germany and Westminster Abbey. We open our worship with hymn 49, Brightest and best of the sons of the morning …]]> 6334 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-16-january-2022-epiphany-2/ Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:04:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6310 There's an American flavour to the music accompanying today’s Liturgy of the Word, with singing from Los Angeles and organ music from Denver, Colorado. We open our worship with hymn 263, All creatures of our God and King …]]> 6310 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-2-god-does-not-give-sparingly/ Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:00:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6308 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 January 2022. 'We too may dare to seek the colours of the rainbow, the fruitfulness of the life of Jesus Christ and the fullness of the gifts and the infilling of the Holy Spirit.']]> 6308 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-9-january-2022-the-baptism-of-christ/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 23:06:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6303 Today's Liturgy of the Word is enhanced by music from Chester and Lincoln Cathedrals, All Saints Episcopal Church in New York state and Kalamazoo, Michigan. We open our worship with hymn 52, O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness …]]> 6303 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/baptism-of-jesus-baptized-in-water-filled-with-the-spirit/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 22:45:22 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6296 6296 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-2-january-2022-epiphany/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 20:21:25 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6291 ‘Eternal God, who by a star led wise men to the worship of your Son, guide by your light the nations of the earth, that the whole world may know your glory’. Choral music this week comes from Ipswich, Salisbury, Chester – and Accra. We open with hymn 47, As with gladness men of old …]]> 6291 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-ministry-of-myrrh/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 19:55:51 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6288 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 January 2022. 'Perhaps this is where we also may start: by coming before Him and laying ourselves at His feet. The offering is what we are, far more than what we have.']]> 6288 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-1-growing-in-stature-wisdom-in-favour-with-god-and-people/ Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:15:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6257 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 December 2021. 'In all these things it is about letting the wholeness of Jesus rule in us, dwell in us and lead us out into realms that we never even imagined.']]> 6257 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-26-december-2021-christmas-1/ Sat, 25 Dec 2021 20:37:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6260 In our Liturgy of the Word on St Stephen's Day we enjoy wonderful renditions of Christmas music, beginning with hymn 21, A great and mighty wonder …]]> 6260 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lad-o-pairts-a-tribute-to-bishop-john-taylor/ Sat, 25 Dec 2021 19:58:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6270 At the funeral last month of the Rt Rev John Taylor, former Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, the eulogy was written by the Rt Rev Richard Holloway, former Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, but delivered by the Rev Drew Sheridan because Bishop Holloway could not be present. Bishop Holloway kindly gave his permission for...]]> 6270 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/worship-for-christmas-eve-and-christmas-day-2021/ Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:50:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6255 Christ, who by his incarnation gathered into one all things earthly and heavenly, fill us with his joy and peace! Our online Liturgy of the Word for Christmas Day includes the music from fellow Christians who have shared their gifts with the world via YouTube. Do join them in song wherever you are! We open our worship with hymn 42, While Shepherds Watched …]]> 6255 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-letting-jesus-out-of-the-manger/ Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:48:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6252 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Friday 24 and Saturday 25 December 2021. 'This is where He can live in us: full of grace and truth.']]> 6252 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-4-called-to-live-in-a-new-kind-of-freedom/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:15:21 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6246 6246 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-19-december-2021-advent-4/ Sat, 18 Dec 2021 19:42:58 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6233 As we approach Christmas, this week’s Liturgy of the Word features choral music from another All Saints church – in Northampton – as well as organ music from Hamburg. We open our worship with hymn 186, Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord …]]> 6233 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-december-2021/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 19:12:58 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6221 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 6221 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/college-of-bishops-issues-mediation-update/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:16:57 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6227 The College of Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church has today issued the following statement in the Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney: The College of Bishops has received an update from the Mediation Steering Group which was set up to help the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney move forward from its current difficulties. We are...]]> 6227 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-12-december-2021-advent-3/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:25:00 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6210 Many readers enjoy the opportunity to hear our hymns sung by choirs from around the world, and they will certainly not be disappointed by our final hymn, Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown (O come to my heart, Lord Jesus) as sung by the VocalEssence Chorale from Accra in Ghana. However, we begin our Liturgy of the Word in Chennai, India, with hymn 14, The advent of our God ...]]> 6210 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-3-preparation-to-greet-the-holy-one-of-god/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:33:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6207 6207 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-5-december-2021-advent-2/ Sat, 04 Dec 2021 22:01:22 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6187 This week we enjoy music and singing from Manchester, St Alban's and St Paul's Cathedrals, but we open our Liturgy of the Word with the virtual choir of Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, Michigan, and hymn 12, On Jordan’s bank …]]> 6187 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-2-sure-and-everlasting/ Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:59:23 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6193 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 December 2021. 'Paul's vision for his churches was one of abounding love, filled with knowledge and depth and insight.']]> 6193 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-we-are-all-on-the-same-journey/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:28:07 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6215 6215 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/saint-andrew-declaration-signed-by-primus-and-moderator-at-special-service-in-edinburgh/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:12:23 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6182 St Andrew’s Day has been marked with the signing of a joint Declaration between the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Scotland during a special service at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh. At the service the Most Rev Mark Strange, the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and Lord Wallace, the Moderator of...]]> 6182 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-28-november-2021-advent-1/ Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:45:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6150 This week we enjoy singing from the cathedrals of Ely, Lichfield, Salisbury and Sheffield, concluding with an organ voluntary by JS Bach from Goslar-Grauhof in Germany. We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 9, Lo He comes with clouds descending …]]> 6150 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/advent-1-how-long-o-lord-watch-and-pray/ Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:16:46 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6158 6158 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-john-taylor-rip/ Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:39:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6129 The Right Reverend John Taylor, former rector of Holy Cross, Knightswood, and Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 1991-96, has died at the age of 89. His funeral took place on November 26 at St Mary's Episcopal Church, Kirriemuir. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.​]]> 6129 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christ-the-king-the-hope-in-which-we-are-pleased-to-rejoice/ Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:55:12 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6144 6144 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-21-november-2021-christ-the-king/ Sat, 20 Nov 2021 20:36:47 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6139 On this Sunday of Christ the King there is, appropriately, some rousing music to accompany this online Liturgy of the Word and we open our worship with hymn 352, Crown Him with many crowns …]]> 6139 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/reading-the-bible-like-an-episcopalian-a-four-part-series-in-advent/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:52:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6132 This series of four talks in the season of Advent will reflect upon ways in which Episcopalians understand Holy Scripture. Because we Episcopalians, like all Christians, read the Bible from our own perspective and within our own denomination, it is worth probing our own predilections. It is worth asking, in other words, what characterises an...]]> 6132 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/armistice-day-at-the-national-memorial-arboretum/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 21:56:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6119  This year the National Memorial Arboretum broadcast its annual Armistice Day Service of Remembrance live from the Armed Forces Memorial. The service commemorated the signing of the Armistice which brought an end to the First World War and remembered all those who gave their lives in service to their country since 1914.]]> 6119 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-14-november-2021-remembrance/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 21:54:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6115 Let us begin our online Liturgy of the Word for this Remembrance Sunday with the words of Robert Laurence Binyon: 'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.']]> 6115 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/remembrance-he-will-never-abandon-us-or-forsake-us/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 20:34:26 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6124 6124 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-7-november-2021-all-souls/ Sat, 06 Nov 2021 22:38:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6108 Our contemplation of All Souls in this Liturgy of the Word is aided by choral and organ music from the cathedrals of Lincoln, Guildford and Asaba in Nigeria, and from Milwaukee and New York, beginning with hymn 376, I heard the voice of Jesus say ...]]> 6108 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/all-souls-will-we-trust-ourselves-to-his-salvation/ Sat, 06 Nov 2021 21:46:37 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6098 6098 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/isa-lang-rip/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:08:52 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6070 6070 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-31-october-2021-all-saints/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 08:47:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6080 During this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we travel musically from St Machar's Cathedral in Aberdeen to Holland, by way of the Royal Albert Hall, opening with hymn 205, Christ is made the sure foundation …]]> 6080 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/all-saints-we-are-already-with-them-as-we-worship-jesus-as-lord/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 07:52:37 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6075 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 October 2021. 'Death is no longer that great abyss of nothingness, full of terrors. Today we are celebrating life rather than death.']]> 6075 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-24-october-2021-trinity-21/ Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:05:11 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6065 We begin this week’s online Liturgy of the Word in the company of the choirs and orchestra of St Andrew's Kirk in Chennai, India, with hymn 362, Glorious things of Thee are spoken  …]]> 6065 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-21-lord-have-mercy/ Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:05:46 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6059 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 October 2021. 'It was the very simplicity of Bartimaeus’ prayer that had its effect. No special pleading or campaigning or accusation of others. We also have the same access to Jesus that Bartimaeus had.']]> 6059 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-cop26-an-evasion-of-the-real-issues/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:40:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6051 Next month the world’s attention will be directed to Glasgow, writes Rev Sydney Maitland, as the COP26 conference is held and world leaders try to agree measures to control emissions of carbon dioxide and at least moderate the warming of the global atmosphere. And yes, there will be visitors who are taking part in, observing...]]> 6051 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-17-october-2021-trinity-20/ Sat, 16 Oct 2021 20:06:01 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6045 We begin this week’s online Liturgy of the Word in the company of the choir and congregation of First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Nebraska with hymn 473, When morning gilds the skies, and end in Haarlem, Holland, with a wonderful video recording of JS Bach's Prelude and fugue in C major …]]> 6045 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-20-my-sins-his-death/ Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:31:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6036 6036 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/university-of-dundee-agency-appointed-as-mediators-for-aberdeen-and-orkney/ Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:12:43 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6034 Following the meeting of the Episcopal Synod on 30 September, the Mediation Steering Group appointed by the bishops has now taken the first steps towards setting up a mediation process for the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney. The Steering Group, comprising David Strang CBE, the Rev Liz Crumlish and Morag Hendry, have appointed the University...]]> 6034 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-10-october-2021-trinity-19/ Sat, 09 Oct 2021 21:00:46 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6026 We begin this week’s online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 264, All things bright and beautiful …]]> 6026 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-19-with-god-all-things-are-possible/ Sat, 09 Oct 2021 20:21:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6021 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 October 2021. 'God came that we might thrive, and He died so that we might live.']]> 6021 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-3-october-2021-harvest/ Sat, 02 Oct 2021 20:27:56 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=6004 We begin this week’s online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 262, We plough the fields, and scatter …]]> 6004 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-18-harvest-seek-first-the-kingdom-of-god/ Sat, 02 Oct 2021 19:06:11 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5996 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 October 2021. 'It was in a garden tomb that Jesus was buried and from which He rose again. And in Revelation the picture of the New Jerusalem is very much one of a new kind of garden.']]> 5996 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/mediation-steering-group-established-for-diocese-of-aberdeen-orkney/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:42:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5994 The Episcopal Synod, comprising all seven diocesan bishops, met online this morning to consider the setting up of an independent mediation process to help the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney move forward from its current difficulties. • Read more on this topic The Synod voted to meet in private and then unanimously agreed to set...]]> 5994 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-17-has-the-lords-arm-been-shortened/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:58:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5982 5982 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-the-lord-of-hosts-is-with-us/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:54:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5978 We had chartered a boat out of Largs and were sailing for West Loch Tarbert, writes Rev Sydney Maitland, the wind light and in the south west. But it grew lighter and fainter until the wind died away altogether and we were left in the middle of the Inchmarnock Water bouncing around on a moderate...]]> 5978 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-26-september-2021-trinity-17/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:37:49 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5973 We begin this week’s online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 433, O worship the King …]]> 5973 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-19-september-2021-trinity-16/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:19:33 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5967 We begin this week’s online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 7, Hills of the North, rejoice …]]> 5967 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-16-the-suffering-innocent-2/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 18:49:24 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5963 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 September 2021. 'For Jesus, leading meant caring for the other and putting their interests ahead of His own'.]]> 5963 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-september-2021/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:05:34 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5957 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 5957 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-12-september-2021-trinity-15/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 20:16:13 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5937 For this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we head to Nigeria to open our worship with hymn 365, God moves in a mysterious way …]]> 5937 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-15-who-do-you-say-that-i-am/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:53:04 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5938 5938 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/college-of-bishops-publishes-the-torrance-review-of-the-diocese-of-aberdeen-and-orkney/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:27:39 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5940 5940 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-5-september-2021-trinity-14/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 22:58:50 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5916 For this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we open our worship with hymn 476, Ye servants of God, your masters proclaim …]]> 5916 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-14-jesus-the-outsider/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 22:28:00 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5912 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 September 2021. 'Perhaps it is the sense that Jesus Himself was also an outsider that gives us that freedom to welcome and to forgive others.']]> 5912 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-the-unearned-blessings-of-god-received-by-personal-faith-in-jesus-christ/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:58:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5910 5910 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-29-august-2021-trinity-13/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 21:17:31 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5825 For this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we open our worship with hymn 349, Come, let us join our cheerful songs …]]> 5825 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-13-godly-living-found-in-personal-holiness/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 21:08:07 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5833 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 August 2021. 'Are there areas where our lives need amendment? Definitely. But if we are aware of this, then are there any areas of life where God cannot meet us in our needs? Definitely not.']]> 5833 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-22-august-2021-trinity-12/ Sat, 21 Aug 2021 20:44:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5823 Once again we can enjoy congregational singing in church, and our worship will open – as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word – with hymn 238, New every morning is the love …]]> 5823 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-12-where-else-can-we-go/ Sat, 21 Aug 2021 20:24:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5831 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 August 2021. 'Paul’s teaching is different for we are there to hold the land that has already been won for us by Jesus. Our task is to stand.']]> 5831 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-15-august-2021-trinity-11/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 19:42:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5821 In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Hornby in Lancashire, Guildford Cathedral, Windsor Castle and Westminster Cathedral, opening our worship with hymn 349, Come, let us join our cheerful songs …]]> 5821 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-11-called-to-become-part-of-who-he-is/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 18:59:12 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5829 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 August 2021. 'St Paul wrote that if we are blessed by being drawn into the death of Jesus, then how much more will we be blessed and glorified by being drawn into His resurrection.']]> 5829 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-8-august-2021-trinity-10/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 21:27:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5818 In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Worcestershire, Guildford, Marlborough College, Hammersmith and Paris, opening our worship with hymn 237, Morning has broken …]]> 5818 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-10-let-us-join-the-feast/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 21:09:54 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5827 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 August 2021.
'To receive Jesus was to become the honoured guest at His banquet, where only the best would be provided. But equally, to receive Him was also to let Him into the deepest places of anger and rejection.']]> 5827 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-1-august-2021-trinity-9/ Sat, 31 Jul 2021 21:14:09 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5801 Once again we can enjoy congregational singing in church, and our worship will open – as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word – with hymn 368, Guide me, O thou great Redeemer …]]> 5801 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-9-the-bread-of-life/ Sat, 31 Jul 2021 21:04:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5794 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 August 2021.]]> 5794 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-25-july-2021-trinity-8/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 20:40:50 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5771 On this Sunday when at last we can resume congregational singing in church, our worship will open - as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word - with hymn 334, All people that on earth do dwell ...]]> 5771 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-8-the-extravagance-of-god-2/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 20:22:45 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5772 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 July 2021.]]> 5772 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-18-july-2021-trinity-7/ Sat, 17 Jul 2021 21:21:25 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5750 In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Chester, Cambridge, Kansas and Westminster Abbey, opening our worship with hymn 52, O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness …]]> 5750 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-7-one-shepherd-of-israel-for-all-of-humanity-in-all-ages-and-lands/ Sat, 17 Jul 2021 21:01:08 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5748 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 July 2021.]]> 5748 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-11-july-2021-trinity-6/ Sun, 11 Jul 2021 16:14:54 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5741 Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we open our worship at another All Saints, the Royal Garrison Church in Aldershot, with hymn 377, Immortal, invisible, God only wise …]]> 5741 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-6-time-for-us-to-trust-radically-in-the-lord/ Sun, 11 Jul 2021 15:17:28 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5731 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 July 2021.]]> 5731 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/revd-donald-strachan/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:26:54 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5722 Rev’d Donald Strachan passed away on Saturday 3 July 2021. Donald served in the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway as Rector of St John the Evangelist, Coatbridge, Prison Chaplain at Barlinnie and Diocesan Supernumerary between 1973 and 1994. He lived out his retirement in North Uist and latterly was a resident in Trianaid Care Home in...]]> 5722 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-4-july-2021-trinity-5/ Sat, 03 Jul 2021 18:54:34 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5715 This week’s online Liturgy of the Word is complemented by hymns from Worcestershire, Hammersmith and Guildford, a psalm from Westminster Abbey, and a wonderful organ voluntary from Scarsdale, New York. We open our worship with hymn 237, Morning has broken …]]> 5715 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-5-called-forth-and-sent-out/ Sat, 03 Jul 2021 18:05:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5709 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 July 2021.]]> 5709 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-time-to-review-where-we-are-and-where-we-are-going/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:17:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5690 5690 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-27-june-2021-trinity-4/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:15:43 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5693 In this week's online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Salisbury, Oxford, Warsaw and St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, opening our worship with hymn 338, At the name of Jesus …]]> 5693 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-4-a-man-of-sorrows-and-acquainted-with-grief/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:13:19 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5692 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 July 2021. • First Reading: 2 Samuel 1: 1, 17-27 (David’s lament for Saul and Jonathan)• Psalm 30• Epistle: 2 Corinthians 8: 7-15 (Exhortation to generosity in giving)• Gospel: Mark 5: 21-43 (Jesus heals a haemorraging woman and a sick girl)   Sermon He was an unknown...]]> 5692 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-20-june-2021-trinity-3/ Sat, 19 Jun 2021 19:52:35 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5669 This week we enjoy music and singing from Peterborough Cathedral in 1967, St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth in 1989 and Sweden just three years ago. But we open our worship at St Paul's Cathedral in 2012, marking the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen with Ralph Vaughan Williams' setting of the Old Hundred for hymn 334, All people that on earth do dwell …]]> 5669 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-3-jesus-was-there-to-hear-and-to-act/ Sat, 19 Jun 2021 19:50:01 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5670 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 June 2021.]]> 5670 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-june-2021/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 21:56:32 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5673 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 5673 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-13-june-2021-trinity-2/ Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:57:35 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5655 This week we enjoy music and singing from Germany, Nigeria ... and Troon. We open our worship with hymn 145 All hail, adored Trinity …]]> 5655 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-2-the-growth-of-the-seed-is-the-gift-of-god-in-creation/ Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:27:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5656 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 June 2021.]]> 5656 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/2021-general-synod-roundup/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:02:26 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5636 General Synod members gathered online on June 10 and 11 for the annual meeting of the governing body of the Scottish Episcopal Church + Joint St Andrew Declaration with the Church of Scotland approved + Missionary Jane Haining, murdered at Auschwitz Birkenau, added to the Church's liturgical calendar + Climate change guidance plan]]> 5636 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-6-june-2021-trinity-1/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 20:13:26 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5627 Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. We open our worship for Trinity Sunday with Hymn 146, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty …]]> 5627 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-1-the-way-the-truth-and-the-life/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 19:55:18 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5625 5625 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-steadfast-in-our-duty-before-him/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:46:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5623 5623 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-30-may-2021-trinity/ Sat, 29 May 2021 21:52:40 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5595 Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. We open our worship for Trinity Sunday with Hymn 146, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty ...]]> 5595 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/trinity-released-into-a-new-vocation-of-life/ Sat, 29 May 2021 21:22:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5590 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 May 2021.]]> 5590 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-23-may-2021-pentecost/ Sat, 22 May 2021 20:46:02 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5585 In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word for Pentecost our musical itinerary includes visits to London, Los Angeles and Moscow. We open our worship with hymn 137, Come down, O Love divine …]]> 5585 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/pentecost-the-seal-of-gods-promise-to-his-people/ Sat, 22 May 2021 20:05:15 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5579 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 May 2021.]]> 5579 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-16-may-2021-easter-7/ Sat, 15 May 2021 21:14:50 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5571 In this week's online Liturgy of the Word we celebrate Jesus' ascension with music from Britain, Nigeria and the United States, ending with a majestic organ voluntary, Alexandre Guilmant's Grand Choeur in D major. We open our worship with hymn 130, Hail the day that sees Him rise …]]> 5571 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-7-raised-on-high/ Sat, 15 May 2021 20:32:05 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5565 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 May 2021.]]> 5565 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-9-may-2021-easter-6/ Sat, 08 May 2021 20:21:09 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5557 We open this week's online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 366, God of mercy, God of grace …]]> 5557 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-6-abide-in-my-love/ Sat, 08 May 2021 19:45:10 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5554 5554 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/two-covid-19-updates-from-advisory-group-now-available/ Fri, 07 May 2021 20:24:59 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5562 The Advisory Group of the Scottish Episcopal Church has published new guidance on the calculation and display of the Physical Distance Based Capacity (PDBC) in church buildings, as pandemic restrictions are eased. The Group has also produced an updated Frequently Asked Questions document. Both of these resources are available here. When using the index of Advisory...]]> 5562 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-2-may-2021-easter-5/ Sat, 01 May 2021 21:07:31 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5544 Our music accompanying this week's Liturgy of the Word comes from Newcastle and Ely Cathedrals, Westminster Abbey and finally from Milwaukee and Manhattan with choral and organ renditions of  Ralph Vaughan Williams' traditional tune Kingsfold - I heard the voice of Jesus say. We open our worship with hymn 102, A brighter dawn is breaking …]]> 5544 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-5-as-we-love-and-serve-each-other/ Sat, 01 May 2021 20:31:54 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5540 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 May 2021.]]> 5540 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/general-synod-2021-to-take-place-over-two-days/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:56:26 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5533 General Synod will again take place online this year, as it did in 2020. However, the schedule will cover two days on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 June, instead of the single day event that was held last December. Business will start at 9am each day and is expected to run until approximately mid to...]]> 5533 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-25-april-2021-easter-4/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:35:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5519 Today we are joined in church by Bishop Kevin Pearson, who will celebrate the Eucharist and preach. We open our worship with hymn 117, The Day of Resurrection …]]> 5519 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishop-will-visit-all-saints-this-sunday/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:28:56 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5517 We welcome Bishop Kevin Pearson to All Saints at 10.30 am this coming Sunday, April 25, when he will preach and be celebrant at the Eucharist.]]> 5517 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-18-april-2021-easter-3/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 12:51:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5503 This week's online Liturgy of the Word and our morning service in church have as their backdrop the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh - and the peace of the risen Christ. We open our worship with hymn 119, The strife is o'er, the battle won …]]> 5503 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-3-peace-be-with-you/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 11:47:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5497 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 April 2021.]]> 5497 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 20:43:06 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5473 Following the death of Prince Philip, our worship in church on Sunday April 11 will begin with the National Anthem and we shall be praying for the Queen and Royal Family at this time of bereavement and personal distress. Read more for statements and prayer from +Kevin Pearson, +Mark Strange and ++Justin Welby.]]> 5473 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-11-april-2021-easter-2/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 19:55:36 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5462 We continue through Eastertide with a Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from Chichester, Warwick, Durham, Landsberg am Lech in Germany and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where we open our worship with hymn 117, The Day of Resurrection …]]> 5462 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-2-the-life-and-resurrection-of-jesus-in-our-own-lives/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 19:06:09 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5456 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 April 2021.]]> 5456 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-4-april-2021-easter-day/ Sat, 03 Apr 2021 20:55:49 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5445 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 …]]> 5445 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/easter-day-a-close-encounter-of-the-most-personal-kind/ Sat, 03 Apr 2021 19:41:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5440 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 April 2021.]]> 5440 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/maundy-thursday-an-eternity-of-loving-the-lord-and-one-another/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 19:15:16 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5436 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Thursday April 1 2021.]]> 5436 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-much-is-being-torn-down-little-is-being-built-in-its-place/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 19:10:27 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5434 5434 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-march-2021/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:08:07 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5430 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 5430 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-28-march-2021-palm-sunday/ Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:22:48 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5413 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 …]]> 5413 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-21-march-2021-passion-sunday/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 19:32:20 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5390 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 …]]> 5390 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/passion-sunday-where-is-self-affirmation-when-presented-with-the-story-of-jesus-self-giving-and-self-denial/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 18:55:03 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5387 5387 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/all-saints-will-reopen-on-palm-sunday/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:44:55 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5380 Sunday services will resume at All Saints on March 28, Palm Sunday, following the Scottish Government's easing of anti-Covid restrictions.]]> 5380 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-14-march-2021-lent-4-and-mothering-sunday/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:37:46 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5373 As our advance through Lent is punctuated by Mothering Sunday, let's reflect in this week’s Liturgy of the Word on motherhood and the Church. We open our worship with hymn 457, The King of love my shepherd is …]]> 5373 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-4-mothering-sunday-2/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:32:22 +0000 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5366 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 March 2021.]]> 5366 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-7-march-2021-lent-3/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:46:53 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5351 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 …]]> 5351 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-3-god-does-not-have-to-be-proved-but-he-does-have-to-be-trusted/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:42:56 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5353 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 March 2021.]]> 5353 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-learning-in-testing-times/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:57:42 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5336 5336 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-28-february-2021-lent-2/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:02:54 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5330 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 …]]> 5330 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-2-speaking-out-when-others-are-silent-about-a-fashionable-social-and-cultural-evil/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 20:30:02 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5325 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 February 2021.]]> 5325 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/bishops-lent-appeal-2021-aberlour-child-care-trust/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:08:18 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5321 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...]]> 5321 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-21-february-2021-lent-1/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:15:04 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5311 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 …]]> 5311 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/lent-1-the-kingdom-of-god-has-come-near/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:06:03 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5306 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 February 2021.]]> 5306 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/acting-like-a-christian-five-part-discussion-series/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:46:27 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5302 An online Lent course from the Scottish Episcopal Church. What does it mean to act like a Christian?]]> 5302 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-february-2021/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:26:30 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5291 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 5291 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/scottish-christians-fear-criminalisation-of-trans-criticism/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:36:56 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5296 5296 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-14-february-2021-transfiguration/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:46:45 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5281 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 …]]> 5281 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-6-the-transfiguration/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:59:41 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5275 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 February 2021.]]> 5275 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/jessie-bradshaw-rip/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:50:03 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5130 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...]]> 5130 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-7-february-2021-presentation-of-christ/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:49:18 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5139 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 …]]> 5139 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/presentation-of-christ-dedicating-our-futures-to-god-in-uncertain-times/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:47:57 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5137 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 February 2021.]]> 5137 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/religious-leaders-launch-legal-action-against-scottish-government-over-covid-shutdown/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 22:37:02 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5120 5120 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-31-january-2021-epiphany-4/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:56:27 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5043 We still cannot worship together in church! However, it’s hoped that this Liturgy of the Word will help with personal devotions.]]> 5043 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-4-a-matter-of-authority/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:32:50 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5041 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 January 2021.]]> 5041 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/new-bishop-elected-for-argyll-the-isles/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:10:36 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5116 The Diocese of Argyll & The Isles has chosen a new Bishop in an online  election. The Rev Canon Dr Keith Riglin was selected by the Electoral Synod from a shortlist of three candidates, and will fill the vacancy brought about by the translation of the Rt Rev Kevin Pearson to the Diocese of Glasgow...]]> 5116 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/commentary-a-simple-and-practical-faith-built-on-a-solid-foundation/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:32:07 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5109 5109 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-24-january-2021-epiphany-3/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:07:55 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5037 Since we still cannot worship together in church, it's hoped that this Liturgy of the Word will help with personal devotions, this week supported by music from two cathedrals, Westminster Abbey and Groningen in Holland. We open our worship with hymn 284, Father we thank thee who hast planted …]]> 5037 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-3-the-kingdom-of-god-repent-and-believe/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:46:14 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5036 5036 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-17-january-2021-epiphany-2/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:19:38 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5033 Once more we’re unable to worship together in church so we hope that this Liturgy of the Word will help with your personal devotions, this week supported by music from Gloucester, Paisley, Asaba in Nigeria and Denver, Colorado. We open our worship with hymn 53, This day, the first of days was made…]]> 5033 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-2-our-advocate-with-the-father/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:17:05 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5028 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 January 2021.]]> 5028 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-giving-2020/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:22:51 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5079 5079 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sec-not-part-of-legal-threat-over-church-closures/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:42:37 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5092 The Scottish Episcopal Church has distanced itself from church leaders who have threatened legal action if the Scottish Government does not reverse its decision to close places of worship during the current phase of the Covid pandemic.]]> 5092 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/baptism-of-the-lord-we-may-find-ourselves-being-surprised/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:39:51 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5025 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 January 2021.]]> 5025 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-10-january-2021-baptism-of-the-lord/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:57:29 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5023 Once more we're unable to worship in church so we hope that this Liturgy of the Word will help with your personal devotions, this week supported by music from New York, Lincoln, Chester, Sheffield ... and Kalamazoo.]]> 5023 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-3-january-2021-epiphany/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 21:55:59 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5019 'Eternal God, who by a star led wise men to the worship of your Son, guide by your light the nations of the earth, that the whole world may know your glory'. Choral music this week comes from Ipswich, Chester - and Accra. We open with hymn 47, As with gladness men of old …]]> 5019 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/epiphany-wanting-to-see-jesus/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 21:35:16 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5021 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 January 2021.]]> 5021 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/new-year-message-from-the-primus/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 02:34:59 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5051 The Most Rev Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church offers a message as we enter 2021.]]> 5051 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/sunday-worship-for-27-december-2020-christmas-1/ Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:44:27 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=5003 Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy wonderful renditions of Chrustmas music, opening with hymn 21, A great and mighty wonder ...]]> 5003 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-1-commitment-to-the-gospel-message/ Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:05:54 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=4999 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 December 2020.]]> 4999 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/news-from-the-diocesan-office-december-2020/ Fri, 25 Dec 2020 19:44:08 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=4976 The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway]]> 4976 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/worship-for-25-december-2020-christmas-day/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 22:29:19 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=4986 Christ, who by his incarnation gathered into one all things earthly and heavenly, fill us with his joy and peace! Our online Liturgy of the Word for Christmas Day includes the music which we would love to sing in church, presented through video by fellow Christians who have shared their gifts with the world. Do join them in song wherever you are! We open our worship with hymn 42, While Shepherds Watched - and end it with it too …]]> 4986 https://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/christmas-good-news-great-joy/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:10:44 +0000 http://allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/?p=4981 Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 December 2020.]]> 4981