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US Liturgy Resources new downloads
One of the busiest sets of pages on the Scottish Episcopal Church’s website is the set of pages which allow people to download the liturgies of the Scottish Episcopal Church. This has been the case for quite a while and was very much proved when we had a difficult week last year when the site…
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Sermon preached on 10 November 2013
What are you fighting for…in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit? The gospel reading that we’ve just heard is a very particular one. The question is – if a man dies and his widow marries his brother, and six brothers die and she marries her way down…
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The Case for Same-Sex Marriage
The Equality Network has just published a great resource as part of the final push towards the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Scotland. It is called Six Reasons to Support Same-Sex Marriage. It can be found for free online but there are also nice printed versions available from the Equality Network too. Here’s a pic…
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10 ways to make church websites better
1 Include what time the services are and how to get there. If you are making big plans for a festival then make big plans to put it online. Some churches appear to have given up celebrating Christmas if you read their websites. (And remember, people do read websites and most read little else).…
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Beth tells All Souls like it is
Take a look at what Beth has written about All Souls Day over on her blog. She’s a young medic who works in the local cancer hospital by day and by night and who works at the altar of the Lord as a server by night and by day.
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The Knitting Collect
At this time of year when we think of All Saints we get a collect that always makes me think of this picture of Herself knitting. Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow…
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Happy Frikkiday
On Sunday we had the happy coincidence of Dedication Sunday and Frikki Sunday – it was the Director of Music’s 50th birthday. This meant much joyful music throughout the day and a megasong service at night when some of those who have sung with him before or who sing with him elsewhere came along to…
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Dedication Sunday Sermon
This time last year, I was away in the United States on sabbatical. I was travelling about from place to place and particularly from church to church. And I was looking for something I realised afterwards that I was looking for what is over the rainbow. There’s something about the New World and particularly the…
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Dedication
We are marking Dedication Sunday this weekend. That is a Sunday for giving thanks for St Mary’s and rejoicing in the opportunity to build on what has been built before us. Over the month of October, I’ve been asking members of the congregation to give “Two Minutes for Stewardship” each week at the Offertory and…
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Biblical role models for marriage – any suggestions?
We had such an interesting discussion last night at the cathedral’s LGBT Group (aka Gay Club). The conversation was about marriage, looking at it from a biblical, social and personal point of view rather than talking about the current attempts to change the law. The question that we really found interesting was how many positive…