Good Morning and welcome to our First Sunday after Easter Service. This will be our first live streamed service since the start of easing of lockdown in Scotland, and we look forward very much to the return of our Congregation, subject to the existing restrictions on numbers attending. In our service today we will remember His Royal Highness The Prince…
For this Easter Sunday celebration we are joined by our Faith Share partners in Mathia Church, Kenya. Despite the total lockdown of their community and country, and with many losses to Covid-19, as well as crops almost wiped out by locusts, they sing Alleluias to Our Lord and present the story of Easter morning through the Gospel of St. Luke…
Good Friday – On this day we remember Our Lord’s horrendous suffering for our sake. In this moving, short service we share five readings and five reflective prayers and music with our reader, Tom Pow, and our Locum, David Matheson.The Service will be available from 0001 hrs on Friday 2nd April
Today we begin Holy Week with Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. ‘Blessed is he who comes, the king in God’s name!’ ‘All’s well in heaven!’, ‘Glory in high places!’ exclaimed the crowds. But we also remember that the Cross, the emblem of suffering and shame, lies in wait. Our Virtual Reflection for Good Friday will be released online on April…
For our service for the 5th Sunday in Lent we look back at the Journey that our MaxWest congregation began a year ago at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this 54th online service our Locum, David Matheson and our programme Editor, Mike Marshall, reflect on how we have all managed to share the Faith – ‘From Zoom to…
In our Service for the 4th Sunday in Lent, we celebrate Mother’s Day and feature the work of our Church Guild, when they mark the final year of their project ‘One Journey, Many Roads’, and prepare for the next adventure with ‘Looking Forward in Faith’.
“There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born, and the day we discover why”. So wrote William Barclay, Scottish theologian and broadcaster. Our Locum David Matheson reflects on the day when we find what is God’s will for us. As is customary for the first Sunday in March, we also celebrate the Sacrament…
Our Locum David Matheson reflects on the first part of Jesus’ Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane.
In this programme we are joining with over 10 million Brownies, Guides and Girl Scouts for their annual Thinking Day Service. This year their theme to think about is Peace Building. How can we be Peace Builders? How can we achieve peace? Members of the Maxwelltown West Brownies take part with our Locum David Matheson.
St. Valentine’s Day! Love is in the air! But aside from our declarations of love traditionally made at this time, who was St. Valentine? Did you know there were three saints with that name? Today, our Locum David Matheson searches out their history as we celebrate God’s eternal love for us; and we make an ‘Essential’ journey to the Netherlands…