The shaping of our identity is explored in this week\u2019s joint Call to Prayer from churches across Scotland.<\/p>\n
The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 12 July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears below in English and in Gaelic, will also light candles.<\/p>\n
Churches Together In England continue to pray each Sunday at 7pm and are using the hashtag #prayersofhope to share the message on social media.<\/p>\n
In a joint statement, church leaders in Scotland said:<\/p>\n
\u201cOur human experience is shaped, in part, by our past and by our present situation. Our identity is shaped, in part, by all that we have inherited and by how we affirm and are affirmed in our present situation. Over time, our experience and our identity are shaped by a multiplicity of influences. As the people of God, our experience and our identity are shaped by the community created by Jesus Christ and sustained and renewed by the Holy Spirit. Within that community, where the Spirit of God dwells, we find that our experience and our identity are shaped, not only by past and present, but, by the future. As we face the future, we hear the words of Scripture within the community of the people of God: \u2018There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus<\/em>.\u2019 (Romans 8: 1 (NRSV)) Whatever the past has been and whatever the challenges of the present are, we are liberated to face the future with the assurance that nothing can separate us from the love of God.\u201d<\/p>\n We pray:<\/p>\n Living God, you are our Creator and our Maker.<\/em> Living God, you are our Redeemer and our Deliverer.<\/em> Living God, you are the giver of the gift of the Spirit.<\/em> Living God, as you have been with us in past days,<\/em> Signed by:<\/p>\n Rt. Rev. Dr Martin Fair, Moderator of the General Assembly, Church of Scotland Gairm gu \u00f9rnaigh: Latha na S\u00e0baid, 12mh dhen Iuchar, \u00f9rnaigh aig 7f<\/strong><\/p>\n Tha ar n-e\u00f2las air an t-saoghal agus air ar beatha dealbhaichte gu m\u00f2r leis ar n-eachdraidh agus na tha sinn a\u2019 faicinn mu thimcheall oirnn.\u00a0 Tro bhliadhnaichean ar beathannan, bheir iomadh rud buaidh air ar f\u00e8in-\u00e0ithne agus air ar n-e\u00f2las, eadar dualchas agus tachartasan agus suidheachadhan de gach se\u00f2rsa.\u00a0 Agus mar sluagh Dh\u00e8, tha f\u00e8in-\u00e0ithne agus e\u00f2las againn st\u00e8idhichte air a\u2019 choimhearsnachd a chruthaich \u00ccosa Cr\u00ecosd, gl\u00e8idhte agus ath-nuadhaichte tron Spiorad Naomh.\u00a0 Anns a\u2019 choimhearsnachd sin, le sti\u00f9ireadh Spiorad Dh\u00e8, ch\u00ec sinn nach eil ar f\u00e8in-\u00e0ithe agus ar n-e\u00f2las st\u00e8idhichte a-mh\u00e0in air na thachair an-d\u00e8 agus na tha a\u2019 tachairt an-diugh, ach air ar d\u00f2chas san \u00e0m ri teachd mar an ceudna.\u00a0 Cluinnidh sinn, mar phobal an Tighearna, faclan Sgriobtair ag r\u00e0dh, \u201cMar sin, chan eil d\u00ecteadh sam bith a-nis ann dhaibhsan a th\u2019 ann an Cr\u00ecosd \u00ccosa\u201d (R\u00f2manaich 8: 1).\u00a0 Ge brith na rudan a thachair anns na l\u00e0ithean a dh\u2019fhalbh, ge brith na d\u00f9bhlain againn an-diugh, faodaidh sinn cumail oirnn le cinnt nach eil rud sam bith an comas air ar sgaradh o ghaol Dh\u00e8.<\/p>\n D\u00e8anamaid \u00f9rnaigh:<\/p>\n A Dh\u00e8 Bhe\u00f2, is tusa \u00d9ghdar na Cruinne,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 Bhe\u00f2, is tusa ar Fear-saoraidh agus ar Fear-sl\u00e0nachaidh.<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 Bhe\u00f2, thug thu dhuinn t\u00ecodhlac do Spioraid.<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 Bhe\u00f2, bha thu maille rinn anns na l\u00e0ithean a dh\u2019fhalbh,<\/em> Soidhnichte:<\/p>\n Am F\u00ecor Urramach Marcus Strange, Primus as leth Colaiste nan Easbaigean, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba
\nYou have made us in your image<\/em>
\nAnd sustained us in past days.<\/em>
\nGuard us and keep us as we remember those days.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYou reconcile all things through Christ Jesus,<\/em>
\nThe image of the invisible God.<\/em>
\nHold our lives in your safe keeping at this present time.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYou breathe into us the very breath of life<\/em>
\nAnd renew us by your Holy Spirit.<\/em>
\nLead us into the future, through Christ and by your Spirit.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBe with us today and in all the days to come.<\/em>
\nGrant that we may face the future<\/em>
\nAssured that nothing can separate us from the love of God.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMost Rev. Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Roman Catholic Church
\nMost Rev. Mark Strange, Primus, on behalf of the College of Bishops, Scottish Episcopal Church
\nRev. John Fulton, Moderator, United Free Church of Scotland
\nRev. Dr David Pickering, Moderator, United Reformed Church (Scotland)
\nRev. Martin Hodson, General Director, Baptist Union of Scotland
\nRev. Mark Slaney, District Chair, Methodist Church (Scotland)
\nRev. May-Kane Logan, Chair, Congregational Federation in Scotland
\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, Secretary for Scotland, Salvation Army
\nAdwoa Bittle, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
\nRev. Jim Ritchie, District Superintendent, British Isles North District, Church of the Nazarene
\nPastor Chris Gbenle, Provincial Pastor, Province of Scotland, Redeemed Christian Church of God
\nBishop Francis Alao, Church of God (Scotland)\/Minority Ethnic Churches Together in Scotland (MECTIS)
\nRev Fred Drummond, Director, Evangelical Alliance (Scotland)<\/p>\n
\nrinn thu sinn nad \u00ecomhaigh fh\u00e8in<\/em>
\nagus ghl\u00e8idh thu sinn anns na l\u00e0ithean a dh\u2019fhalbh.<\/em>
\nGl\u00e8idh sinn agus d\u00econ sinn, mar a rinn thu riamh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTha thu a\u2019 r\u00e8iteachadh a h-uile n\u00ec tro \u00ccosa Cr\u00ecosd,<\/em>
\n\u00ecomhaigh an D\u00e8 neo-fhaicsinnich.<\/em>
\nGl\u00e8idh ar beathannan agus d\u00econ sinn an-diugh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBheir thu dhuinn anail na beatha fh\u00e8in,<\/em>
\nagus bidh thu gar n-ath-nuadhachadh le do Spiorad.<\/em>
\nTre\u00f2raich sinn tron \u00e0m ri teachd, le Cr\u00ecosd agus le do Spiorad.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nbi maille rinn an-diugh, agus anns gach latha a tha ri teachd.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich gun faod sinn cumail oirnn<\/em>
\nle cinnt nach eil rud sam bith an comas air ar sgaradh o ghaol Dh\u00e8.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAn Ceart Urramach M\u00e0rtainn Fair, Moder\u00e0tor \u00c0rd-Sheanadh Eaglais na h-Alba
\nAm F\u00ecor Urramach Leo Cushley, \u00c0rd-Easbaig Chill R\u00ecmhinn agus D\u00f9n \u00c8ideann
\nAn t-Urramach Iain Fulton, Moder\u00e0tor, Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte na h-Alba
\nAn t-Urramach Daibhidh Pickering, Moder\u00e0tor, Eaglais Ath-Leasaichte Aonaichte\u00a0 (Alba)
\nAn t-Urramach M\u00e0rtainn Hodson, \u00c0rd-Sti\u00f9iriche, Aonadh Baisteach na h-Alba
\nAn t-Urramach Marcus Slaney, Cathraiche Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, Eaglais nam Methodach (Alba)
\nAn t-Urramach May-Kane Logan, Cathraiche, Caidreachas Co-thionalach ann an Alba
\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, R\u00f9naire na h-Alba, Feachd na Sl\u00e0inte
\nAdwao Bittle, Comann nan Caraidean (Cuagairean)
\nAn t-Urramach Jim Ritchie, \u00c0rd-Neach-Sti\u00f9iridh Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, Eileanan Bhreatainn, Eaglais an N\u00e0saraich
\nAoghaire Chris Gbenle, Aoghaire Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, M\u00f2r-Roinn na h-Alba, Eaglais Chr\u00ecosdal air Saoradh le Dia
\nEasbaig Francis Alao, Eaglais Dh\u00e8 (Alba)\/ Eaglaisean nam m\u00econ-shluagh c\u00f2mhla ann an Alba (MECTIS)
\nAn t-Urramach Fred Drummond, Sti\u00f9iriche, Caidreachas Soisgeulach (Alba)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shaping of our identity is explored in this week\u2019s joint Call to Prayer from churches across Scotland. The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 12 July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears below in English and […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}