The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 16 August in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears in English and Gaelic below, 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 message, church leaders in Scotland said:<\/p>\n
\u201cOccasionally, when we purchase something, we change our mind and we return our purchase. However, over these last months that regular feature of the shopping experience has become somewhat more challenging. If this is so, the result might be that we stay with the decision we have made and choose not to change our mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe apostle Paul writes that \u2018the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable\u2019. (Romans 11: 29) God has made a choice and that choice is to call the people of God into being and to make a covenant with them. Having made that choice, the mind of God does not change. God remains faithful to the covenant and to the covenant promise renewed through Jesus Christ. Knowing this to be so, we turn with confidence to the faithful God.\u201d<\/p>\n
We pray:<\/p>\n
Faithful God,<\/em> Faithful God,<\/em> Faithful God,<\/em> Faithful God,<\/em> Faithful God,<\/em> Signed by:<\/p>\n Most Rev. Mark Strange, Primus, on behalf of the College of Bishops, Scottish Episcopal Church Gairm gu \u00f9rnaigh: Latha na S\u00e0baid, 16mh dhen L\u00f9nastal, \u00f9rnaigh aig 7f<\/strong><\/p>\n Uaireannan, nuair a cheannaicheas sinn rudeigin, bidh sinn ag atharrachadh ar n-inntinn agus a\u2019 dol air ais dhan bh\u00f9th leis na ceannaich sinn. Ach anns na m\u00ecosan a chaidh seachad, chan eil fi\u00f9 \u2019s rudan s\u00ecmplidh mar sin air a bhith furasta dhuinn, agus mar sin, ma dh\u2019fhaoidte, bidh sinn a\u2019 cumail oirnn leis na cheannaich sinn an toiseach, gun a bhith a\u2019 faighinn rudeigin \u00f9r na \u00e0ite. A Dh\u00e8 dh\u00ecleis, A Dh\u00e8 dh\u00ecleis, A Dh\u00e8 dh\u00ecleis, A Dh\u00e8 dh\u00ecleis, A Dh\u00e8 dh\u00ecleis, Soidhnichte:<\/p>\n Am F\u00ecor Urramach Marcus Strange, Primus as leth Colaiste nan Easbaigean, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 16 August in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears in English and Gaelic below, will also light candles. Churches Together In England continue to pray each Sunday at 7pm and are […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70962","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\/70962","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=70962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYou have called us to be the people of God.<\/em>
\nWe thank you that your calling remains and abides.<\/em>
\nMake us faithful to your calling at this present time.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYou are the God who makes a covenant with your people.<\/em>
\nWe thank you that you remember us even when we forget you.<\/em>
\nRemember us today and all who journey in hard places.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYour gifts to us are many and without number.<\/em>
\nWe thank you for the gift of life<\/em>
\nAnd the gift renewed through Jesus Christ.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYou are merciful and gracious and you abound in steadfast love.<\/em>
\nWhen all around us seems to shift and uncertainty prevails,<\/em>
\nWe search for you and discover again that you are ever present.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYou are the God who breaks down the dividing wall<\/em>
\nAnd makes us one in Christ Jesus.<\/em>
\nGrant to us the strength to overcome division and renew our common life.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRt. Rev. Dr Martin Fair, Moderator of the General Assembly, Church of Scotland
\nMost Rev. Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Roman Catholic 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
\nSgr\u00ecobh an t-Abstol P\u00f2l gu bheil \u201ctiodhlacan is gairm Dh\u00e8 gun atharrachadh\u201d (R\u00f2manaich 11: 29). Rinn Dia roghainn, agus b\u2019 e a roghainn sluagh dha fh\u00e8in a thoirt gu bhith, agus c\u00f9mhnant a dh\u00e8anamh leotha. Agus chan atharrachaidh e a bheachd. Tha Dia fhathast d\u00ecleas dhan ch\u00f9mhnant seo, agus do ghealladh a\u2019 ch\u00f9mhnaint air a st\u00e8idheachadh a rithist tro \u00ccosa Cr\u00ecosd. Cuireamaid ar nearbsa anns an fh\u00ecrinn seo, agus d\u00e8anamaid \u00f9rnaigh dhan Tighearna:<\/p>\n
\nGhairm thu sinn gu bhith coisrigte mar shluagh dhut fh\u00e8in.
\nTha sinn a\u2019 togail taing dhut, oir tha do ghairm a\u2019 mairsinn fhathast, f\u00ecor agus foirfe.
\nDe\u00f2naich gun lean sinn do ghairm gu d\u00ecleas an-diugh.
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n
\nIs tusa an Dia a rinn c\u00f9mhnant le do shluagh.
\nTha sinn a\u2019 togail taing dhut, oir tha thu a\u2019 cuimhneachadh oirnn, fi\u00f9 \u2019s nuair a dh\u00ecochuimhneachas sinn thu.
\nCuimhnich oirnn an-diugh, orra-san uile a tha a\u2019 siubhal air rathaidean doirbh.
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n
\nCha ghabh do thiodhlacan dhuinn an cunntadh.
\nTha sinn a\u2019 togail taing dhut airson tiodhlac na beatha,
\na fhuair sinn as \u00f9r bho \u00ccosa Cr\u00ecosd.
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n
\nTha thu tr\u00f2caireach agus gr\u00e0smh\u00f2r, agus pailt ann an coibhneas gr\u00e0idh.
\nNuair a tha gach rud mu thimcheall oirnn ag atharrachadh agus m\u00ec-chinnteach,
\nlorgaidh sinn thu, agus ch\u00ec sinn gu bheil thu earbsach, seasmach an c\u00f2mhnaidh.
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n
\nIs tusa an Dia a bhriseas s\u00ecos am balla, gar buachailleachd cruinn c\u00f2mhla ann an \u00ccosa Cr\u00ecosd.
\nDe\u00f2naich dhuinn an leirsinn gus cr\u00ecoch a chuir air sgaradh agus str\u00ec, agus
\nbeatha \u00f9r fhaighinn ann an c\u00e0irdeas le c\u00e0ch a ch\u00e8ile.
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/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 (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