{"id":71258,"date":"2021-06-13T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-13-june-at-7pm\/"},"modified":"2021-06-13T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T10:50:00","slug":"joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-13-june-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-13-june-at-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Call to Prayer, Sunday 13 June at 7pm"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scottish Episcopal Church and other denominations join together in prayer on Sunday at 7pm, as they have done throughout the coronavirus pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears below in English and Gaelic, will also light candles.<\/p>\n

In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland said:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Seeing is believing!\u2019 The saying is one that we are all familiar with and it finds expression in music, film and everyday speech. In essence it means: To see is to believe. However, the reality of life is that we see so much that it becomes increasingly difficult to say we believe simply on the basis of what is before our eyes. The multiplicity of images and information that are presented to us threaten at times to overload the senses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Apostle Paul offers us a way of seeing things differently. Instead of saying: \u2018Seeing is believing!\u2019, it is almost as if he reverses this and says: \u2018Believing is seeing!\u2019 Paul was very conscious of the challenges he faced and of the passing nature of what he saw around him. In facing the reality of this in his daily life, he is confident that he has found a way to live that is not dependent solely on what he sees. Rather, he affirms: \u2018we walk by faith, not by sight\u2019. (2 Corinthians 5: 7) Paul looks \u2018not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen\u2019, and by faith he \u2018sees\u2019, beyond the temporary, the way that God has marked out. (2 Corinthians 4: 18) In our daily lives, we seek to see the world through eyes of faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

We pray:<\/p>\n

Everlasting God,<\/em>
\nWhose way is known to those who live by faith,<\/em>
\nGrant us that we might walk by faith<\/em>
\nAnd so live for you<\/em>
\nThat our lives reflect the glory of God.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everlasting God,<\/em>
\nWhose way is known to those who live by faith,<\/em>
\nGrant us the assurance that, as we walk by faith,<\/em>
\nWe are not alone<\/em>
\nAnd that we walk in the company of your Son.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everlasting God,<\/em>
\nWhose way is known to those who live by faith,<\/em>
\nGrant us the knowledge<\/em>
\nThat we walk in the company of your people<\/em>
\nAnd in the community of your Spirit.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everlasting God,<\/em>
\nWhose way is known to those who live by faith,<\/em>
\nGrant us that we might see<\/em>
\nThe complexity of this world<\/em>
\nThrough eyes enlightened by faith.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everlasting God,<\/em>
\nWhose way is known to those who live by faith,<\/em>
\nGrant us to see, by faith,<\/em>
\nThe image of God <\/em>
\nIn each life shaped by your hand.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everlasting God,<\/em>
\nWhose way is known to those who live by faith,<\/em>
\nGrant us that, at the last,<\/em>
\nWe will come into your presence<\/em>
\nAnd share in the life everlasting.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Signed by:<\/p>\n

Most Rev. Mark Strange, Primus, on behalf of the College of Bishops, Scottish Episcopal Church
\nLord Wallace, Moderator of the General Assembly, Church of Scotland
\nMost Rev. Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Roman Catholic Church
\nRev. Dr David Miller, Moderator, United Free Church of Scotland
\nRev. Neil MacMillan, Moderator, Free Church of Scotland
\nRev. Paul Whittle, Moderator, United Reformed Church (Scotland)
\nRev. Martin Hodson, General Director, Baptist Union of Scotland
\nRev. Mark Slaney, District Chair, Methodist Church (Scotland)
\nRev. Thomas R. Wilson, Chair, Congregational Federation in Scotland
\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, Secretary for Scotland, Salvation Army
\nAdwoa Bittle, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
\nRev. Ruth Turner, 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

Gairm gu \u00f9rnaigh: Latha na S\u00e0baid, 13mh dhen \u00d2gmhios, \u00f9rnaigh aig 7f<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cB\u2019 fhe\u00e0rr leam fhaicinn na a chluinntinn.\u201d Tha sinn uile air an abairt sin a chluinntinn, agus bidh e a\u2019 nochdadh ann an ce\u00f2l, fiolm, agus c\u00f2mhraidhean l\u00e0itheil. \u2019S e br\u00ecgh na h-abairte: Ma ch\u00ec thu, creididh tu. Ach ch\u00ec sinn an t-uabhas ann am beatha \u2019s gum bi e a\u2019 s\u00ecor-fh\u00e0s nas duilghe rudan a chreidsinn, ged a bhios iad ro ar sh\u00f9ilean. Tha cus mu thimcheall oirnn, agus th\u00e8id sinn tro ch\u00e8ile leis.<\/p>\n

Tha beachd eile aig an Abstol P\u00f2l. An \u00e0ite a r\u00e0dh \u201cB\u2019 fhe\u00e0rr leam fhaicinn na chluinntinn\u201d, tha e ag r\u00e0dh: \u201cb\u2019 fhe\u00e0rr leam chreidsinn na fhaicinn!\u201d Bha P\u00f2l e\u00f2lach gu le\u00f2r air na d\u00f9bhlanan a bha roimhe agus air cho caochlaideach \u2019s a bha a h-uile n\u00ec mu thimcheall air. Mar sin, lorg e d\u00f2igh a bhith be\u00f2 nach robh an eismeil na rudan a chunnaic e le s\u00f9ilean a chuirp. Seach sin, tha e ag r\u00e0dh, \u201ctha sinn a\u2019 coiseachd le creideamh, chan ann le sealladh\u201d (2 Corintianaich 5: 7) Tha P\u00f2l ag r\u00e0dh nach eil sinn \u201ca coimhead air na rudan a tha rim faicinn, ach air na rudan nach eil rim faicinn; oir tha na rudan a chithear aimsireil, ach na rudan nach fhaicear s\u00ecorraidh.\u201d (2 Corintianaich 4: 18). Nar beathannan l\u00e0itheil, faiceamaid an saoghal tro sh\u00f9ilean a\u2019 creideimh.<\/p>\n

D\u00e8anamaid \u00f9rnaigh:<\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 sh\u00ecorraidh, <\/em>
\nis ann tro chreideamh a dh\u2019aithneachas sinn do shlighean.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich gun coiseachd sinn<\/em>
\nle creideamh, gum biomaid be\u00f2 a-r\u00e8ir do thoile.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich gum bi do ghl\u00f2ir air a foillseachadh nar beathannan.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 sh\u00ecorraidh, <\/em>
\nis ann tro chreideamh a dh\u2019aithneachas sinn do shlighean.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich dhuinn misneachd nach eil sin nar n-aonar fhad \u2019s a choiseachas sinn le creideamh,<\/em>
\nach gu bheil sinn a\u2019 coiseachd ri taobh do Mhic.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, <\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 sh\u00ecorraidh, <\/em>
\nis ann tro chreideamh a dh\u2019aithneachas sinn do shlighean.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich dhuinn fios gu bheil sinn a\u2019 coiseachd c\u00f2mhla ri do shluagh<\/em>
\nAgus ann an coimhearsnachd do Spioraid.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, <\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 sh\u00ecorraidh, <\/em>
\nis ann tro chreideamh a dh\u2019aithneachas sinn do shlighean.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich gum faic sinn<\/em>
\nioma-fhillteachd an t-saoghail<\/em>
\ntro sh\u00f9ilean air an soillseachadh le creideamh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, <\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 sh\u00ecorraidh, <\/em>
\nis ann tro chreideamh a dh\u2019aithneachas sinn do shlighean.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich gum faic sinn, le creideamh,<\/em>
\n\u00ecomhaigh Dh\u00e8<\/em>
\nanns gach beatha a shnaidh do l\u00e0mh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 sh\u00ecorraidh, <\/em>
\nis ann tro chreideamh a dh\u2019aithneachas sinn do shlighean.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich gun lorg sinn do l\u00e0thaireachd<\/em>
\naig deireadh ar beathannan<\/em>
\nagus p\u00e0irt a ghabhail ann am beatha s\u00ecorraidh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, <\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

Soidhnichte:<\/p>\n

Am F\u00ecor Urramach Marcus Strange, Primus as leth Colaiste nan Easbaigean, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba
\nAn Ceart Urramach Morair Uallas, 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 Oll. Daibhidh Miller, Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte na h-Alba
\nAn t-Urramach Niall MacMhaoilein, Moder\u00e0tor, an Eaglais Shaor
\nAn t-Urramach P\u00f2l Whittle, 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 T\u00f2mas R. Wilson, Cathraiche, Caidreachas Co-thionalach ann an Alba
\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, R\u00f9naire na h-Alba, Feachd na Sl\u00e0inte
\nAn t-Urramach Rut Nic an Tuairneir, \u00c0rd-Neach-Sti\u00f9iridh Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, Eileanan Bhreatainn, Eaglais an N\u00e0saraich
\nAdwao Bittle, Comann nan Caraidean (Cuagairean)
\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 Scottish Episcopal Church and other denominations join together in prayer on Sunday at 7pm, as they have done throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears below in English and Gaelic, will also light candles. In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland said: \u201c\u2018Seeing is believing!\u2019 The saying […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71258","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\/71258","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=71258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}