{"id":71264,"date":"2021-06-27T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-27-june-at-7pm\/"},"modified":"2021-06-27T11:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T10:07:00","slug":"joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-27-june-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-27-june-at-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Call to Prayer, Sunday 27 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, will also light candles. Unfortunately, no Gaelic version is available this week.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cThe Gospel of Mark records the story of a woman who reaches out to Jesus and does so from the depth of her suffering. She does so because she \u2018had heard about Jesus\u2019 and longed to find healing. The Gospel describes how a large crowd was following Jesus \u2018and pressed in on him\u2019 and it is from the midst of the crowd that the woman reaches out. In the moment that she does so, Jesus senses \u2018that power had gone forth from him\u2019. In response to his question: \u201cWho touched me?\u201d, the woman comes \u2018in fear and trembling\u2019 and tells \u2018the whole truth\u2019. In response, Jesus affirms that her faith has yielded wholeness and peace. (Mark 5: 21-43)<\/p>\n

\u201cIn times of suffering, we may find ourselves worn out and uncertain as to the strength of our faith. Whether from the depths of the crowd, or; in the loneliness of our isolation, Jesus invites us to reach out and experience the healing and peace of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

We pray:<\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nMove among us<\/em>
\nAnd invite us to reach out to your presence revealed in Jesus.<\/em>
\nWhen we are fearful,<\/em>
\nCalm our fears and bring us safe into your presence.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nMove among us<\/em>
\nAnd invite us to reach out to the One who inspires faith.<\/em>
\nWhen we sense our faith ebbs low,<\/em>
\nRenew our faith and reassure that your faithfulness abides forever.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nMove among us<\/em>
\nAnd invite us to the place of healing.<\/em>
\nWhen we are broken,<\/em>
\nLift us up and remake us in your image.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nMove among us<\/em>
\nAnd invite us to the place of peace.<\/em>
\nWhere peace seems absent,<\/em>
\nFill the place of absence with your abiding presence.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nMove among us<\/em>
\nAnd invite us to step out of the crowd.<\/em>
\nWhere we are hesitant to do so,<\/em>
\nReassure us that you see us and know us and accept us as we are.<\/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","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, will also light candles. Unfortunately, no Gaelic version is available this week. In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland said: \u201cThe […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71264","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\/71264","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=71264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}