{"id":71281,"date":"2021-07-30T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-1-august-at-7pm\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:52:00","slug":"joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-1-august-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-1-august-at-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Call to Prayer, Sunday 1 August 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. Please note that this week there will be no Gaelic translation of the prayer.<\/p>\n

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

\u201c\u2018I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.\u2019 The words of the Gospel resonate in the hearts of all who have searched for spiritual sustenance in a dry land. They are words spoken to those who searched for Jesus and could not, at first, find him. They are words spoken to those who are \u2018looking for Jesus\u2019. On finding him, Jesus speaks to them of the \u2018bread from heaven\u2019 and in turn they ask: \u2018Sir, give us this bread always.\u2019 In response, Jesus says: \u2018I am the bread of life.\u2019 (John 6: 24-35)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is to those who continue to seek the presence of Jesus in a dry land that he offers himself as the \u2018bread from heaven\u2019. We stand with those who sing: \u2018Bread of Heaven, Bread of heaven, Feed me till my want is o\u2019er.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

We pray:<\/p>\n

Gracious Father,<\/em>
\nWho gives to us bread from heaven,<\/em>
\nHear us when we hunger<\/em>
\nAnd cry out to the One who is the bread of life.<\/em>
\nRenew us by your gift and restore us by your presence.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracious Father,<\/em>
\nWho gives to us bread from heaven,<\/em>
\nHear the cry of all who hunger this day<\/em>
\nAnd who long for the gifts that renew and restore life.<\/em>
\nRenew our concern for your Creation and for all who inhabit the earth.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracious Father,<\/em>
\nWho gives to us bread from heaven,<\/em>
\nHear us when we thirst<\/em>
\nAnd long for living water.<\/em>
\nMay all who thirst drink deep from the rivers of living water.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracious Father,<\/em>
\nWho gives to us bread from heaven,<\/em>
\nHear the cries of those who long for clean water<\/em>
\nAnd who live in parched lands.<\/em>
\nMay all who thirst find living water for daily life.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracious Father,<\/em>
\nWho gives to us bread from heaven,<\/em>
\nHear our cry to the One<\/em>
\nWho is the bread of life:<\/em>
\nGive us this bread always. <\/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. Please note that this week there will be no Gaelic translation of the prayer. In a joint message, […]","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-71281","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\/71281","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=71281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71281\/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=71281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}