{"id":71284,"date":"2021-08-08T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-8-august-at-7pm\/"},"modified":"2021-08-08T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T13:48:00","slug":"joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-8-august-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-8-august-at-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Call to Prayer, Sunday 8 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’Beware of Imitations!’ We are, no doubt, aware of the saying and the implication that we should steer clear of that which is a copy of the real thing. Indeed, in many cases that is wise advice as certain imitations are but a pale shadow of the real thing. On the other hand, we see how a child learns by example and by imitating the behaviour of others. If the example is a good one, the behaviour that follows as a result of imitation will likewise be good.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians, we are urged to become imitators of the good. Indeed, we are urged to \u2018be imitators of God\u2019. As those who, by the grace of God, have received the gift and seal of the Holy Spirit, we are called to \u2018live in love, as Christ loved us\u2019. As we do so, we become \u2018imitators of God\u2019 by the way in which we forgive others, \u2018as God in Christ has forgiven\u2019 us. (Ephesians 4: 25-5:2)\u201d<\/p>\n

We pray:<\/p>\n

Gracious God,<\/em>
\nIn Christ you offer to us forgiveness<\/em>
\nAnd you seal us by your Spirit.<\/em>
\nGrant to us that we might become<\/em>
\nTrue imitators of the way of love revealed in Christ<\/em>
\nAnd so represent you to the world.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracious God,<\/em>
\nIn Christ you offer to us forgiveness<\/em>
\nAnd you seal us by your Spirit.<\/em>
\nGrant us strength<\/em>
\nTo put aside all that does not reflect your life<\/em>
\nAnd to learn the ways of kindness and forgiveness.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracious God,<\/em>
\nIn Christ you offer to us forgiveness<\/em>
\nAnd you seal us by your Spirit.<\/em>
\nGrant us wisdom<\/em>
\nTo always build up that which is good<\/em>
\nAnd to bring healing in a broken and divided world.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracious God,<\/em>
\nIn Christ you offer to us forgiveness<\/em>
\nAnd you seal us by your Spirit.<\/em>
\nGrant us integrity <\/em>
\nTo always speak the truth<\/em>
\nAnd to offer words that are gracious to those who hear.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracious God,<\/em>
\nIn Christ you offer to us forgiveness<\/em>
\nAnd you seal us by your Spirit.<\/em>
\nGrant to us that, at the last,<\/em>
\nWe have become true imitators of the way of love revealed in Christ<\/em>
\nAnd so represented you to the world.<\/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-71284","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\/71284","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=71284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71284\/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=71284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}