{"id":71295,"date":"2021-08-22T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-22-august-at-7pm\/"},"modified":"2021-08-22T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T12:58:00","slug":"joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-22-august-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-22-august-at-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Call to Prayer, Sunday 22 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. The prayer is available below in both English and Gaelic.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cTo whom do we turn to find the answers to the many difficult questions that now confront us? The questions of the day are many and there are seldom easy answers to be found. In part, the challenge we face is how to live with the difficult questions whilst continuing to seek honest answers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Gospel of John, Jesus is recorded as having been asked difficult questions to which he then gave honest answers. The consequence of these answers is that some of those who had previously followed him began to turn back. In turn, Jesus asks his twelve closest disciples if they also wish \u2018to go away\u2019. With characteristic boldness, Peter answers: \u201cLord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life?\u201d (John 6: 68) In following Jesus, we soon discover that many of the difficult questions still remain. In continuing to follow Jesus, we recognise by faith that he is the One through whom God reconciles the difficult questions and continues to offer to us the gift of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

We pray:<\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nWho reconciles all things through Christ,<\/em>
\nWe come to you<\/em>
\nWith the questions of the day.<\/em>
\nWe come that we might find One who will listen<\/em>
\nAnd who will embrace our concerns.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nWho reconciles all things through Christ,<\/em>
\nWe come to you<\/em>
\nTo seek answers to the questions of life<\/em>
\nAnd we come in the company of others.<\/em>
\nGrant that we may hear you speak amidst the clamour of the day.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nWho reconciles all things through Christ,<\/em>
\nWe come to you<\/em>
\nWith the hard questions<\/em>
\nAnd those that defy our attempts to resolve.<\/em>
\nGrant us grace to live with the hard questions at this time.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nWho reconciles all things through Christ,<\/em>
\nWe come to you<\/em>
\n-For you have the words of eternal life.<\/em>
\nGrant us grace to believe<\/em>
\nAnd to know that you are the Holy One of God. <\/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, 22mh dhen L\u00f9nastal, \u00f9rnaigh aig 7f<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cC\u00e0ite an t\u00e8id sinn gus freagairtean a lorg air na ceistean a tha againn anns na l\u00e0ithean seo? Tha na ceistean pailt, ach ‘s gann gun lorg sinn freagairt furasta. Tha e na dubhlan dhuinn freagairtean firinneach a shireadh ged a tha na ceistean doirbhe seo againn.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeughaidh sinn ann an Soisgeul E\u00f2in gun do chuir daoine ceistean cruaidh air \u00ccosa agus gun tug e freagairtean firinneach dhaibh. Mar thorradh air sin thr\u00e8ig cuid e a bha de\u00f2nach a leantainn roimhe. Mar sin, dh\u2019fhaighnich \u00ccosa air an d\u00e0 fhear dheug, \u201cAm bu toil leibhse falbh cuideachd?\u201d Fhreagair S\u00ecmon Peadar gu d\u00e0na, mar bu n\u00f2s dha, \u201cA Thighearna, c\u00f2 thuige a th\u00e8id sinn? Is ann agadsa a tha faclan na beatha s\u00ecorraidh.\u201d (E\u00f2in 6: 68). Le bhith a\u2019 leantainn \u00ccosa, ch\u00ec sinn gu bheil ceistean cruaidh ann fhathast. Le bhith a\u2019 leantainn \u00ccosa, ch\u00ec sinn tro chreideamh gur esan an T\u00ec a r\u00e8iteachas ar ceistean le tiodhlac faclan na beatha.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

A Dh\u00e8 bhe\u00f2<\/em>
\na r\u00e8iteachas a h-uile s\u00econ tro Chriosd,<\/em>
\ntha sinn a\u2019 tighinn thugad <\/em>
\nle ceistean ar latha.<\/em>
\nTha sinn a\u2019 sireadh an T\u00ec a dh\u2019\u00e8isteas rinn<\/em>
\nagus aig a bheil cuimhne oirnn nar n-iomgain. <\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 bhe\u00f2<\/em>
\na r\u00e8iteachas a h-uile s\u00econ tro Chriosd,<\/em>
\ntha sinn a\u2019 tighinn thugad <\/em>
\na\u2019 sireadh fuasgladh do cheistean na beatha, agus tha sinn a\u2019 tighinn maille ri feadhainn eile.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich gun cluinn sinn thu tro ghleadhraich an latha.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 bhe\u00f2<\/em>
\na r\u00e8iteachas a h-uile s\u00econ tro Chriosd,<\/em>
\ntha sinn a\u2019 tighinn thugad <\/em>
\nleis na ceistean cruaidh,<\/em>
\nan fheadhainn nach t\u00e8id am fuasgladh leinn fh\u00ecn.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich dhuinn gr\u00e0s gus na ceistean sin a ghi\u00f9lan.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Dh\u00e8 bhe\u00f2<\/em>
\na r\u00e8iteachas a h-uile s\u00econ tro Chriosd,<\/em>
\ntha sinn a\u2019 tighinn thugad <\/em>
\noir is ann agadsa a tha faclan na beatha.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich dhuinn gr\u00e0s gus ar creideamh a chur annad,<\/em>
\nagus de\u00f2naich gum bifios againn gur thusa T\u00ec Naomh Dh\u00e8.<\/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, will also light candles. The prayer is available below in both English and Gaelic. In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71295","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=71295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}