{"id":71304,"date":"2021-09-03T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-5-september-at-7pm\/"},"modified":"2021-09-03T13:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:17:00","slug":"joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-5-september-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-5-september-at-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Call to Prayer, Sunday 5 September 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.<\/p>\n

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

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, \u2018Love your neighbour as yourself\u2019, you are doing right.\u2019 James 2: 8)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven all that we face today: How do we know we are doing the right thing? In our personal life and in our shared life, the challenge of doing the right thing is something that we continually face. As we reflect upon this, we recognise that knowing \u2018the right thing to do\u2019 is not always easy. Nevertheless, throughout Scripture there runs an ancient thread that links the original call to love our neighbour to the summary of the Law given by Jesus. (Leviticus 19: 18; Mark 12: 31) The call to love our neighbour is described by James as the \u2018royal law\u2019 and is the surest guide we have as to knowing \u2018the right thing to do\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we face the challenge of renewing our society and, at the same time, continuing to face the ongoing pandemic, the need of a sure guide remains constant. The \u2018royal law\u2019 has been gifted to us by our Creator and renewed by the Lord Jesus Christ. We take it as our guide for these times.\u201d<\/p>\n

We pray:<\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nIn the times in which we live<\/em>
\nYou reveal your way to us through the royal law.<\/em>
\nWe turn to you as our Creator<\/em>
\nAnd ask for grace and strength<\/em>
\nTo live according to that law.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nIn the times in which we live<\/em>
\nYou reveal your way to us through the royal law.<\/em>
\nWe turn to those beside us as our neighbours<\/em>
\nAnd ask for wisdom that we might do to others<\/em>
\nAs we would have them do to us.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nIn the times in which we live<\/em>
\nYou reveal your way to us through the royal law.<\/em>
\nWe turn to face the challenges of the day<\/em>
\nAnd seek to renew our society<\/em>
\nThat it might better reflect your Kingdom which is to come.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living God,<\/em>
\nIn the times in which we live<\/em>
\nYou reveal your way to us through the royal law.<\/em>
\nWe turn to the world before us<\/em>
\nAnd seek to do right in your eyes<\/em>
\nThat we might bring glory to you, through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/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. In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland said: If you really keep the royal law found in […]","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-71304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71304","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=71304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}