{"id":71325,"date":"2021-10-24T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-24-october-at-7pm\/"},"modified":"2021-10-24T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T16:01:00","slug":"joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-24-october-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-24-october-at-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Call to Prayer, Sunday 24 October 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

Today, there are many voices crying out to be heard. The voices are of those who suffer and who are broken, and of those who are isolated and alone. These voices are intermingled with many others that cry out, whether for good or ill, and seek to be heard. Truly, there are many voices crying out to be heard.<\/p>\n

The Gospel of Mark records an occasion when Jesus heard a particular voice crying out to be heard. The voice was that of Bartimaeus who was determined to be heard even in the face of the crowd. The voice of Bartimaeus was raised in spite of the rebuke of those who told him to be quiet. As he is told to be quiet, he shouts all the more: \u201cSon of David, have mercy on me!\u201d Jesus hears his voice and calls him into his presence: \u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d Jesus hears his voice and responds to the depth of his need: \u201cGo…your faith has healed you.\u201d (Mark 10: 46-52) From the depths of the crowd, Jesus hears our cry and wills to answer and to bring healing.<\/p>\n

We pray:<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, hear us,<\/em>
\nGraciously hear us,<\/em>
\nAs we turn to you and cry for mercy: Hear our voice today,<\/em>
\nEven from the depths of the crowd, And answer our cry.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, hear us,<\/em>
\nGraciously hear us,<\/em>
\nAs we turn to you and cry for mercy: Hear the voice of those who suffer, Even in their brokenness,<\/em>
\nAnd answer their cry.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, hear us,<\/em>
\nGraciously hear us,<\/em>
\nAs we turn to you and cry for mercy:<\/em>
\nHear the voice of the lonely,<\/em>
\nEven from their place of isolation,<\/em>
\nAnd draw them into the community of your people. Lord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, hear us,<\/em>
\nGraciously hear us,<\/em>
\nAs we turn to you and cry for mercy:<\/em>
\nHear our voice today,<\/em>
\nEven as you heard the cry of Bartimaeus,<\/em>
\nAnd inspire in us faith and bring to us healing. Lord, 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: Today, there are many voices crying out to be […]","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-71325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71325","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=71325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}