{"id":71337,"date":"2021-11-18T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-21-november-at-7pm\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:51:00","slug":"joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-21-november-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/joint-call-to-prayer-sunday-21-november-at-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Call to Prayer, Sunday 21 November 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 will also light candles.<\/p>\n

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

\u201c’So you are a king?’ We can picture the scene as Jesus stands before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea. Pilate asks: ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ In response, Jesus speaks of a kingdom \u2018not from this world\u2019 and \u2018not from here\u2019. Pilate, perhaps perplexed, asks: ‘So you are a king?’ (John 18: 33-37)<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the exchange between Pilate and Jesus, we sense the contrasting understandings of what a \u2018king\u2019 will be and what a \u2018kingdom\u2019 will look like. We can well imagine that Pilate had a clear understanding of what these were at that time. However, when faced by a Jesus whose kingdom is \u2018not from this world\u2019, Pilate struggles to comprehend how he might be a \u2018king\u2019. Nevertheless, in time Pilate will crucify: ‘Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews’. (John 19: 19)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jesus who is present before Pilate is a King whose Kingdom is to come and is already present in his life lived out in this world. We respond in faith to the King who is present in our midst, crowned with thorns and robed in purple, and pray that the Kingdom will come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lord, who reigns on high<\/em>
\nAnd who is robed in majesty,<\/em>
\nWe see your Son come amongst us<\/em>
\nAs a King whose kingdom is not from this world.<\/em>
\nMay we respond to his presence<\/em>
\nWith faith and trust as we pray for the kingdom that is to come.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, who reigns on high<\/em>
\nAnd who is robed in majesty,<\/em>
\nWe see your Son come amongst us<\/em>
\nAs the One who very life is a sign of the kingdom.<\/em>
\nMay we recognise the signs of the kingdom in our midst<\/em>
\nAnd live as those who await its coming with expectation.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, who reigns on high<\/em>
\nAnd who is robed in majesty,<\/em>
\nWe see your Son come amongst us<\/em>
\nAs a King whose reign resembles not the rulers of this world.<\/em>
\nMay we follow in his way <\/em>
\nAnd seek to live in the light of his coming kingdom.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, who reigns on high<\/em>
\nAnd who is robed in majesty,<\/em>
\nWe see your Son come amongst us<\/em>
\nAs the bearer of truth and as the light of the world.<\/em>
\nMay Christ the King reign amongst his people<\/em>
\nAnd his way be known to all who seek him in spirit and in truth.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Signed by:
\nMost 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

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 will also light candles. In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland said: \u201c’So you are a king?’ We can picture the scene as Jesus […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71337","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\/71337","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=71337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}