Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS)

Welcome to the ACTS Website

Formed in 1990, as Scotland’s national ecumenical instrument, Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS) brings together nine denominations in Scotland who share a desire for:

Greater oneness between churches, as Jesus prayed, ’that they all may be one’ (John 17.21)
A growth of understanding and common life between churches
Unified action in proclaiming and responding to the gospel in the whole of life.

In its work ACTS seeks to enable the Scottish churches in their common life.

It encourages and resources encounters between them in which each participant learns from the other, where difference is explored and respected and where division is healed.

ACTS - enabling and resourcing churches in Scotland in their pilgrimage together

Acts

Together

The February edition of Together is now available. Our lead story is the Act of Thanksgiving for Scottish Churches House held on the 21st January 2012.
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Project News

Back to Church Sunday 2012

Back to Church Sunday will be held on 30th September 2012 and the team is busy preparing resources and encouraging churches to get involved this year. This year there should not be a clash with the September holiday weekend as for many that falls on the weekend of the 23rd September so 2012 presents a great opportunity to participate in Back to Church Sunday at the same time as others not only in the UK but around the world.

Racial Justice Sunday 2012

The national Racial Justice Sunday Service, organised by ACTS and by Minority Ethnic Christians Together in Scotland (MECTIS), is to be held in Morningside United Church, Edinburgh, on September 9th. Between 18.00 and 18.30 the Edinburgh African Choir will present a programme of songs of praise as people assemble for the Service.

The theme for the Service will be “Growing Together in Faith” and the preacher will be Rev. Aftab Gohar, who is minister of Abbotsgrange Parish Church in Grangemouth.

You are cordially invited to attend the Service and, by doing so, to show your support for the Churches’ work to ensure that people of all races are treated justly by the society in which they live.

Anti-Trafficking Group supports call for Anti-Trafficking Commissioner for Scotland.

The Scottish Churches Anti-Human Trafficking Group welcomes and applauds the Anti Trafficking Monitoring Group’s report, ‘All Change: Preventing Trafficking in the UK’ which was launched in Scotland on 4th May. The report offers an analysis of the progress made by the UK in complying with its obligations under the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking of Human Beings which came into force in the UK in 2009.

Prayer for Today

Holy Spirit of Freedom
as the poor long
for abundance shared
and injustice ended,
and the Church longs for unity;
Challenge us to see these two visions
as vital threads in a single tapestry;
Sharpen our wit and imagination
to weave the two together
in the footsteps of Jesus
for the life of the world
to the glory of God!

Carolyn Smyth