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

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Together July 2010

The latest edition of 'Together' the ACTS newsletter is now available to download.

In this edition....
Rev Andrew Scobie reflects on 45 years of parish ministry in Cardross
Scotland prepares to welcome Pope Benedict XVI
Edinburgh 2010
Pilgrimage Walks
Scottish Churches House events
Poverty and Homelessness Action Week 2011
........and more

‘We need to be a befriending church, not just a friendly church’.

Back to Church Sunday is an opportunity for worshippers to invite a friend to come with them to church on a particular Sunday. This year Back to Church Sunday falls on the 26th September and as in previous years material is available to help congregations plan for and invite people to join them on that day.
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Racial Justice News

Racial Justice Sunday : 12th September 2010

Launch of Minority Ethnic Churches Together in Scotland (MECTIS)

A special ecumenical Service is to be held in Wellington Church, University Avenue, Glasgow, on September 12th. The Service will mark the work of the Churches to promote racial justice and will also celebrate the launching of MECTIS – the organisation which will help the new minority ethnic churches in Scotland to work together and to develop closer links with the denominations which have operated in Scotland for many years.

The Service will have international and national support. It will be attended by national leaders of the major denominations in Scotland, who will extend a welcome to the leaders of MECTIS and the members of their congregations, and by Members of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches. The sermon is to be preached by a member of the World Council of Churches' Executive.

Common Call ends Edinburgh 2010

The Edinburgh 2010 World Mission Conference ended with the declaration of a common call for mission. It is hoped that this document will provide a new direction for the study and practice of mission for the multiple constituencies which were represented at Edinburgh 2010.

The Common Call is available to download.

Prayer for Today

Risen Christ,
as you journeyed with the two who travelled the Emmaus Road,
travel with us on our journey of faith.in our encounters on the way
give us compassion to listen to the other’s story
give us patience to explain what may seem obvious to ourselves
give us courage to make ourselves vulnerable towards the other,
so that others may encounter You through us
and we may rediscover You through them.

Amen