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The Head of the Scottish Episcopal Church to Retire in June
The Most Rev Dr Idris Jones, Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church has announced that he will retire as Diocesan Bishop at the end of July 2009.
WCC Living Letters Team to visit Israel and Palestine
Ecumenical representatives from around the world will visits churches, ecumenical organizations and civil society movements in Israel and Palestine from 7 to 14 March.
Climate Change Day of Action, Coventry – 19 March 2009
Join Christian Aid and our friends from CAFOD, the World Development Movement and the Stop Climate Chaos UK coalition
BBC Radio Preachers for Lent Announced
The BBC and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) have announced details of the BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship programmes for Lent, which will explore Sense Making Faith through six human senses.
Scotland’s Christian Churches offer a vision for education
‘A Christian Vision for Education in Scottish Schools’ published today by the Scottish Churches’ Education Group, whose members are drawn from the nine Member Churches of ACTS.
Wednesday 18 Feb 09
Church leaders’ call on homelessness and the recession
At
the opening of Poverty & Homelessness Action Week, leaders of
Christian churches in Scotland call for intensive investment in
affordable housing
Week of prayer for Christian Unity, WCC press release
Inspired by the witness of churches from a divided country, Christians throughout the world will be praying "that they may become one in God's hand" during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2009.
Scottish Churches House appoints new Director
The Trustees of ACTS (Action of Churches Together in Scotland) and the Management Group of Scottish Churches House, Dunblane, are delighted to announce the appointment of Carol Stobie as Director of the House.
Sense Making Faith: Observing Lent Trough Sense
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) will again partner BBC Radio 4 and BBC Local Radio to provide a rich worship and prayer resource for Lent 2009.
Face to Face with Each Other and the World in the Week of Prayer for Chistian Unity
Churches around the world mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity traditionally from 18-25 January between the feasts of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Ceremonies, Books and Broadcasts Mark the WCC 60th Anniversary
"Stating that in seeking Christ they found each other, the 147 churches that sixty years ago came together in Amsterdam, Netherlands committed themselves afresh to Christ and covenanted with one another in constituting the World Council of Churches (WCC)," said the Council's general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia as he prepared to leave for a commemorative event to be held at the location where the WCC was officially founded 60 years ago, 23 August 1948 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Marking the International Decade of Culture of Peace 2001 - 2010
The Committee of the Network of Ecumenical Women in Scotland (NEWS) has put together an Order of Service for use on International Peace Day which this year falls on 21st of September
Friday 1 August 2008
Churches launch 'Hope for Creation' Resources
Creation Time , an initiative recommended at last year's European Ecumenical Assembly, runs from 1 September to 4 October
Friday 4 July 2008
ACTS at the National Gathering, Ingliston
ACTS had the pleasure of running a stall at the National Gathering, Ingliston, 3-4 May.
Thursday 5 June 2008
Scottish Churches House – A New Lease of Life
Following a successful Jubilee Appeal the ACTS Forum are delighted to announce that the Phase 1 of the refurbishment of Scottish Churches House is to go ahead.
Friday 9 May 2008
Message of the Presidents of the WCC at Pentecost 2008
Monday 5 May 2008
WCC head announces he will stand down in 2009
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev Samuel Kobia, a Methodist monister from Kenya, has announced that he will not seek a second term at the head of the world's biggest Christian grouping.
Pope Benedict XVI and WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia to pray for Christian unity in Rome
Pope Benedict XVI and Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), along with high-level representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC, will meet in Rome on Friday, 25 January 2008, at the centennial of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Monday 21 Jan 08
Scottish Churches House Jubilee Appeal is launched
On Wednesday 16th January, the launch of the Jubilee Appeal was hosted by Provost Margaret Brisley for Stirling Council at a luncheon to mark the 90th birthday of Dr. Ian Fraser, the first Warden of Scottish Churches House.
Friday 18 Jan 08
Christmas message 2007 from the World Council of Churches General Secretary
Friday 21 Dec 2007
Beyond Christmas: A Message from Church Leaders in Scotland
Monday 10 Dec 07
BBC Announces New Passion Drama on BBC1 for Easter 2008
Wednesday 4 Dec 07
Scottish Churches House prepares for the next 50 years
Friday 23 Nov 07
Scottish Churches House, Dunblane - Appeal Launch
Friday 23 Nov 2007
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland enters into partnership with BBC Radio 4 for Lent 2008
Friday 23 Nov 2007
Global Christian Forum ends in agreement to progress together
Tuesday 13 Nov 2007
Open Letter on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act from the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Scotland and England and Wales. See the press release and letter on the Scottish Catholic Media website or/and download the Letter from the Catholic Bishops' Conference website (PDF 99kb).
23 Nov 2007
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Third European Ecumenical Assembly, Sibiu, Romania, 4–9 Sept. 2007, Assembly Final Message The light of Christ shines upon all! and The Youth Statement of St. Maurice presented during the EEA3
4 October 07
The response Of the Scottish Churches Rural Group to the RSE inquiry into the Future of Scotland’s Hills and Islands
Monday 20 June 2007
Scottish Churches call on Gordon Brown to address legacies of the Slave Trade
Wednesday 20 June 2007
Report on 31st Kirchentag, Cologne, June 6-10 , 2007
Thursday 14 June 2007
Church Leaders to sign Common Statement on Slavery
Wednesday 13 June 07
Acts appoints new general secretary
Thursday 7 June 2007
Kobia to visit many-sided reality of WCC's UK and Ireland member churches
Friday 20 April 2007
Service to Commemorate the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act,
Tuesday 27 March 2007.
Over 200 walk to commemorate the abolition of the slave trade.
Sunday 25 March
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