Scotland’s national service to mark Racial Justice Sunday was held on Sunday 11th September at Wellington Church of Scotland, Glasgow. This was the second year Minority Ethnic Christians Together in Scotland (MECTIS) and Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS) had planned and led the service jointly which was a celebration of the growing relationship between the two bodies. Bishop Joe Aldred from Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs at Churches Together in England preached on the theme of Unity with a Purpose.

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The resource material prepared by CTBI’s Racial Justice Network is now available on the web at http://www.ctbi.org.uk/pdf_view.php?id=680 and may be freely downloaded.
Paper copies, printed in black and white, of the material can be obtained from ACTS.

Wellington Church, Glasgow, was the venue on Sunday 12th September for a special ecumenical Service during which a new organisation – Minority Ethnic Churches Together in Scotland (MECTIS) – was launched. Leaders from the Churches which have been active in Scotland for many years were present and extended the right hand of fellowship to the leaders of the new organisation, which brings together more than fifty of the new independent congregations which have been set up by incomers to Scotland.

The Service was led by the Minister of Wellington Church, Rev. Dr. David Sinclair, and the sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Larry Pickens, a member of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches.

On Saturday 1st May, the first joint meeting between Minority Ethnic Churches Together in Scotland (MECTIS) and ACTS took place. The meeting was a first step in building relationships between MECTIS and ACTS and included a question and answer session with Rev. Lindsey Sanderson, ACTS Assistant General Secretary.