Praying for the unity of the Church involves a recognition not only of the brokenness of Christian relationships but also how injustice in the world at large rends asunder Christian communities and impedes our participation in God’s mission. History too plays a part, casting a shadow over how we live our lives together in community. 

The churches of the Caribbean region describe to us their own context, how the hand of God was active in ending slavery, and how God’s mission in the world is a call to us all to unite together in ending injustice, that which casts a shadow from the past and current forms of injustice such as poverty, trafficking and discrimination. This particular Caribbean experience is a challenge to us in our context to reflect more deeply on the injustices in our own nations in Britain and Ireland which create the divisions that impede our participation in God’s mission, with the call to actively work to end all division.


Week of Prayer for Christian Unity In Paisley 18th – 25th January 2018

• Thursday 18th January Life Church, 35 Moss Street, Paisley, PA1 1DL at 12.00noon
• Friday 19th January Paisley Methodist Church, 2 Gauze St, Paisley PA1 1EP at 12.00noon
• Saturday 20th January High Street, outside Town Hall at 12.00noon
• Sunday 21st January Paisley Abbey, Abbey Close, Paisley PA1 1JG at 4.00pm
• Monday 22nd January Elim Christian Fellowship, 20 Gordon Street PA1 1XD at 12.00noon
• Tuesday 23rd January St Charles RC Church, 5 Union St, Paisley PA2 6DU at 12.00noon
• Wednesday 24th January St Columba Foxbar Parish Church, 24 Amochrie Road PA2 0JR at 12.00noon
• Thursday 25th January St Mark’s Parish Church, 334 Glasgow Rd, Paisley PA1 3DL at 12.00noon