The Guild
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Church of Scotland Guild.
History and background
With around 35,000 members, the Church of Scotland Guild
is one of Scotland's largest voluntary organisation. Although
women make up the bulk of our membership, increasingly,
men are becoming members and taking active roles at local
and national levels. For more details on our history,
check out our timeline here.
Members meet in local groups at congregational level,
in regional groups known as presbyterial councils, and
once a year at our national meeting, to which each group
can send a representative.
The current constitution of the Guild was adopted in
1997, after a major review of the present organisation's
predecessor, the Woman's Guild. In 2003, the Guild reviewed
its constitution to ensure more inclusive language was
used and to take account of the need for flexibility
in local groups.
The Guild today
The Guild is about invitation, encouragement, commitment,
and fellowship which leads to providing opportunities
for continuing growth in Christian faith through worship,
prayer and action.
Worship is an essential ingredient in all meetings and
activities. Prayer underpins everything - and is a means
of involving those members who cannot be active in other
ways. Guild-led worship resources are available
on our pages here.
Action means living out the faith through project work,
exploration of the discussion topics and local involvement
of groups and individual members in various aspects
of Christian service.
Aims and ethos
Women and men of all walks of life meet together under
our common aim:
"The Church of Scotland Guild is a movement
within the Church of Scotland which invites and encourages
both women and men to commit their lives to Jesus
Christ and enables them to express their faith in
worship, prayer and action."
The aim has been underlined in our motto which is taken
from Acts 27, verse 23: "Whose we are and Whom
we serve."
This week's featured
pages
Guild History
Check out our timeline - dates and information on all
the important events in Guild history - click
here
FAQS
Answers to the most frequently asked Guild questions
- click here
Let's Live - projects
The six projects that Guilds are invited to support
come under the Let's Live:
body, mind and soul strategy which runs from
the autumn of 2006 to 2009. For more information, click
here.
To find out more about our full range of work and
all of our current projects follow the links on the
right hand side.
Extranet
Visit our extranet site - provided for staff, office bearers
and those in the ministries - for specific information
on the Guild's minutes and meeting dates. You can also
access the Guild's private administration area via this
link.
Contact us
If you have any difficulty using this section of our website,
please contact the webteam
using our feedback form.
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