Posts Categorized: Prayer

Prayer, not politics, is Egypt solution, says religious leader

The Presbyterian News Service posted the following story reporting on a webinar on Egypt held by Presbyterian World Mission. American Presbyterians who want to help Christians in Egypt must first be informed, said a PC(USA) partner in a webinar hosted by Presbyterian World Mission today. Ramez Atallah, general director of the Bible Society of Egypt,… Read more »

Celebrate the 2013 International Day of Peace

The United Nations has set September 21 as the International Day of Peace. This day provides an opportunity for  individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on  a shared date. It was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The focus for… Read more »

A prayer for peace on the Korean Peninsula

Hyeyoung Lee and Kurt Esslinger, PC(USA) Young Adult Volunteer coordinators in Daejeon, Republic of Korea, offer this prayer for PC(USA) members to use during the the season of prayer called for by the statement on the Peace of the Korean Peninsula. It is posted here with their permission. God of the universe, God of the… Read more »

May God’s Holy Spirit fall afresh on the Korean Peninsula

 by Onaje Crawford Today, during the weekly chapel service at the Church Center for the United Nations, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, along with the Mennonite Central Committee UN Office, and the United Methodist Women, honored the international effort to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula with scripture, song, and prayer. Together we… Read more »

Three prayer concerns – July 24

This week, please remember in your prayers: The people and leaders of Israel and Palestine. May they truly move into the paths of peace. May the occupation end and all the people know justice and security. The people and leaders of Cuba as they continue to experience a time of change that impacts their economy… Read more »

Prayers for South Sudan

from our partners in World Mission South Sudan greatly needs our prayers  during this extremely tense time. Please keep our South Sudanese partners and Nancy McGaughey who is in Juba ministering with the displaced Murle community  in your prayers.  All of our other mission co-workers are out of South Sudan just now. Debbie Blane is … Read more »

Rejoicing in miracles – ministry in the Republic of Korea

As the season of prayer for peace on the Korean Peninsula continues, the Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study Web page for July 22, 2013 focuses on ministry in South Korea: On September 20, 1884, Dr. Horace Allen came to Korea from his mission assignment in China, responding to the need for missionaries in the… Read more »

Pray for peace in Zimbabwe – Sunday, July 21

Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk, Office of the General Assembly, PC(USA) Linda Valentine, Executive Director, General Assemly Mission Council, PC(USA) We join with World Mission to invite Presbyterians in the United States to accompany our Zimbabwean sisters and brothers in praying for peace in before, during and after the July 31 elections. Zimbabwe is preparing for… Read more »