Prayer Archives

November 8, 2012

International Day for Tolerance – November 16

Posted 7:14am

On the day of its fiftieth anniversary, 16 November 1995, UNESCO‘s Member States adopted a Declaration of Principles on Tolerance. Among other things, the Declaration affirms that tolerance is neither indulgence nor indifference. It is respect and appreciation of the rich variety of our world’s cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human…. Read more »

November 7, 2012

Ideas for prayer: World Day of Prayer and Action and Universal Children’s Day

Posted 10:40pm

November 20 brings the World Day of Prayer and Action and Universal Children’s Day. The Presbyterian Office of Child Advocacy and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations invite you to join people around the world and celebrate on that day or on Sunday, November 18 or Sunday, November 25. Here are some ideas… Read more »

November 7, 2012

Pray without ceasing

Posted 12:31pm

by Rochelle Rawls-Shaw As I look out my newly installed window (Superstorm Sandy destroyed the old one) on the 7th floor of the Church Center for the United Nations, I see and am experiencing a different New York, United Nations and United States. There is something missing … something’s changed. It’s cold, wet and gray… Read more »

October 29, 2012

Call to Prayer and fasting with CCAP

Posted 5:37pm

Presbyterian World Mission encourages all PC(USA) members to engage in prayer and fasting November 17 and 18, 2012, in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) in a time of difficulties in that church. The CCAP has five synods spanning Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The CCAP has not… Read more »

October 17, 2012

Globally conscious worship

Posted 8:12am

How do we respectfully bring the peoples and the cares of the world into our worship experience? Theresa Eungyong Cho and I led a workshop on 16 October at McCormick Theological Seminary‘s McCormick Days that explored that topic. A wealth of liturgical resources exist that can be used in designing and leading such worship. The… Read more »

September 9, 2012

Season of Peace Begins September 9

Posted 2:48pm

New season to focus Presbyterians on peacemaking in the weeks leading up to World Communion Sunday A Season of Peace begins September 9 as a 4-week pilgrimage designed to deepen the pursuit of peace in congregations, small groups, families, and individuals. Subscribe to the daily peace reflections and download the two new resources: an Intergenerational… Read more »

August 30, 2012

A prayer for Nigeria

Posted 4:44pm

“No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.”
– Isaiah 60:18 Read more »

August 6, 2012

Call to prayer on the International Day of Peace

Posted 10:00am

The World Council of Churches calls churches and congregations around the world to prayer on the International Day of Peace: 21 September. Participants are especially invited to pray and act together for a just peace in communities, nations and the world. Prayers from different parts of the world will be shared through online means, including… Read more »

August 5, 2012

Statement of the Secretary General, the Rev. Bud Heckman Religions for Peace USA Concerning Murders at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin

Posted 8:46pm

Statement of the Secretary General, the Rev. Bud Heckman
Religions for Peace USA
Concerning the Heinous Murders at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin
August 5, 2012

A Prayer Following the Massacre in Aurora, Colorado

Posted 1:18pm

written by Teresa Lockhart Stricklen, associate for worship Use this prayer as a personal or corporate prayer in the days to come: O Lord, our God, victim of violence on a cross,look with compassion upon all involved in the shooting this week in Colorado.Comfort those terrorized by this horrendous event.Wrap your Everlasting Arms around… Read more »

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