This week on Spiritual Nurture for Peacemakers find a prayer for Labor Day and a prayer for God’s transforming grace. Use these prayers in private devotions or corporate worship.
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September 2, 2009
Posts Tagged: prayer
August 31, 2009
Examine food sovereignty at home and abroad
This weekend is the September fast for the global food crisis. Presbyterians will come together during the weekend of September 4 through 6 to fast in recognition of food sovereignty. Use the September fast materials to examine food sovereignty, a…
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August 31, 2009
Respond to God’s call to do justice
Celebrate Labor Day this year by examining the PC(USA)’s work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on the Campaign for Fair Food. Get resources for preaching and worship including lectionary commentary [PDF], a prayer of confession [PDF] and a prayer…
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August 28, 2009
Christians in Iraq
The Obama Administration recently responded to the July 22 letter from Churches for Middle East Peace [PDF] to Secretary Clinton that expressed concern about the resurgence of violence in Iraq, particularly violence toward the vulnerable and ancient Christian community. The…
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August 22, 2009
Pray for the people of Honduras
A call to prayer and expression of concern for Honduras comes from the Central America and Mexico Office with information from PC(USA) mission workers Tim and Gloria Wheeler. Here are the prayer requests. During this time of great difficulty in…
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August 18, 2009
Pray for peace
Spiritual Nurture for Peacemakers this week includes prayers for health, wholeness, and health care and for Sudan. Use or adapt these prayers in private devotion or in corporate worship.
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August 17, 2009
We give thanks . . .
. . . for the life and love, witness and ministry of Jim McGinnis. Jim McGinnis, co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ), passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 13. Jim died of an apparent heart…
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August 13, 2009
Unlock the camps in Sri Lanka
Amnesty International provides an opportunity to call on the Sri Lankan government to allow displaced civilians freedom of movement. 300,000 people displaced by the fighting in Sri Lanka are held by the government in camps that they cannot leave. The…
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August 8, 2009
Violence between Muslims and Christians in Pakistan
The Office on Interfaith Relations of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) reports: Mob attacks on Christian homes in Korian and Gajra, Pakistan, resulted in many injuries and a number of deaths. The National Council of Churches in Pakistan confirmed nine deaths…
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August 4, 2009
Pray for peace
Prayers this week on Spiritual Nurture for Peacemakers include a prayer for Affordable Housing and Homelessness Sunday, August 9 and a litany of thanksgiving. Use or adapt these prayers for use in corporate worship or individual devotions.
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