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August 26, 2011
Please hold in prayer those people who were killed and wounded in the attack on the UN compound in Nigeria. Please pray for all in need this day.
August 25, 2011
Each Thursday morning we gather for worship at the Church Center for the United Nations. Different ministries take a turn leading the service. This morning brought the turn of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. We focused on the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001. We did so to allow participants to create prayer… Read more »
August 24, 2011
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written a new hymn that to support the churches’ famine relief efforts in the Horn of Africa. O God, You Love the Needy includes references in it to the lectionary texts for Sunday, August 28. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs provides information concerning the situation in the… Read more »
August 10, 2011
To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, Prepare New York and partner groups are sponsoring Ribbons of Hope. People are invited to bring a ribbon to Battery Park in New York City between the hours of noon on Friday, September 9 and dusk on Sunday, September 11. On the ribbon, write a thought or prayer or hope for… Read more »
August 8, 2011
Presbyterians, with people around the world, hold the country and people of Syria in prayer during these challenging days. Presbyterians have been involved in Syria from the early 1800s, when early American Presbyterian missionaries came to the Near East. American Presbyterians took the lead in Syria, as they had in Lebanon, in education, health care… Read more »
August 6, 2011
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. During the recent… Read more »
August 6, 2011
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. Here are two… Read more »
July 25, 2011
We Live in a Broken and Fearful World “You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” – (Mark 12:31) Presbyterians have been called to pray for the people of Norway in the aftermath of the bombing in Oslo and the shootings on Utoya Island. A prayer, “We Live… Read more »
July 23, 2011
People around the world will join in prayer with and for the people of Norway following yesterday’s terrible attacks. The World Council of Churches provides a prayer for the people of Norway and all victims of violence and terror.
July 22, 2011
From Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has provided $100,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing funds to help meet the immediate and basic humanitarian needs of people affected by the drought in the Horn of Africa. PDA is responding to this crisis as a member of ACT Alliance. Fellow ACT Alliance members with programs… Read more »
