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Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Phil. 4:6-7
Wars and conflicts continue to escalate around the world. Injustices and inequalities manifest as racism, discrimination, gender-based violence, economic disparities, and other issues. As a communal response to uplift these sorrows and support our neighbors near and far, General Minister and President, the Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson calls the church to a season of prayer. Prayer undergirds our witness, ministry, and advocacy as we work for peace and a just world for all.
This is an open invitation to anyone who feels called to offer a prayer to end violence in any manifestation, and to bring about peace. Share your prayers using the People’s Prayers for Peace form on this page. New prayers will be published on this page daily. Publishing is at the discretion of the National Ministries of the United Church of Christ and prayers may be edited for content and length.
Holy One, let our church remember discipleship, remember the Jesus who opposed a foreign occupier and called out a corrupt religious and legal system and lost his life in so doing.
Spirit of Truth, may you grant us courage and Remind us of the power in naming things. Let us see with your eyes, and name what we see for what it is- apartheid, ethnic cleansing, forced starvation as a tool of war, genocide.
Let us face our complicity with humility.
Relieve us of our addictions to comfort and peace devoid of justice.
Forgive us, Holy One, we don’t know what we’re doing.
-Rev Korte Yeo, Seekonk, MA
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