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January 27 -- a day of prayer and
fasting for peace |
| National Council of Churches calls for
day of prayer and fasting on Monday, January 27, 2003
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Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
encourages support for day of prayer and fasting for peace in Iraq
The Rev. Mark Koenig of the Peacemaking
Program has sent out this note:
The Rev. Bob Edgar, General Secretary
of the National Council of Churches has called for a national day of
prayer and fasting for a peaceful resolution of the Iraq crisis to
be held on Monday, January 27, 2003. We encourage congregations to
announce call during their worship services on Sunday, January 26,
2003 and to organize prayer services in their communities on Monday.
We encourage individuals to join in prayer and fasting on Monday.
Bruce Gillette adds this suggestion:
Please consider having your church
sanctuary open on Monday for people to pray there. It is short
notice, but many communities will have simple prayer services. You
can announce in your worship service on this Sunday where concerned
people can pray together on Monday in your community.
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National Council of Churches calls for day of prayer and fasting on Monday,
January 27, 2003
I am calling on all people of faith to observe Monday,
January 27, 2003, as a national day of prayer and fasting for a peaceful
resolution of the Iraq crisis. This day is the first of three days of events
that will help determine history.
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled on January 27 to receive a
progress report from chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix. On Tuesday,
January 28, President George W. Bush will stand before the assembled leaders
of the United States Congress in Washington, D.C., and deliver the annual
State of the Union address. The following day, Wednesday, January 29, Win
Without War and other national coalitions are calling for a unified day of
local actions to protest military intervention in Iraq.
As this nation edges ever closer to armed conflict, let us fast, pray for
peace, and search for alternatives to war. I urge people of faith to pray
for President Bush, for all our nation's leaders, and for our military
personnel, their families and friends. Let us pray for the suffering people
of Iraq and all others in the region and around the world who may be
affected by war. And, believing that no one stands outside of prayer, let us
pray also for Iraq's leaders, including its president, Saddam Hussein.
Together, on January 27, let our hearts, our minds and our prayers be as
one, witnessing to the ways of peace; witnessing to the fact that war is not
the answer. Together, on January 27, let all people of faith join in a
national day of prayer and fasting as we seek peace in our day.
The Rev. Bob Edgar
General Secretary
National Council of Churches
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Amendment 10-A,
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possible candidates for ordination as elder or ministers.
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Amendment 10-2,
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