Loving
God, this week around 240,000 children in Gaza went back to 252 UNRWA schools
to start their delayed school year. Many UN schools have served as
shelters during and after Israel’s 50-day military offensive that caused
massive displacement. Lord, as UNRWA applies the first stage of its emergency
education response, focusing on physiological support and recreational
activities, let your light shine on the educators and give the children of Gaza
a sense of renewed hope for their families and futures. Lord in your
mercy…
God
of grace, we pray for the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel (WWPPI), the
annual advocacy initiative of the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum of the
World Council of Churches, which starts September 21. During this week,
be with congregations and individuals as they pray, educate and advocate in
support of Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated by Israel and for an
end to the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. Lord in your mercy…
In
the last weeks the Israeli government revealed its master plan to forcibly
relocate as many as 12,500 Bedouin people from their ancestral lands east of
Jerusalem. This was done without
consulting the Bedouin tribes, in violation of Israeli Supreme Courtrecommendations. We pray that this latest
unjust plan will not be implemented, as it is part of a long and unacceptable history
of discrimination against the indigenous Bedouin community. Lord in your mercy…
Lord,
we ask for your blessing on Sabeel’s programs this week including a young
women’s trip to Haifa, a women’s meeting in Jerusalem, and German, French and
Swedish group visits to Sabeel Nazareth. Lord in your mercy…
We
also especially lift our gratitude to you for our new interim executive
director, the Rev. William Roberts, from British Columbia, Canada, who will be
joining us at Sabeel Jerusalem in the near future. After a long search, we look forward to the new
energy and expertise that he will bring to our ministry. God of wisdom, we ask that you bless him and the
Sabeel board, staff and volunteers as they all prepare for this exciting new
chapter at Sabeel. Lord in your mercy…
We
pray alongside the World Council of Churches for the countries of Bulgaria,
Hungary and Romania. Lord in your mercy…
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