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December 22, 2020

Christmas 2020 – Light in the darkness

What a year to remember! A year of surprises and disappointments, joys and sorrows, local restrictions and global connections.  Tonight in the UK, while travel is greatly limited, we are looking out for the conjunction of two planets,  Saturn and Jupiter, in our western sky. This rare occurrence is being…
President's Prayer
December 1, 2020

A Call to Pray – December 2020

  ‘I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.’ Psalm 139:14 As we near the end of 2020, we give thanks for developments in the production of vaccines that will protect people against COVID-19. We long for the time that…
President's Prayer
November 1, 2020

A Call to Pray – November 2020

  ‘I was hungry and you gave me food’ Matthew 25:35 Every day too many men and women across the globe struggle to feed their children a nutritious meal. In a world where we produce enough food to feed everyone, 690 million people still go to bed on an empty stomach each night.…
President's Prayer
September 30, 2020

A Call to Pray – October 2020

More than 700 million people, or 10 percent of the world population, live in extreme poverty, living on less than $1.90 per day, struggling to fulfill the most basic needs like health, education, and access to water and sanitation, to name a few. It is predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic…
President's Prayer
September 1, 2020

A Call to Pray – September 2020

A Call to Pray for North America and the Caribbean ‘Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.’ (Psalm 115:1) This month our prayers are especially for North America and the Caribbean, for their…
President's Prayer
July 31, 2020

A Call to Pray – August 2020

Focus on Latin America O God, in whom we trust, we wait upon you to hear our cry for help. Give us a vision of your will for us. Pour your love into our hearts, compassion into our words, kindness into our actions. Show us how to support one another…
President's Prayer
June 30, 2020

A Call to Pray – July 2020

Focus on West Africa ‘Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.’  (Philippians 4:6 NRSV) Loving God, we come to you in prayer alongside our sisters in West Africa. May their thanksgiving be our cause for…