al-Khalil (Hebron), Palestine

Prayers for Peacemakers, 7 August 2013

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August 7, 2013

	Epixel* for 11 August 2013

	I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity… Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes Isaiah 1:13b, 16a
	*epixel: a snapshot-epistle to the churches related to and appearing with a text from the upcoming Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary readings.

Prayers for Peacemakers, 7
August 2013

Ask that God support the people of Hebron, who were
unable to celebrate fully one of their most important holidays, Laylat-al-Qadr, this year
at the Ibrahimi Mosque, even though it is one of the holidays for which the
Israeli military guarantees them access to the mosque.

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