Canada, Indigenous Peoples Solidarity

Prayers for Peacemakers, 13 September 2013

By demo

September 13, 2013

Epixel* for 15 September 2013

You would confound the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge
Psalm 14:6.

*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, 13 September 2013

Pray that the governing bodies of Canada, New Brunswick, and the Southwestern
Energy (SWN) corporation recognize the historic right of the Original Peoples
of the Wabanaki-Mi’gmag District of Signigtog to evict SWN from their unceded
lands and demand compensation for the damage its operations have caused.

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