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Prayers for Peacemakers, November 27, 2013

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November 27, 2013

Prayers for Peacemakers, November 27, 2013

	Epixel* for 1 December 2013

	the night is far gone,the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light Rom. 13:12

	*epixel: a snapshot-epistle to the churches related to and appearing with a text from the upcoming Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary readings.

Give thanks
that Christian Peacemaker Teams partners in Iraqi Kurdistan are asking for more
trainings in nonviolence and have helped produce a video shining a light on the
complicity of their government in selling the lands of Kurdish villagers
without their consent to ExxonMobil.

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