Prayers for Peacemakers, June 4, 2014

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Prayers for Peacemakers, June 4, 2014

 Pray for those participating in the refugee-led Freedom March to
Brussels,
a protest against the repressive and racist European migration regime.

  *Epixel for Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2014
 
  “And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?  Parthians, Medes,
Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia
and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both
Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs–in our own languages we hear them speaking
about God’s deeds of power?” Acts 2:8-11
  Photo Johann Stemmler
  *epixel: a snapshot-epistle to the churches related to and appearing
with a text from the upcoming Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary
readings.

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