Prayers for Peacemakers, August 20, 2014
Pray for migrant and refugee children who come to Greece without their parents. Even if they have a family member with them, the authorities separate them if that family member is not a parent. Last week, volunteers working on the Mediterranean Project that CPT Europe supports spoke with a twelve to thirteen year old Afghan boy who was crying because the authorities were going to hold him for a longer period by himself in the Moria Detention Center, even though he had been traveling with an aunt.
Epixel* for Sunday, August 24, 2014 |
Moria Detention Centre on Island of Lesvos, Greece |
When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him, “This must be |
*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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