Prayers for Peacemakers, July 16, 2015
Pray for the participants and speakers at the Peacemaker
Congress 2015 this weekend. Ask for God
to undergird the proceedings, so that the people present may find creative new ways
to address the Powers who shut off water to the poor in Detroit, and abuse the
marginalized in all the locations where Christian Peacemaker Teams works.
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