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Prayers for Peacemakers, October 23, 2015

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October 22, 2015

Prayers for Peacemakers, October 23, 2015

Pray for the people of Palestine and Israel, especially for the truth-tellers, human rights defenders and peacemakers who are under assault by the forces of the Israeli military occupation.

*Epixel for Sunday, October 25, 2015

Hebron settler posters calling for violence against human rights activists

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD rescues them from them all.
He keeps all their bones; not one of them will be broken.
Evil brings death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalm 34:19-22

*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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