Prayers for Peacemakers, June 22, 2016 Europe

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Prayers for Peacemakers, June 22, 2016   Europe

Give thanks for members of the new CPT-Mediterranean Team,
which has just finished its first week together on Lesvos, Greece.  Pray for ongoing encouragement in their work,
as Western governments try to avoid taking responsibility for refugees fleeing
unbearable conditions in their homelands.

*Epixel for Peacemakers  June 25, 2016  
 
For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14
*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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