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Prayers for Peacemakers, September 7, 2016 Europe

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September 7, 2016

Prayers for
Peacemakers, September 7, 2016

Give thanks for the people currently undergoing training for
Christian Peacemaker Teams in Europe.
Pray for their endurance, good humour, energy and attentiveness. Pray
that harmonious relationships and strength for the work to come arise from this
month.

*Epixel for Peacemakers September 11, 2016

CPT trainees meet with CPT Europe folks on the edge of Tempelhof’s radical community garden in Berlin

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

*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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