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Prayers for Peacemakers, April 10, 2014

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April 10, 2014

Prayers for Peacemakers, April 10, 2014

Pray for the safety of Sor María Sampayo, a leader of the
Organización Femenina Popular (OFP) in Colombia, who received a threatening
phone call this week from someone who identified himself as Alirio Torresa,
commander of the neo-paramilitary group Los Urabeños. The members of the OFP are long-time
partners of CPT’s Colombia team.

	*Epixel for 13 April 2014**

	Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success! Psalm 118:25
	*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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