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Prayers for Peacemakers, March 11, 2015 Iraqi Kurdistan

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March 11, 2015

Prayers for
Peacemakers, March 11, 2015 Iraqi Kurdistan

Give thanks for the nonviolence pioneers in Iraqi Kurdistan—both
natives of the region and people driven from their homes by the Syrian War and
ISIS violence—who recently completed an Alternatives to Violence Training. They will use their training to help reduce
conflict within and between communities that are sharing the region and its
resourcess

*Epixel for Sunday, March 15, 2015

O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, those he redeemed from trouble
and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north
and from the south. Psalm 107:1-3

*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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