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Prayers for Peacemakers, June 15, 2016

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June 15, 2016

Prayers for Peacemakers, June 15, 2016

Pray for the people of Barrancabermeja, Colombia. The mayor plans to sell their public water
company to a private corporation, which has human rights organizations quite
worried. Pray for the unionized workers
at the water company who may lose their jobs if that happens.

*Epixel for Peacemakers June 19, 2016

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are deceitful and unjust deliver me! Psalm 43:1

*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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