 All : Prayers |
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 5/9/2008 | by Everett Thomas |
- Everett Thomas is editor of The Mennonite., May 8, 2009
(205K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 5/1/2008 | by Rachel Swartzendruber Miller |
- Rachel Swartzendruber Miller is the Associate Director for Convention Planning, Mennonite Church USA., May 1, 2009
(408K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 4/24/2008 | by Jodi Read |
- Jodi Read, Associate for Migration and Peacebuilding, West Coast Mennonite Central Committee, April 24, 2008
(206K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 4/17/2008 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Leo Hartshorn, Minister of Peace and Justice, Mennonite Mission Network, April 17, 2008
(407K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 4/10/2008 | by Hugo Saucedo |
- Hugo Saucedo, Mennonite Church USA Western District Conference Youth Pastor, April 10, 2008
(68K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 4/3/2008 | by Joy Kauffman |
- Joy Kauffman, from Willow Springs Mennonite Church, and centers on Zimbabwe, April 3, 2008
(269K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 3/27/2008 | by Gordon Houser |
- Gordon Houser, associate editor of The Mennonite, March 27, 2008
(66K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 3/20/2008 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Susan Mark Landis, peace advocate for Mennonite Church USA., March 20, 2008
(68K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 3/13/2008 | by Esther Epp Tiessen |
- Esther Epp Tiessen, Peace Ministries Coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee Canada, in April, 2004. Unfortunately, it is still very timely today., March 13, 2008
(268K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 3/6/2008 | by Andre Gingerich Stoner |
- Andre Gingerich Stoner, director of interchurch relations for Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership and Pastor of Missions at Kern Road Mennonite Church., March 6, 2008
(68K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 2/28/2008 | by Rev. Clay Thomas |
- Rev. Clay Thomas, a planner for the March 7 interfaith peace witness in Washington, D.C., February 28, 2008
(18K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 2/21/2008 | by Peggy Gish |
- Peggy Gish, who is currently serving with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq, February 21, 2008
(73K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 2/14/2008 | by Iris de Leon-Hartshorn |
- Iris de Leon-Hartshorn, Director of Intercultural Relations for Mennonite Church USA, February 14, 2008
(69K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 2/7/2008 | by Cliff Kindy |
- Cliff Kindy has been a reservist with CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams) since 1990, February 7, 2008
(69K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 1/31/2008 | by Weldon Nisley |
- Weldon Nisley, pastor of Seattle Mennonite Churc, January 31, 2008
(68K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 1/24/2008 | by Linford King |
- Linford King, denominational minister for Mennonite Church USA, January 24, 2008
(66K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 1/17/2008 | by Laurie Oswald Robinson |
- Laurie Oswald Robinson, editor of Timbrel magazine, January 17, 2008
(68K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 1/10/2008 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Susan Mark Landis, Mennonite Church USA peace advocate, January 10, 2008
(68K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 1/3/2008 | by Dick Davis |
- Dick Davis is pastor of Peace Mennonite Church in Dallas, TX.
(69K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 12/27/2007 | by Marathana Prothro |
- Marathana Prothro is director of Communications for Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership, December 27 2007
(70K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 12/20/2007 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- LeoHartshorn, Minister of Peace and Justice, Mennonite Mission Network and co-director of Drumming for Peace, December 20, 2007
(69K PDF)
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| A Prayer for Peacemakers | 12/18/2007 | by June Mears Driedger |
- We pray for the peacemakers around the world. Sustain them in their work. Give them energy and stamina to face conflict. We ask that you give them peace in their hearts and energy to their bodies.
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 12/13/2007 | by Cheryl Zehr Walker |
- Cheryl Zehr Walker. Cheryl is an associate director of Mennonite Education Agency, December 13, 2007
(71K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 12/6/2007 | by James Krabill |
- James Krabill, Senior Executive for Global Ministries at Mennonite Mission Network, with Jason Shenk, MVSer in Elkhart, Indiana, December 6, 2007
(69K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 11/29/2007 | by Mary H. Schertz |
- Mary H. Schertz, Professor of New Testament and Director of the Institute of Mennonite Studies at AMBS, November 8, 2007
(68K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 11/8/2007 | by John H. Powell |
- John H. Powell, Director for U.S. Ministries, Mennonite Mission Network, November 8, 2007
(101K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 11/1/2007 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Susan Mark Landis, Mennonite Church USA peace advocate, October 25, 2007
(69K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 10/25/2007 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Ron Byler, associate executive director of Mennonite Church USA., October 25, 2007
(156K PDF)
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| Weekly prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 10/18/2007 | by Jim Schrag |
- Jim Schrag, Executive Director, Mennonite Church USA, October 19, 2007
(68K PDF)
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| Prayer for a busy day | 10/16/2007 | by June Mears Driedger |
- We confess, oh God, our distractions from you; that our lives are so filled with other things, duties and responsibilities that we forget you.
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| Welcoming home | 8/21/2007 | by Melonie Buller |
- Prayers to receive Mary Yoder and Julie Hart home from service with Christian Peacemaker Teams.
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| A Prayer for Children and Youth | 6/19/2007 | by June Mears Driedger |
- A time of new beginning for youth marks a time for prayer.
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| Statehouse Prayers | 5/15/2007 | by Melonie Buller |
- We might find there are answers to our questions no matter when, or where, we ask them.
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| Prayer adapted from the No More Deaths Campaign | 4/13/2007 | |
- Loving and merciful Jesus, we pray for our migrant brothers and sisters who are traveling today.
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| Prayer for a Hurting Community (PDF) | 10/9/2006 | by Janet Gehman |
- Prayer for a Hurting Community was used in a Community Prayer Service (post-shooting at an Amish school) October 3, 2006, Hershey Mennonite Church
(9K PDF)
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| In Praise of God | 9/19/2006 | by June Mears Driedger |
- When we cannot see the good in others, we cannot hear their voices longing for love. Have mercy on us God, and enlarge our hearts so that we may have eyes to see and ears to hear.
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| Enemies aren’t lovable (by definition) | 8/15/2006 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- ... if only loving enemies were easy.
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| Weavings-Prayer for Colombia | 4/24/2006 | by Janna Hunter-Bowman |
- Thoughts from Janna Hunter- Bowman, "woven" from prayers of the displaced
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| Leading | 2/21/2006 | by Harold Confer |
- A prayer in the form of a poem that says sometimes imagining a better world can make it so.
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| A prayer for the new year | 1/17/2006 | by June Mears Driedger |
- A prayer that we may mirror God’s compassion to all creation, including ourselves.
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| A prayer for the missing CPT men in Iraq | 12/8/2005 | by Jack Suderman |
- A prayer for the missing CPT men in Iraq: We pray for Harmeet, James, Norman and Tom,
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| Advent Prayers | 11/24/2005 | by Carol Penner |
- Advent Prayers by Carol Pener
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| The meaning of love | 6/21/2005 | by Melonie Buller |
- A prayer for God’s help in living out Christian love.
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| A prayer while flying west with Marine recruits | 3/15/2005 | by June Mears Driedger |
- Ending up on a plane with a couple dozen young military recruits prompted this prayer.
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| A prayer for a soldier leaving for Iraq | 1/18/2005 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- A prayer written for a friend with a son being transferred to Iraq for active duty.
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| A prayer following a U.S. election | 11/16/2004 | by Staff |
- A prayer of confession and intercession for those who seek first the kingdom of God.
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| A prayer of confession for All Saints’ Day | 10/19/2004 | by Kristi Bahrenburg Janzen |
- We are all saints when we allow God to work through us for the Kingdom.
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| Mercy for the world | 9/21/2004 | by June Mears Driedger |
- Praying for the Middle East and Sudan.
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| A prayer for enemies | 9/21/2004 | by Tom Beutel |
- Praying for Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
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| Creation: A lament | 8/18/2004 | by Melonie Buller |
- We offer a prayer that speaks specifically to bringing the kingdom “on earth” as it is in heaven.
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| Prayers for all people | 5/19/2004 | |
- Two prayers that respond to the barriers of selfishness, arrogance and hate that continue to divide people around the world.
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| Prayer Against Violence | 4/29/2004 | by Carol Penner |
- Dear God: The newspaper brings nothing new only an old, old story of war in Iraq- more bombing, more shootings, more bloodshed. One more family wailing a funeral song.
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| Prayer Against Violence | 4/29/2004 | by Carol Penner |
- Perfect love casts our fear and so today we pray for your spirit of Love on our world.
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| Prayer for Iraqis and Americans | 4/29/2004 | by Esther Epp-Tiessen |
- You are our creator and sustainer, our rock and our redeemer, the source of truth, of life and of love, our help in times of trouble. We bring before you today the suffering of our blood-soaked world. In particular, we pray for the people whose lives are tormented by the war in Iraq.
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| Ordinary lives in extraordinary times | 4/23/2004 | by Mary H. Schertz |
- Classroom prayers in a time of war
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| Prayer for those serving in the armed forces, and their families | 4/21/2004 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- We are comforted by the knowledge that nothing can separate any of us from God's love.
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| Prayer and resistance | 4/21/2004 | |
- The late Henri Nouwen offers some words on prayer as integral to Christian peacemaking.
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| A prayer from Christian Peacemaker Teams | 4/21/2004 | |
- Merciful God, we know that you are at work in the world, turning hopeless and evil situations into good.
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| A psalm of confession and reassurance | 3/17/2004 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Susan Mark Landis offers an Easter prayer.
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| Sending Prayer | 1/27/2004 | by Ron Byler |
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| Closing prayer | 5/30/2003 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Closing prayer: Used in the May 29, 2003 Phone-in Conversation.
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| A Confession in the Time of War | 3/27/2003 | by Steve Ramer |
- My God, My God why have you forsaken me? My God, My God why have you forsaken the children of Iraq?
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| I No Longer Pray for Peace | 3/19/2003 | by Ann Weems |
- On the edge of war, one foot already in, I no longer pray for peace: I pray for miracles.
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| Prayers Before the Impending War in Iraq | 3/18/2003 | by Rev. Max B. Surjadinata |
- All too often, we have thought of ourselves as above and beyond other nations, and that we are the center and source of peace and freedom in the world.
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| Prayer for Peace | 3/16/2003 | by Susan Balzar |
- For all the children not yet born who would suffer from the lingering effects of war fought with conventional, nuclear and biological weapons... We pray for peace.
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| Mennonite Conversation on Peace Phone-in Prayers | 3/10/2003 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- These prayers were presented during the March 10,2003 call-in phone conversation.
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| Prayers used during the Service of Prayer and Discernment | 1/24/2003 | |
- Prayers used during the Service of Prayer and Discernment at Washington National Cathedral January 20, 2003
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| Father of Lights Prayer | 1/19/2003 | by Robert Rhodes |
- Prayer: Father of Lights, help us to carry within ourselves the suffering of the people of Iraq, especially now as war draws near and as their homes and families come under attack again from an enemy that does not even know them.
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| Listen to the plea: A prayer to stop the new war against Iraq | 9/19/2002 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- A congregational prayer for courage to speak against a new war against Iraq
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| Prayers for the Middle East | 9/1/2002 | by Alain Epp Weaver |
- Alain Epp Weaver, MCC West Bank, was asked to send us daily, specific prayer requests. The list appears here.
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| Prayers for the Middle East: Archive | 9/1/2002 | by Alain Epp Weaver |
- Alain Epp Weaver, MCC West Bank, was asked to send us daily, specific prayer requests. The complete list appears here.
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| Litany and Prayer for Iraq (PDF) | 8/28/2002 | |
(79K PDF)
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| A Prayer, Sept 11, Short | 9/1/2001 | by Esther Epp-Tiessen |
- A short prayer for September 11.
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| A Prayer to Abolish the Death Penalty | | by Helen Prejean |
- Helen Prejean, long time anti-death penalty activist wrote this prayer.
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| Psalm 118: Three Voice Reading | | |
- Prayer for three voices of Psalm 118.
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| An African Prayer for Refugees | | |
- An African Prayer for Refugees
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| A Prayer for Children | | by Carmen Schrock-Hurst |
- A Prayer for Children
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