Month: November 2020

Keeping Hope Alive – Day 4: World YMCA Week of Prayer

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Day 4 Rays of Hope Week of Prayer World YMCA/YWCA – Keeping Hope Alive

World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer, started Sunday Nov 8, this prayer led by Tim Hallman, Director of Christian Emphasis, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

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DAY 4: KEEPING HOPE ALIVE; FINDING PEACE AND SHARING KINDNESS
Devotion By: Winelle Kirton-Roberts, Moravian Church Pastor in French-speaking Switzerland

BIBLICAL INSPIRATION: Genesis 16:7,8, 13a, b.
“The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness along the road to Shur. The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”… Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD who had spoken to her. She said, “you are the God who sees me!”

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• What are the ways to connect with international students to facilitate conversations on fear, disappointment, and neglect?
• How might the thought of Psalm 91: 11-12 be shared with international students?
• Is there an opportunity to be strengthened in faith during this season?”

Day 3: Call to Action Against Social Injustice – World YMCA Week of Prayer

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World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer, started Sunday Nov 8, this prayer led by Tim Hallman, Director of Christian Emphasis, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

Day 3 Rays of Hope World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer – Call to Action against Social Injustices

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DAY 3: ADDRESSING SOCIAL INJUSTICES IN OURCOMMUNITIES: A CALL TO ACTION Devotion By Rosângela S. Oliveira, Executive Director of World Day of Prayer International Committee


BIBLICAL INSPIRATION: John 5:1-9a
“After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk.”

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• What do you want “to be made well” in your community?
• What are the initiatives that can make your community “stand up, take the mat and walk”?
• What are your words of hope?”

Prayers for Work – Day 2 Rays of Hope World YMCA Week of Prayer

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Day 2 Rays of Hope Week of Prayer World YMCA/YWCA Prayers for those needing a job or a better job

World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer, started Sunday Nov 8, this prayer led by Tim Hallman, Director of Christian Emphasis, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

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DAY 2: SPIRITUAL AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CRISES
By: Nicole Ashwood, Programme Executive, Just Community of Women and Men World Council of Churches & Nirmala Gurung, Coordinating Asia region for World YWCA’s Initiative on Young Women Changing Narratives on SRHR and Mental Health


BIBLICAL INSPIRATION: Habakkuk 2:1-3 “I will stand at my watch post, and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complaint. Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it. For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.”

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• In Habakkuk 2: 2-3, God instructs Habakkuk to write his vision clearly.
What is your vision for a transformed community in your context?
• Are there special gifts or skills needed to bring the vision to life?
• How can you partner with pre-existing community organizations to make a difference in the lives of others?”

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