20 Jan 2025 – Welcome Churches Refugee Prayer Hour

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8:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Online

“We are calling the UK Church to gather together to pray for refugees and people seeking asylum during this time. We believe that God hears our prayers as we gather together.

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” – 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Join Christians from across the UK on Monday 20th January, from 8-9PM, on Zoom to pray with and for refugees. We are looking forward to praying with you! This event will not be recorded.”

For information and to register, go to https://welcomechurches.org/events/refugee-prayer-hour-jan-20

 

17 March 2025 – Welcome Churches Refugee Prayer Hour

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8:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Online

“We are calling the UK Church to gather together to pray for refugees and people seeking asylum during this time. We believe that God hears our prayers as we gather together.

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” – 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Join Christians from across the UK on Monday 20th January, from 8-9PM, on Zoom to pray with and for refugees. We are looking forward to praying with you! This event will not be recorded.”

For information and to register, go to https://welcomechurches.org/events/refugee-prayer-hour-mar-17

 

CCOW Prayer for Refugee Week 2023

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The theme of Refugee Week 2023 is ‘Compassion’ – and CCOW’s prayer is a reminder of God’s compassion on us, and our call to share that compassion and love our neighbour.

It’s reproduced below in plain text, and you can also download two different PowerPoint and print versions of it, if you’d like to use it in a service or put a small poster up in your church.

Loving God,
You sustain us with mercy and grace
And call us to share the compassion w receive.
Help us to love as you want us to love:
Not to ask ‘Who is my neighbour?’
But to see our neighbour in everyone we encounter
And to offer help and hospitality when people are hurting.

In a world that can be rushed, give us patience and time to care.
In a world that can be harsh, help us to be kind.
In a world that can be fearful, make us bearers of hope.

We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord,
Who came from heaven to earth,
Lived among us as a wanderer,
And offers salvation to all.

 

Download the PowerPoint

Download the print version with a picture of a child

Download the print version with a picture of refugees in a boat

Prayer for Child Soldiers

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A prayer to end the recruitment and use of children in conflict – and for the healing of those who have been forced into conflict, and those whom they have harmed.

Download a PowerPoint version of the prayer: Prayer for Child Soldiers.

Dear Lord,
We pray for children whose childhood has been interrupted,
For young eyes which have seen far too much,
Young hands trained to hold weapons,
Young feet forced to march,
Young minds seared by commands
No child should encounter.

O Prince of Peace,
Who gathered the children to Yourself
And blessed them,
We pray for children used in conflicts to be set free,
For your healing to restore their bodies and minds
And the bodies and minds of those they have harmed,
For their reconciliation within families and communities
And an end to cycles of grief and trauma.

And we pray, O Lord, who created all things
And whose love is everywhere,
Bring a just and peaceful resolution of the conflicts
That rend our world
And that put children and adults in harm’s way.
Your Kingdom come, O Lord, your will be done.

Fair Trade Prayers and Reflections from CCOW

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Are you looking for Fair Trade prayers and reflections for a church service or for personal prayer? Materials for Prayer and Reflection on Fair Trade offers the materials we’ve provided for Fairtrade Fortnight Church Action Guides and other resources over the years.

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