Poverty & Homelessness Action Week - Prayer calendar now online!
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Published: 21/12/2011 |
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The online prayer calendar for Poverty & Homelessness Action Week 2012 has been released.
Visit the Action Week site to follow day-by-day, and explore the barriers that people face – barriers of Housing Benefit; silence; lack of support; stigma; inadequate housing supply; low pay; rough sleeping; and unjust taxation. All these and more combine to prevent people in poverty and experiencing homelessness from full participation in 21st-century life.
Each day during Action Week, you’ll receive an email with a link to the day’s prayer calendar materials: a video outlining the key points of the issue involved; an indication of who needs our prayers; a suggested action to make a difference; and a fundraising idea. If you prefer, you can follow the calendar on Twitter or Facebook.
The video clips are also available on DVD, so you can use them in church services or other events. You can order a DVD for £10 by contacting one of the Action Week partners.
The prayer for Poverty & Homelessness Action Week is:
Father, we thank you that Jesus came to break down barriers.
He did not see the migrant or the settled, the housed or the homeless, the employed or the unemployed;
He saw and loved the person.
Forgive us when we put up barriers between ourselves and others; help us show love to all without constraint.
Help us, your church, to build communities without barriers, where all are valued because all are made in your image.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
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