Worship Words resources for special days and events in August:
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Hiroshima Day prayers
Peace call to worship — Susan Pickering, Australia
Consider using for: International Day of Peace, 21 September Peace Sunday, 2nd Sunday of October Hiroshima Day, 6 August Adapted for Worship Words Jesus said; “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” We are called to be peacemakers, to stand against injustice, inequality and oppression For injustice anywhere is a […]
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Hiroshima Day, 6 August
What words can express the horrors of war? The atrocity of dropping an atom bomb on Hiroshima? Nagasaki? The complicity of citizens? The heart-wrenching desire to set things more right. The craving for forgiveness and atonement? Spirit of Peace, hear our prayer. ‘U.S. airman Matthew McGunigle photographed the Hiroshima blast. After the war, he entered […]
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