{"id":4793,"date":"2020-06-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/prayers\/urgent-prayer-call-2-june-2020\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T01:34:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T01:34:52","slug":"urgent-prayer-call-2-june-2020","status":"publish","type":"prayers","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/prayer\/urgent-prayer-call-2-june-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent prayer call 2 June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"prayer candles\" height=\"233\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/sites\/default\/files\/30268388007_c02c2e9a27_c.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 349px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 349\/233;float:right\" title=\"prayer candles\" width=\"349\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>At the burning bush, Moses learned that God is attentive to circumstances of the oppressed: <em>&#8220;I have observed the misery of my people&#8230;. I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters\u00d6. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them.\u2014<\/em> (Exodus 3:7-8a, NRSV)<\/p>\n<p>God of the Exodus is paying attention to world events today. In response to yet another police killing of an unarmed black man in the USA, protests have broken out in North American cities and elsewhere in the world. Looting and vandalism have occurred. Police in the USA have fired rubber bullets and tear gas even upon journalists reporting about the protests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We lament <\/strong>systemic racism that leads to killings and daily indignities for people of colour. We grieve the violent actions by both protesters and law enforcement. We confess the lack of equity and justice that at times from characterizes our own responses. We acknowledge the long, intercontinental roots of racism that include complicity in the slave trade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We reaffirm<\/strong> the following Mennonite World Conference <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/shared-convictions\">Shared Convictions<\/a>: <em>&#8220;As a world-wide community of faith and life we transcend boundaries of nationality, race, class, gender and language&#8230; The Spirit of Jesus empowers us to trust God in all areas of life so we become peacemakers who renounce violence, love our enemies [and] seek justice&#8230;\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Creator God, reach into our hearts and our troubled world to bring repentance and right relationships! <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the burning bush, Moses learned that God is attentive to circumstances of the oppressed: &#8220;I have observed the misery of my people&#8230;. I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters\u00d6. 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