We, leaders of several religious traditions have come together to encourage you, our religious communities to engage in prayer for peace in the Middle East. We ask you to:
Take time in your personal and communal prayer and as you gather with your faith community for religious observances to pray for peace. We also encourage you to engage with other religious communities in your neighborhood in events offering a joint witness to peace.
We will post prayers, litanies, scripture texts, hymns and other prayer aids on seasonofprayer.org.
We also encourage you to send us prayers/scripture texts/litanies/hymns/poems and other resources for others to use.
Organize joint events of witness for peace in your community. Participate in actions such as writing to legislators.
Pray like everything depends on God
Work like everything depends on you.
Signed by:
Rev. Dr. Robert Edgar, Nation Council of Churches USA
Rev. Michael Livingston, National Council of Churches USA and International Council of Community Churches
Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, Islamic Society of North America
Rev. Dr. John Thomas, United Church of Christ and many other leaders listed at seasonofprayer.org.