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Keeping Hope Alive – Day 4: World YMCA Week of Prayer

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Day 4 Rays of Hope Week of Prayer World YMCA/YWCA – Keeping Hope Alive

World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer, started Sunday Nov 8, this prayer led by Tim Hallman, Director of Christian Emphasis, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

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DAY 4: KEEPING HOPE ALIVE; FINDING PEACE AND SHARING KINDNESS
Devotion By: Winelle Kirton-Roberts, Moravian Church Pastor in French-speaking Switzerland

BIBLICAL INSPIRATION: Genesis 16:7,8, 13a, b.
“The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness along the road to Shur. The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”… Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD who had spoken to her. She said, “you are the God who sees me!”

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• What are the ways to connect with international students to facilitate conversations on fear, disappointment, and neglect?
• How might the thought of Psalm 91: 11-12 be shared with international students?
• Is there an opportunity to be strengthened in faith during this season?”

Day 3: Call to Action Against Social Injustice – World YMCA Week of Prayer

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World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer, started Sunday Nov 8, this prayer led by Tim Hallman, Director of Christian Emphasis, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

Day 3 Rays of Hope World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer – Call to Action against Social Injustices

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DAY 3: ADDRESSING SOCIAL INJUSTICES IN OURCOMMUNITIES: A CALL TO ACTION Devotion By Rosângela S. Oliveira, Executive Director of World Day of Prayer International Committee


BIBLICAL INSPIRATION: John 5:1-9a
“After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk.”

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• What do you want “to be made well” in your community?
• What are the initiatives that can make your community “stand up, take the mat and walk”?
• What are your words of hope?”

Rays of Hope World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer Intro

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Enjoy the introduction video to Rays of Hope World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer starting Sunday Nov 8, by Tim Hallman, Director of Christian Emphasis, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

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THEME 2020
Rays of Hope: creating resilient communities through practical spirituality


For more info on the World YMCA/YWCA Week of Prayer visit https://www.ymca.int/wop2020/

“Since 1904, the World YMCA and World YWCA have traditionally collaborated together for the World Week of Prayer and World Fellowship. Celebrated each year on the second week of November, both organisations join efforts to produce a booklet with a theme, a set of bible studies for each day, and an annual bible reading plan so that communities around the world can come together in prayer for a specific cause linked to current realities.”

“This year, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world immeasurably. It has exposed unjust structural systems and demonstrated how a global emergency affects lives disproportionally, especially those who are more vulnerable to inequalities. We are therefore called upon to reflect on all the good things in our lives, and challenged to take action to rebuild a world that promotes justice, love and peace in our communities and beyond.”

“The pandemic has also come with new opportunities for personal and spiritual growth. It has shed light and helped us see what is truly essential in our lives, how can we rediscover ourselves and how can we best invest our time spreading kindness and supporting those in need, including investing in our own mental and physical health.”

“This year, the World YMCA and World YWCA- Week of Prayer and World Fellowship will be an invitation to journey together throughout the week, reflecting on how to move from our individual calling to the collective for transformation to happen in times of the current global pandemic.”