Week of Prayer for World
Peace 2008 Date: - 19 to 26th OCTOBER 2008
The week begins with a GATHERING of all
FAITHS on the first Sunday and is hosted by a different faith each year.
Our hosts this year will be The Friends
(the Quakers) and we are all invited to gather on
Sunday 19 October 2008
at 3 pm at The Friends House (opposite Euston Station)
Refreshments are always offered after the
Gatherings - which last about one hour - and this is a chance to meet
and chat with others in an informal and friendly atmosphere.
This is a huge venue and there is room for everybody - do try to
encourage your congregations to come and fill it!
The first Chairman of Week of Prayer for World Peace, the late Dr.
Edward Carpenter, former Dean of Westminster, established the guiding
principle of the Week in the words "the peace of the world needs to be
prayed for by the faiths of the world" and although it was a Christian
initiative that led to its founding, it soon became an inter faith
activity.
Some helpful thoughts
The different prayers that we say are
said by neighbours in the same town and the same street every week.
In praying together we simply bring under one roof what happens
anyway under the same sky.
We recognise that inter-faith partnership does not itself imply
agreement
The things we agree on are many and precious.
The things we disagree on are precious too.
When we stand with a follower of another faith who is praying,
whenever we can agree with the prayer, we give it our interior
assent
Where we cannot agree, we withhold our interior assent.
It is still good to stand with that person, as a friend, and, as a
partner for peace!
The International
Prayer for Peace:
Lead me from death to life, from
falsehood to truth, Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to
trust, Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace Let peace fill
our heart, our world, our universe.
Please Note: - If you would like to travel
up to London with others please ring 01737 356263 several of us will be
leaving from Epsom Station soon after mid-day.
Also be aware that Churches Together in Epsom will meet on Sunday 26
October 2008 venue to follow soon.