“27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:
to look after orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
(James 1:27)
Every week during our worship service we pause and take a few minutes and to pray for one another, our world, and for the church. This time is called “The Prayers of the People” and it is an opportunity for us together, to lift up our prayers for situations that are close and dear to us and for situations that are in places that are far away and foreign to us.
One area of the world that we have briefly lifted up in prayer over the past few months is Sudan, where a civil war has occurred since 2023 and has now displaced more than 12 million people. This has caused a severe humanitarian and hunger crisis in this country and the surrounding countries of Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Uganda, and Ethiopia. These countries have absorbed the large number of refugees that are fleeing the conflict and violence in their home regions. A majority of these refugees are women and children, the most vulnerable of the population.
Continue to pray for this area of the world and if you feel led, see how you can support the efforts of relief organizations like World Vision (https://www.worldvision.org) or Samaritan’s Purse (https://www.samaritanspurse.org) that are helping refugees who have fled the violence.
Thanks for reading this and for all of your prayers.