Mighty God:
We place before you
our gratitude for a year of action,
our participation in vigils and campaigns,
our mobilisation of opinion
and engagement in debate,
the concessions made
and the consciousness raised.
And we pray,
with all the confidence of our faith
that we will receive from you
the insight,
the energy,
the resolve
and the grace to commit
not one year but all years
to the justice and equity
which your Kingdom inspires. Amen
by Rev Vaughan Jones: 2005
On May 30th this message began to go around the world from Birmingham
Let us fast and pray for forty days!
Creator God please
strike the hearts of men in power
Let them feel the pain they're causing
Let them see the children dying
let them know they have the power
To change the world for the better -now!
Make them cut the chains of debt
Chains that kill- chains that kill
Get the message, powerful people!
Turn lives around, turn lives around.
Joyanna Cleary - Mothers Union New Zealand
Now thousands of individuals and groups are using this and other worship materials as part of world wide vigils beginning on May 30th and lasting until the final day of the G8 summit.
A comment from a friend in Malawi who is part of this prayer network .
"You really have done tremendous work, all of you, in getting this issue so widely aired, it made me weep to think of the people out there working so hard to change our values on such a grand scale"