'Loving God, Serving Christ,
Growing the Church'

Let us pray for peace.

We pray for the leaders of the nations,

that they will find an alternative to war,

and preparations for war, in the name of peace.

We pray that wealth invested in armaments

will instead be channelled into the stomachs of the hungry, into schools and hospitals

where now is degradation and destruction.

We pray for those who cry out for bread, not bombs,

for economic justice in the midst of desolation.

May your Holy Spirit lead the peoples of the world

into the way of brotherhood and peace,

and co-operatie  in bringing down the barriers that divide us. Create in us a hunger for peace, and the courage

to speak out against all that makes for war, all that destroys our shared life as people made in your image.

Amen