Mission and Service partners are currently responding to those who are impacted by the conflict in West Bank and East Jerusalem.  Partners are prepared to expand their activity into Gaza when a humanitarian corridor is opened, allowing for safe access to provide relief. Currently, there is an urgent need for food, as well as non-food items such as medicines, psychosocial support, and shelter.

Your help is urgently needed. Please take a few minutes out of your day to support the ACT Alliance and Mission and Service partners in Palestine and Israel responding to the urgent needs of civilians in Palestine and Israel.  Find out how you can help here.

And we can pray...

Steadfast God,
As we witness to the horrors and heartbreak in Israel and Palestine, we seek your comfort and strength, your shelter and hope, your peace and your blessings.

Bless all those who continually attempt to live your teachings of compassion and reconciliation
through humanitarian aid and advocacy for those most affected by the atrocities of war.
These actions are green leaves on a weakening tree, clear signs of hope, even as fear, death, and grief overwhelm.

Bless all those who mourn, whose heartbreak and sorrow are too deep for words. In their despair may your unshakeable roots protect and hold them in love. And provide us all with the strength to yearn “more than those who watch for morning” for a time when peace prevails globally and in the Middle East.

Bless all who prayerfully seek a peace that leads toward abundant life for all people. Help those of us more removed from the direct conflict to care for and support those of us who are most affected in the Middle East and in our local communities. May we  honestly wrestle with our complex emotions, biases, and limited information so that we can work with others toward peace-building that is guided by justice, compassion, and mercy. Together, may we anticipate a time when Israel and Palestine will be a symbol of justice, peace, and liberation for all.

Like an olive tree planted by water,
sending out its roots by the stream,
may our commitment toward a just peace in Israel and Palestine never falter,
     may our hope not be uprooted,
     may our actions bear good fruit,
     may our love be steadfast.

Until freedom and justice for all comes,
may it be so.                                                                                                                                                                                  

Amen.

 

Karen Murray-Hopf

Communications/Media Chair

 

Photo: Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees office in Gaza
Credit: Al Jedeh /DSPR