My Calendar
Week of Feb 3rd
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World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day
04/02/2020
This is a great video (2:15) which gives a motivational overview of cancer. It was produced for World Cancer Day 2019 but remains relevant!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY (CLICK HERE for a 45 second video of this prayer)
Loving God, we ask you to bless all whose lives are affected by cancer.
Empower them with hope and give them opportunities
for love and laughter each and every day.
Give strength to their family and friends who are supporting and caring for them
and help their medical professionals to use all their experience, wisdom and compassion.
We ask this in your holy name! AMEN
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International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
06/02/2020
Today is the International Day for Zero Tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
FGM is the partial or total removal of female genitalia or other injury to the female genitalia for non medical reasons.
In Africa alone, 100-140 million girls have undergone FGM within the 28 countries that practice FGM and about 3 million are at risk of undergoing the cut each year.
Here's a 57 second video just to get us thinking about this issue.
CLICK HERE for a video (5:32) of a UNICEF project relating to this.
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Loving God,
we hold before you all who are living with the consequences of FGM.
We pray for those working to dispel ignorance about this issue and that the truth be known.
We pray especially for community leaders -
that they take the side of young girls facing the prospect of FGM
and that they will lead their communities to greater understanding
so that this practice might be eradicated.
We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN