{"id":22615,"date":"2014-12-19T01:21:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T06:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/resource\/pray_for_namibia_on_sunday_september_29_2013\/"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:28:10","slug":"pray_for_namibia_on_sunday_september_29_2013","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/resource\/pray_for_namibia_on_sunday_september_29_2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray for Namibia on Sunday, September 29 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Lectionary Selection:
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 1-15<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n


Prayers for<\/em> Namibia:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>
God of all places and times, we seek your guidance and direction for the future of your people.\u00a0 We walk two steps forward, yet it seems we always fall at least one step back; and the steps, they are so daunting!\u00a0 Help us see the good you have for us in the future and may it encourage and strengthen us to run the steps of the race with you.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n


Mission Stewardship Moment from <\/em>Namibia:<\/em><\/strong>
Namibia exists as a place of contrasts.\u00a0 Winter is dry desert, summer flooding in a large country, home to only 2 million people.\u00a0 Free from colonial Germany and Apartheid South Africa but captive to economic and social disparities for its people.\u00a0 Modern cities thrive while rural areas struggle with minimal support.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The village of Kalkfeld has a population of two thousand people. It was downgraded to a settlement which leaves them no option to self- govern and instead brings them under government rule. They have no gas station, grocery store, or bank.\u00a0 Houses stand vacant while families travel to work outside of this settlement. The post office exists only to distribute welfare to the elderly and disabled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This community embodies a remarkable resilience in the face of circumstances most of us would not withstand. They march forward each day many miles from home, leaving children in the care of the church, seeking work just to reach the next meal. In Kalkfeld the gravestones outnumber the residents, yet they press on.<\/p>\n

The congregational church is a beacon of light. It sits on land granted to it by a farmer many years ago. \u00a0In some ways it is like the land that Jeremiah bought- a representation of hope.\u00a0 A place where the people of Nambia come together in community and discover their God given gifts and power despite government rule that tells them otherwise. It has the potential to play a prophetic role in the future of this community.<\/p>\n

The children work together on projects at the church. They are the future stewards of this place of hope, this land bought in the midst of oppressive rule and redeemed for God\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

(Prayer and Mission Moment by the Reverend Dr. Loletta Barrett)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mission P<\/em><\/strong>artners in <\/em>Namibia:<\/em><\/strong>
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