The General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Australia, Elizabeth Delaney, has written to Australian Heads of Churches proposing that Refugee Sunday on June 21 be a Day of Prayer and Fasting.
Ms Delaney said, “Archbishop Philip Freier, Primate of the Anglican Church in Australia, has proposed that all churches mark Sunday 21 June as Refugee Sunday observing it as a day of prayer and fasting.”
She said, “For all who believe in the power of prayer, the combined prayer of Christians from all churches is surely most powerful. This, combined with fasting – prayer in action – is surely a witness both to Christians responding to the Gospel call to welcome the stranger and to our desire to express our desire for unity through common action.”
Ms Delaney encouraged all heads of churches to promote this within their parishes and communities, to share prayer resources and to use the media that is available to them.
Paul Arnott
