PRAY CENTRAL
FLORIDA
Dear
Fellow Prayer Warrior, April, 2007
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ. The National Day of Prayer
tradition predates the founding of the United States of America, evidenced by the
Continental Congress' proclamation in 1775 setting aside a day of prayer. In
1952, Congress established an annual day of prayer and, in 1988, that law was
amended, designating the National Day of Prayer as the first Thursday in May. The
56th Annual National Day of Prayer
will take place Thursday, May 3, 2007. The theme for this year is
"America, Unite in Prayer" and is based on II Chronicles 7:14 which
states: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves
and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear
from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." The 2007
Honorary Chairman, Dr. Charles R. Swindoll, has
written a prayer for our nation that you can see, along with many other
resources, at the National Day of Prayer web site - www.ndptf.org.
National Day of Prayer (May 3rd)
Local Observances (check for updates at www.ndptf.org) -
Central Florida – Vision Orlando is calling people
everywhere to go to their city halls at noon to pray. To take part in
an organized meeting, possibly with a Mayor, contact Maureen at Maureen@ruii.org.
Orlando – 12:00 noon to 1:00 - The Central Florida
Christian Chamber of Commerce presents the 3rd Annual NDP Gathering at Lake Eola. Come and pray with our community leaders representing
the business community, government, non-profits, and all others. Gathering spot
right across from Panera Bread at Lake Eola, at the intersection of Robinson St. and Eola Dr., on the NE corner of the lake. For more info
contact Lori C. Slough at 407-290-1943.
Brevard County – 7:00 p.m. - Space Coast Prayer
Network sponsored gathering at First Baptist Church of Merritt Island, 140
Magnolia Ave. and 520. For info call Pastor Larry at 727-777-0057.
Global Day of Prayer – May 27th – in 2006, millions of Christians in 199 countries
joined together to pray for global revival. Join us in 2007. Locally, 24/7
prayer rooms will be open for the 10 days prior in various spots throughout our
area. Youth prayer teams will be praying in the high places the day of (May 27th)
and a central gathering is being planned for that night. See www.gdopusa.com for general information and
resources (including a great 10 day prayer guide) and details on local
observances. $84 would put a prayer guide in the hands of all 300 inmates Pray
Central Florida ministers to each month. If anyone would like to contribute
toward that or split a bulk order, please contact George.
Ongoing
Prayer Themes - please include some of these when you pray for the city -
An increase in the manifestation of God’s supernatural
power – healings, signs, wonders
Wisdom and blessing for our president and other
national, state and local elected officials
God's redemptive purposes to be fulfilled in Central
Florida
Unity of the Body of Christ and purity in the Body and
in relationships between leaders
Pastors to pray together and lead their churches into
praying with other churches
Vision Orlando, Space Coast Prayer Network and Deland
pastors
The scourge of abortion to be removed from our city
Christians to tithe and give offerings so “the devourer”
will be rebuked in our city
Greater revelation of the
Apostolic and God’s government to increase in our city
Homeland security
See page 2 for Current Prayer Events
An E-mail version of this
newsletter (with more stuff!) is also available - send me an E-mail to sign up.
See this newsletter on the web at www.christiansnet.com/praycf/praycf.htm.
George Kern, 405 East Jersey St, Orlando, FL 32806,
407-245-1132, praycf@juno.com
PRAY CENTRAL
FLORIDA
Page 2 April,
2007
April 27 and 28 - leaders from The Call prepare and mobilize us for 07-07-07 The Call
Nashville. We gather and cry out in repentance, asking God to restore
the moral and spiritual authority that has been lost in this generation. Come
with hearts hungry to meet with the Bridegroom King and receive the counsel of
Heaven. Meeting location: The Gathering Place, 1701 Orange Blvd.,
Sanford, FL. Meeting times: Fri. 4/27 at 7pm, Sat. 4/28 at 10am &
6pm. No charge for this event; offering will be received. Info: 407 324
0200, www.thecall.com.
May 3 – National Day of Prayer - www.ndptf.org.
See previous page for information.
May 10 and 11 - Advancing the Armies of Compassion Conference hosted by The NET
Training Institute. 2 Full Days -
12 CEUs. Recovery Training for
Counselors, Pastors, Transitional Housing Program Staff, All Mercy Ministers.
Location: Calvary Assembly of God. See web site for details and cost -
www.netinstitute.org.
May 27 – Global
Day of Prayer – www.gdopusa.com. See
previous page for information.
Daily – various times
– Worship House of Prayer - get a
taste of IHOP without having to fly to Kansas City. Location: 120 W. McKey St., Ocoee. Web site
for info and schedule: www.worshiphouseofprayer.com,
or call 407.877.5970, ext. 201.
Weekdays –
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – all day worship and prayer hosted by Love of Christ Ministries (Mack McCambridge). Location: Faith World church, Orlando. Call
407-292-0966 for info.
First and Third Mondays – 6:00 p.m. - Strategic Intercession
for Sanford.
Location: Good Samaritan
Home 1704 W.9th Street Sanford, (W. of
17-92). Info: Thelma Mike 407-322-3321.
Tuesdays – 6:00 a.m. - Sanford Ministerial Fellowship -
Pastors Praying for Sanford. Info: Jim
Bradshaw - 407-322-4371, jimbrdshw@bellsouth.net.
Tuesday and Friday
mornings – Full Gospel Businessmen’s
Fellowship.
Fellowship and bible study breakfasts and monthly evening meeting. Contact Joseph Shaia for info -
407/682-3216.
Tuesday
evenings - 6:00 p.m. – Community Healing & Prayer Service. All Saints Church, 338 East
Lyman Av. Winter Park.
Call 407-647-3413 for info. www.allsaintswp.com.
Tuesday
evenings - 7:00 p.m. - Servants of the Most High Interdenominational
prayer group meets in the Longwood area. For more info, call Maureen at
407-332-7286.
Second Tuesday
– 6:30 p.m. – Aglow – women’s
fellowship and prayer meeting for Apopka/Ocoee. Contact: Rhonda, 407-884-0238.
Thursday
Evenings – 7:30 p.m. Oviedo Healing
Rooms - Healing in the Name of
JESUS through the Power of GOD's Presence and Prayer. 145 W. Broadway Blvd., Oviedo. Call 407-529-7111 for
appointment (suggested but not necessary) www.OviedoHealingRoom.com.
Friday
evenings – 7:30 p.m. – International Concert of Prayer – prayer for
Orlando, USA & the world. At Greaterlife Church in
Oviedo, call Pastor Jeff Good for information at 407-365-5950.
First Saturday of month - Prayer
for Muslims - 10:00 a.m.-Noon, Orlando. Peter Shadid
- 240-6272.
Peter has a team reaching Muslims in
Kissimmee and can train people for outreach in Orlando.
Second
Saturday of month – 9:00 a.m. - KNEC (Kingdom Network Empowering
Communities) – 6864 Silver Star rd, Orlando. Contact: Pastor Helligar – 407-299-6677.
Second and Third
Saturdays – 5:00 a.m. City-wide Prayer
Meeting. Hampton
Inn at 7448 International Drive, Orlando. Sponsor: Pastor Mary Norman,
321-276-5352.
Second Saturday of month – Aftercare Network Prayer
Meeting.
Networking ex-inmates and Aftercare Providers. Call
Chaplain Fleeks at 407-836-0384.
Second Saturday of
month – 4 p.m. - Pray for the Troops
– Location: WHOP - 120 W. McKey St., Ocoee.
Info: www.lzrussell.org/PrayForTheTroops,
or call Greg at 407-327-4422.
Third Saturday of month – Prayer
for the Persecuted Church. Longwood. Email
amystrang@aol.com.
Editor’s note: to help
prevent the automatic harvesting of E-mail addresses from this newsletter some E-mail
addresses have been modified. If you see one that has an “ [at]
” simply replace it with “@” when you type it in, similarly with “ [dot] “.
And
here is the extra stuff you don’t get with the snail mail version...
=================================
(1) National Day of Prayer – May 3, 2007
(2) National Day of Prayer – Space Coast Prayer
Network
(3) Meetings of the Orlando Chapter of
Full Gospel Business Mens' Fellowship
(4) GNN Orlando Evangelism Opportunities
(5) Neighborhood & Community Summit for Orange
County - April 28th
(6) NPPN* – recent postings
(7) “Definite Improvement” in Iraq
(8) Prayer Needed for Iraq
(9) Genocide in Darfur,
Sudan
*NPPN -
NATIONAL PASTORS' PRAYER NETWORK - US
A
Ministry Network Of The Mission America Coalition
OUR
VISION-
Identify
And Encourage Pastors' Prayer Groups In Cities And
Communities
Across
America So That Pastors Lead Their
People Into Praying For And Sharing Christ With Everyone In Our
Nation.
Subscribe
to the NPPN: http://www.nppn.org/subscribe.htm
<http://rd.bcentral.com/?ID=757173&s=5913893>
***********************************************************
(1) National Day of Prayer – May 3, 2007
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER,
MAY 3, 2007
The National Day of Prayer tradition predates
the founding of the United States of America, evidenced by the Continental
Congress' proclamation in 1775 setting aside a day of prayer. In 1952, Congress
established an annual day of prayer and, in 1988, that law was amended,
designating the National Day of Prayer as the first Thursday in May.
The 56th Annual National Day of Prayer will take place Thursday,
May 3, 2007. The theme for this year is "America, Unite in Prayer"
and is based on the verse from II Chronicles 7:14 which states: "If my
people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my
face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will heal their land." The 2007 Honorary Chairman,
Dr. Charles R. Swindoll, will help lead the nation in
prayer.
Cli ck to read the 2007 Prayer for Our Nation
Re ad Proclamations from President George W. Bush and all 50
governors herald 56th annual National Day of Prayer
INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA
P O Box 915 Purcellville, VA
20134
Fax 540-751-0984 ifa@ifapray.org web: http://www.ifapray.org
***********************************************************
(2) National Day of Prayer – Space Coast Prayer
Network
From: "Larry Booth" <larry@ofhsb.org>
To: "'George P Kern'" <praycf@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:53:04 -0400
Hey GEORGE…
How are you doing????
I wanted you to know for your calendar
that the Space Coast Prayer Network is sponsoring a regional prayer event for
the NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, May 3, at 7pm. The venue will be First
Baptist Church, Merritt Island. We have over 30 pastors participating in
the planning process. We are believing GOD to
fill the FBC worship center with 2000+ praying folks to cry out for America.
Thanks for what you do to keep Central
Florida informed of prayer events.
Blessings,
Larry Booth
Space Coast Prayer Network (SCPN)
*********************************************************
(3) Meetings of the Orlando Chapter of
Full Gospel Business Mens' Fellowship
Weekly Friday Breakfast; 6:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m. International House of Pancakes, 1345 Lee Rd. Orl., Fl 32810
Host: Norman Gonsalves, 407/592-1133 (C); Co-Host: Tom Barnhill, 407/864-7455 (C) and 407/948-6984 (C)
Weekly Tuesday Bible Study Breakfast; 7:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m. First Watch Restaurant, 2425 W. State Road 434, Longwood, FL 32779. I-4 to 434, WEST to 2425; Host: Joe Shaia, 407/882-3216; 782-3519; Joe Shaia asked Bruce to be Bible Study leader: Rev. Bruce W.H. Urich, PhD 407/761-0219 (cell), one month O. T., one month N. T.; April, Mark; May, Jeremiah--from material he teaches at Florida Theological Seminary.
Quarterly business meeting and
dinner, Holiday House, 2203 Aloma Avenue, Winter Park
at 6:00p.m. on Thursday
April 19. Norman
will have the speakers for the next three months to present (Please mark dates
on your calendars—May 3, June 7 and July 5.
We especially ask all former
presidents and officers (and YOU) to come to give us ideas for the chapter!!!!! Please
mark all these dates on your calendar!!!!
Monthly Meeting, Thursday, May 3rd at Holiday House, .3 east of Lakemont or .9 west of Semoran on
Aloma, 6:00 p.m. dinner and speaker, out by 8:00.
Chuck Urrutia was born
and raised in a relatively middle class family in San Antonio, Texas. His Dad
was a charismatic person but had a drinking problem that began at a very young
age. Because of that problem, the family experienced much stress and very
difficult times. This had a serious impact on young Chuck and the rest of the
family. The family was Catholic and attended the local church. As a young
child, Chuck heard something from the pulpit that drove him away from church.
For years he stayed away from church until just before he met his wife to be,
Patricia Cox. After marrying and a spiritual awakening, the old pain and fears
returned and almost brought Chuck’s marriage to destruction. This is a
testimony of healing and God’s faithfulness. Chuck will share this testimony
for your encouragement – God always cares and continues to heal us so that we
can better serve him and enjoy His continued presence in our lives.
********************************************************
(4) GNN Orlando Evangelism Opportunities
From: "GNN Orlando" <gnnorlando@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:58:11 -0400
Subject: GNN Orlando Evangelism Opportunities / important new information
Orlando
Evangelism Opportunities
Greeting's Seed Sowers,
An
Interesting Quiz:
How
would you respond in these situations?
1. A preacher and his wife are very, very poor. They already
have 14 kids. Now she finds out she’s pregnant with the 15th. They’re living in
tremendous poverty. Considering their poverty and the excessive world
population, would you consider recommending she get an abortion?
2. The father is sick with sniffles, the mother has TB. Of
their four children, the first is blind, the second has died, the third is
deaf, the fourth has TB. She finds she’s pregnant
again. Given this extreme situation, would you consider recommending abortion?
3. A white man raped a 13-year-old black girl and she’s now
pregnant. If you were her parents, would you consider recommending abortion?
4. A teenage girl is pregnant. She’s not married. Her fiancé
is not the father of the baby, and he’s upset. Would you recommend abortion?
In the first case, you would have killed John Wesley, one of
the great evangelists in the 19th century. In the second case, you would have
killed Beethoven. In the third case, you would have killed Ethel Waters, the
great black gospel singer. If you said yes to the fourth case, you would have
declared the murder of Jesus Christ!
God is the author of life, and He has given every single
individual supreme value. Each life—whether inside or outside
the womb—should therefore be valued by us. God knows the plans He has
for each individual and has written in His book all the days ordained for us
before one of them came to be. When we presume to know better than God who
should be given life, we are putting ourselves in the place of God and are
guilty of idolatry.
Quiz is from the, "Evidence
Bible" Living Waters Publications. Link to
the Evidence Bible from www.thegreatnewsorlando.com website at the bottom of each page. Click on 100 Answers.
Educate yourself and
learn the facts
Then
Do something about
it!!!!!
1. Contact us and learn
how you can become a Sidewalk Counselor or start a Counseling team in your area(This is our current,
Greatest Need, Spanish Speakers needed as well)
2. Counsel online
from your home.
3. Contact the clinic
weekly and find out the abortion schedule so we can inform the Sidewalk Counsler's to be there on that day.
4. Commit to pray
for those on the front-lines and that God would raise
up more laborors in this mission field.
5. Spread the word
about www.ABORT73.com by emailing the
web address to those you know or by purchasing and wearing their
products that have the web address on it.
Testimony: I have seen many inocent lives saved, by merely being an active Christian
praying presence standing on the sidewalks in front of the clinic's.
Many times, cars would pull up to the clinic and see the Christian's banded
together in prayer and would then drive on by as we let our light shine.
Christopher Owen
The Great News Network Local Leader, Orlando
Webpage: www.thegreatnewsorlando.com
Enlist: www.thegreatnews.com
Email: Cowen@TheGreatNewsOrlando.com
***************************************************************
(5) Neighborhood & Community Summit for Orange
County - April 28th
From:
"Steve Bruton"
<Steve.Bruton@northlandchurch.net>
Date:
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:20:21 -0400
Subject:
FW: Neighborhood & Community Summit for Orange County/ April 28th
Good
afternoon Team!
Orange
County Mayor Buddy Dyer is hosting a Neighborhood Summit on
Saturday, April 28th at Orlando City Hall.
Registration
information is attached.
Steve
[Editors
Note: I didn’t include the attachment for size reasons but you can read it on
the web -
http://www.cityoforlando.net/executive/nca/pdf/Summit07.pdf
This
looks very informative, at least check out the workshop list.]
*****************************************************************
(6) NPPN* – recent postings
From: "National Pastors Prayer Network" <Updates@nppn.org>
To: "List Member" <praycf@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:17:36 -0700
Subject: NPPNow - New Postings +Three National Events on Prayer & City Transformation (scroll down) {070402}
N ational P astors' P rayer N etwork
Connecting Leaders for
Prayer and City Transformation
Recent Postings @ National Pastors' Prayer Network -
click to connect
·
STRATEGIC PRAYER ~ Prayer on Shock Jock Program
·
NPPN Interview with Leader of National Day of Pray...
·
CITY IMPACT ~ Des Monies, IA: City Church Challenge...
·
RESOURCE ~ 2007 National Meeting on Collaboration
·
STRATEGIC PRAYER ~ Praying for Amerinca's
Most Inf...
·
CITY IMPACT ~ Kitsap Co., WA: Impacting Schools
·
RESOURCE ~ Pastors' Steps for National Day of Pray...
·
GLOBAL NETWORK ~ From Koreea
to New Zealand
·
RESOURCE ~ CIty Reaching
Ingredients
·
CITY IMPACT ~ Columbus, OH: 15th Largest in the US....
·
Interview with a Praying Pastor
·
A Summit for Praying Pastors
·
RESOURCE ~ Jump Start Your Conversations with God
·
Blogger: Quiet Graces at a Loud Conference
·
Inner~Views: Does Your Family Have a Pastor Praying...
·
RESOURCE ~ New Guide with Tools for Deep Breathing...
·
Confessions of a Stressed-out Pastor
·
Receiving From God in Prayer
·
Conversational Prayer: Sloppy? Too Informal?
·
The Power of Prayer Partnerships
·
Rethinking the Role of Praise Songs in Corporate
Prayer...
·
24/7 Prayer - Preparing the Way for the Presence ...
·
Inner~Views: 700 Prayer Quilts Spread Love and Prayer
·
RESOURCE ~ Prayer Quilts Multiply Love & Prayer
·
Inner~Views: Guiding Students into Radical Prayer
·
Inner~Views: Developing A Prayer Culture
·
Inner~Views: Insights to Guide Praying for Revival
·
SHARE ~"Groundbreaking" Outreach
·
Coaching ~ Anyone Listening?
·
CARE ~ No-Threat Ministry to Families
·
Coaching ~ Collaboration: More than Will; Skill
·
Coaching ~ Listen & Ask the Right Questions
·
SHARE ~ Two-Sided Witnessing Bookmark
·
SHARE ~ Redefining Evangelism
·
Changing The Culture ~ A New
Kind of Church?
·
Inner~Views: Church @ Community Transformation
·
Changing the Culture ~ Why We Fail
·
Coaching ~ Feedback Guidlines
·
20 City Impact Profiles Online
·
City Impact Roundtable - Latest Registration
Information
New Resources Posted @ IBSA Prayer Ministries
· IBSA @ Prayer ~ "Prayer ministries on fire"
·
"Anatomy 101: Prayer in the Body of Christ"
·
LifeWay Research ~ Online Prayer Links
·
SBC @ Prayer: Pastors Prayer Group Perseveres
·
SBC @ Prayer: 700+ Commit to "Wesley"
Experience
·
Training - How To Lead Congregational Prayer
*************************************************************************
(7) “Definite Improvement” in Iraq
WAR IN IRAQ
"DEFINITE
IMPROVEMENT" NOTED IN SECURITY OF BAGHDAD
Baghdad curfew eased
as new security plan shows preliminary signs of success
Ask the Lord to bring revelation,
dreams and visions to Muslims worldwide of Isa
(Jesus) – to save them and mark them with His Kingdom seal.
"Iraq’s government announced that
the security situation in Baghdad has improved in recent weeks, enough that the
city's curfew can be relaxed. Until now, the curfew has been 8:00 p.m. until
5:00 a.m. Now, Baghdad residents will be allowed on the street until 10:00
p.m.” said ABC’s Charles Gibson.
ABC's Terry McCarthy added, "Children have come out to play again.
Shoppers are back in markets. A few devout souls even venture past the barbed
wire to pray. Baghdad is still rocked by car bombs every day. But right in the
center of the city, a small area of relative calm is starting to grow, thanks
to stepped up U.S. Patrols and increased Iraqi checkpoints."
American and Iraqi soldiers yesterday killed six terrorists and captured
another 41 insurgents and death-squad suspects in operations in Baghdad and
outside Fallujah, military officials said. The raids
were part of the ongoing enormous effort by U.S. and Iraqi security forces to
break the backs of the various armed groups warring in Iraq (ABC, Washington
Times, 4/3/07)
INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA
P O Box 915 Purcellville, VA
20134
Fax 540-751-0984 ifa@ifapray.org web: http://www.ifapray.org
******************************************************************
(8) Prayer Needed for Iraq
PRAYER FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS
A Renewed Call to
Prayer, March 25-May 3,
from the C. S. Lewis Society, Trinity College,
and Intercessors for America
Diligent daily prayer for Iraq needs to
explode across the world.
Our hearts’ fervent prayer arises along five points:
(1) That Iraq not descend deeper and deeper
into violence.
(2) That the perpetrators of daily violence and evil be caught and
brought to justice.
(3) That peace, righteousness, and stability may spread throughout this
land.
(4) That the redemption of the people of Iraq— their transformation by
Christ--may accelerate.
(5) To sum up: We pray for a stable environment in which Christ’s body
might flourish. The future of the Middle East pivots on what happens in Iraq.
How greatly it needs our prayers!
To read the entire Call to Prayer, go to the IFA website and click on “Current Prayer Guides”
INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA
P O Box 915 Purcellville, VA
20134
Fax 540-751-0984 ifa@ifapray.org web: http://www.ifapray.org
********************************************************
(9) Genocide in Darfur,
Sudan
To call attention to
the escalating violence and the continued failure of the international
community to adequately respond to this crisis, activists across the world have
come together to plan "Global Days for Darfur". This week of rallies,
marches and vigils will run from April 23rd to April 30th and will highlight
that "time is running out" for the people of Darfur.
Please support your fellow activists in speaking out for the people of Darfur by joining an event in your area. If there are
currently no activities planned in your community, we hope you will consider
starting your own event during this important week.
For more information click here
SUDAN GOVERNMENT 'PARALYZING' AID TO DARFUR
The aid operation is the biggest of its
kind in the world, with about two million people in Darfur's
camps fully dependent on aid agencies for food. Aid workers are facing numerous
visa and access restrictions from Sudan's government agencies and security
forces.
Click here to view a multimedia report about the
crisis
Pray for Sudan’s President, Omar al- Bashir, his cabinet and all in authority; may he yield to
the pressure brought on by the international community; may a spirit of
cooperation sweep through his government and the leaders and warlords fighting
throughout the country.
Pray for the safety of Sudanese Christians and their families; pray that they
would come together in unity and prayer for the end to bloodshed and the
beginning of righteous and just governance.
Pray for the many peace delegations and Christian organizations who are
investing thier influence, time and finances to bring
an end to this genocide.
SAVE DARFUR EFFORTS
PEAK AS AFRICAN CRISIS CONTINUES
Student and human-rights activists are
stepping up their grassroots efforts to raise awareness about the continued
violence in Darfur, which has been labeled the first
genocide of the 21st century.
Last week, New York University student groups held a series of events titled
“One Week for Darfur.” The events began with a
candlelight vigil in Washington Square Park on Monday night. There was a panel
discussion, featuring former Sudanese slave Simon Deng and a representative
from Amnesty International. And there was a screening of the documentary
“Screamers,” which explores why genocide keeps occurring. The film features
members of the band System of a Down, who themselves are all grandchildren of
genocide survivors.
Last Wednesday, students received a free dessert in exchange for calling their
senator or congress-member on the Darfur issue. The
callers were asked to request strengthening support to African Union troops,
currently in charge of peacekeeping in the region. They also asked the
politicians to push for deployment of UN peacekeeping forces. And they
advocated for increasing humanitarian aid, as well as establishing the area as
a no- fly zone to prevent future aerial attacks. (TheVillager.com, 4/4/07)
Click on this World Vision link for Giving Food and Supplies to
Sudan's Suffering
IFA ENCOURAGES YOU TO PARTICIPATE
IN FRIDAY WATCH FIRE PRAYER & FASTING
"I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews
and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!"
—Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), Battle Hymn of the Republic
NEGROPONTE TO PRESS FOR LARGER
DARFUR FORCE DURING SUDAN TRIP
United Nations: Darfur is world’s worst humanitarian crisis
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte
will press the Sudanese government to allow an enlarged peacekeeping force to
be deployed in Darfur when he visits the African
nation next week, the State Department said.
A joint force of African Union and United Nations peacekeepers is ``fundamental
to providing security and greater stability'' in the region, department
spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters in Washington yesterday. Negroponte
will encourage the government to ``give the green light'' to their deployment.
The UN says the four-year-old conflict in Darfur has
killed at least 200,000 people and describes it as the world's worst
humanitarian crisis. It envisages a hybrid force of AU and UN soldiers in the
country to help stop fighting between government troops and rebels and protect
civilians.
Negroponte will travel to Sudan, Chad, Libya and Mauritania between April 11
and 19 and focus on resolving the crisis in Darfur,
McCormack said. Officials from the UN, AU and Sudanese government meet in the
Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on April 9 to discuss bolstering the size of
the peacekeeping force, the UN said in a statement yesterday.
The UN is currently providing a $21 million ``light'' support package for the
7,000-member AU force, including military officers and equipment such as
night-vision goggles and generators. It wants to deploy an additional 2,500 UN
soldiers as a next step as it builds toward a joint force of 20,000
peacekeepers.
The conflict in Darfur started in February 2003 when
rebels demanding a greater share of Sudan's political power and wealth began
attacking the government. The authorities in Khartoum responded by dispatching
military forces and arming militias, commonly known as the Janjaweed,
to attack areas accused of supporting the rebels. (Bloomberg, 4/6/07)
INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA
P O Box 915 Purcellville, VA
20134
Fax 540-751-0984 ifa@ifapray.org web: http://www.ifapray.org
***********************************************************
Pray
Central Florida – Praying for Central Florida and encouraging the Church in
Central Florida to pray.
To
subscribe to or unsubscribe from this Pray Central Florida monthly prayer
newsletter send an E-mail to praycf@juno.com