#ForSuchATime - #PrayFastAct

For Such a Time is a commitment for each of us to pray, fast and act on the 21st of each month through December 2018, when the 115th Congress will conclude. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the ELCA invite us to commit to pray, fast and act to remember those in poverty and the challenges they face, and then to do something about it.

February 2018 #PrayFastAct to Protect and Support Indigenous People
As Episcopalians, we are taught that it is our duty to follow and worship Christ, but also to “work, pray, and give for the spread of the kingdom of God.” Approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, whose ancestors had taken from them millions of acres of land that makes the United States what it is today, have been and still are subjected to various forms of physical and social injustices.

As Christians and Americans, we have an obligation to work, pray, and give to respond to and end those injustices. Let us lift our voices and ask our members of Congress to protect funding for programs that provide relief, promote public safety, and support a meaningful livelihood for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

ON FEBRUARY 21, JOIN THE EPPN AND PRESIDING BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE ELCA AS WE PRAY, FAST and ACT.

Pray for our nation’s elected leaders and for all who struggle with hunger and poverty.

Look with pity, O heavenly Father, upon the people in this land who live with injustice, terror, disease, and death as their constant companions. Have mercy upon us. Help us to eliminate our cruelty to these our neighbors. Strengthen those who spend their lives establishing equal protection of the law and equal opportunities for all. And grant that every one of us may enjoy a fair portion of the riches of this land; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen [Book of Common Prayer, pg. 826]

Fast to call attention in our own minds and actions the needs and circumstances of the poorest among us.

Join us on social media using #PrayFastAct and @TheEPPN. On the 21st, post a picture of a dinner place setting with the reason you are fasting this month.

ACT: Tell Congress to Support Robust Funding for American Indians and Alaska Natives

Learn more by reading this one-pager on protecting Indigenous People.

You can also read the testimony of the National Congress of American Indians before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies expressing, on behalf of Native Americans and Alaska Natives, the need for public safety and business support.

(from EPPN - http://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/ForSuchaTimeasThis)