PRAY FOR BURMA DAY, THE SCOTS' CHURCH MELBOURNE, SATURDAY 8th MARCH 2008Time: 10 am - 4 pm (Come and go as you are able)Venue: Scots Church Hall, 99 Russell Street, Melbourne You Are Invited To Join us in Praying for Burma, together with others from your organisation or fellowship. An indication (by replying to this email) of whether you are able to attend will assist us in preparation. If you are not able to come please join us in prayer from where you are. If there are others who may wish to know of this please pass this email on or let us have their email address. Prayer points in advance will be welcomed.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide is also calling on Christians and churches around the world to devote the first week of March to keep watch and pray for Burma.
Burma remains under the rule of one of the most brutal regimes in the world. Since taking power in a coup in 1962, the military junta (currently known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has gone to terrifying lengths to subdue and annihilate the democratic opposition and the country's numerous ethnic groups.
Civilians are regularly used by the military as human minesweepers, bullet shields and forced labourers. Children are abducted and sent to the frontline. Villagers are shot on sight, villages are burnt down, paddy and livestock are destroyed.
Regularly we are told that, 'The SPDC troops came, they took whatever they wanted, burnt, killed and destroyed whatever they did not want. They captured our women, used us as porters during day and raped us at night." The SPDC regularly attacks civilian villages in the ethnic areas. Most of these attacks take place in the middle of the night and are most intense during planting and harvest seasons. Close to a million people are living in the jungles deep inside Burma constantly hunted, shelled and driven like animals' by the Burmese troops.
Many others in Burma are suffering through economic hardship and deprivation.
Throughout Burma there are many Christian communities and churches. Let us join together in praying for the suffering and the displaced, for our brothers and sisters in the faith, even for a heart change in the leadership of the country, and for people we love who are on our hearts. As people pray there are signs of change, let us prevail in our prayers.
CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE Australasia
Victorian Contact
PO Box 36, Officer, Victoria 3809
Tel +613 9025 1115 or +613 5941 9485 +6142116641
email cswaustralia@optusnet.com.au
www.cswoz.org
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