The Friends United Meeting asks:

"Langley Hills Friends Meeting, where Tom Fox attends, is in prayer each day at 7.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. Eastern Standard time (US). You are invited to join in prayer with this meeting at these times or at 7.00 your time wherever you are in the world so that our globe is wrapped in prayer."


The following prayer has been received at The Friend from friends of Norman Kember, who is being held in Iraq with Tom Fox, James Loney and Harmeet Sooden at the time of going to press. It was adapted from a Baptist Peace Fellowship prayer, probably by Norman.

Gracious Father
We pray for peace in our world
For all national leaders
That they may have wisdom to know
And courage to do what is right;

For all men and women
That our hearts may be turned to
You in the search for righteousness and truth;

For those who are working to improve
international relationships,
That they may find the true way of reconciliation.

For those who suffer as a result of war;
The injured and disabled,
The mentally distressed,
The homeless and hungry,
Those who mourn for their dead,
And especially for those
Who are without hope or friend
To sustain them in their grief.

Amen