Lectionary Text and Prayers for the Philippines: John 2:1-11

God of Love, we thank you for signs of your presence in our everyday life and the details of your world. We ask you to help us to be servants of the abundant life your Son, Jesus, came to bring for all. We pray specifically for our partners in the Philippines today. May they be signs of your presence in their context and agents of transformation. We pray especially for those pastors and leaders of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines who are walking with the poor in their communities and seeking to empower them for your service. Watch over and protect them. Help them to taste the new wine of transformation for which they are working so hard, in Jesus name. Amen 

(Prayer by Bob Shebeck)

Global Ministries International Partners in the Philippines:

• Dansalan College Foundation
• Northern Christian College
• Silliman University
• Southern Christian College
• Union Theological Seminary
• United Church of Christ in the Philippines

Global Ministries Missionaries in the Philippines:

• Levi Oracion, a member of Emmaus Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Covina, California, serves the Divinity School of Silliman University in Dumaguete City as a long-term volunteer. He is a professor of theology.