From: Bischoefin Wenner [mailto:Bischoefin@emk.de]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 3:32 PM
Subject: Prayers
Dear Bishop Stanovsky, dear Bishop Matthews,
Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, who is our peace.
Please be assured that you are in my prayers as you are offering leadership to the people in your area in this challenging time of grieving and anxiety. The reasons that shock people are very different – the flooding in Colorado and the brutal shooting in the Navy Yard in Washington DC. In both situations we as United Methodists are called to stay in solidarity with those who mourn and to offer pastoral care as well as concrete support to all those who are victims of the natural disaster or of the brutal violence. In all that I assure you and all the people in your areas that the Methodist family across the world is lifting you up in prayers and is comitted to find ways of to assist you as you are working for recovery and healing.
We – the United Methodists and the Methodists from the British tradition as well as other Wesleyans are currently gathered in Wuppertal, Germany, at our yearly meeting of the European Methodist Council. We connect with you in our prayers.
May God bless and keep you and all those who are mourning because they left loved ones or struggle to recover from the disaster or from the brutal sceneries in Washington DC.
Grace and peace,
Rosemarie Wenner
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