A Prayerfully Persistent Witness

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FutureChurch program associates Martha Ligas and Olivia Hastie facilitated a creative prayer service where stories and scriptural passages featuring biblical women were read aloud, followed by a few lines of prayerful reflection. A reading of the story of Shiphrah and Puah was followed by the prayer: “Let us learn from your story of courageous resistance.” For the story of Mary, the Mother of God, the petition was: “We add our yes to yours.”

Ligas also offered a reflection on the power of one’s name, and of being called by name.