#endhumantrafficking prayers available for four weeks leading up to the Super Bowl
January is observed as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and today, January 11, is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. It’s also known as #WearBlueDay, an opportunity to raise awareness of human trafficking by wearing blue clothing and sharing photos on social media with the hashtag #WearBlueDay.
Since at least 2005, Women of the ELCA participants have been actively working to end human trafficking. At the Eleventh Triennial Convention (2021), the voting members adopted a resolution setting the four weeks prior to the annual NFL Super Bowl as a time of prayer to end human trafficking and called on women of this organization to engage in prayer.
Nine women have written 28 prayers to use in the four weeks leading up to the Super Bowl. Download the prayers. They can be prayed individually or in group settings. Use them at circle meetings or other any gathering of people of faith.
Additional resources
Visit the Women of the ELCA website for anti-trafficking resources. Many additional resources are available online, found with a simple search in a web browser. They include the federal Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons, The Polaris Project, and the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
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Disappointed this came late into the month. Our women’s group met a week ago.
In the future, kindly think of timing…
Perhaps you could simply share a link via email with the women in your group? Or hand out copies on Sunday?
Our 4 circles meet on the first Monday and Tuesdays of the month. Could we get the Gather magazine earlier. Just got mine on Jan 18.
the emails with Bible study help, just don’t want ladies to stop their subscriptions to Gather. Thanks.
Thanks for your comment, Janelle. We understand your concern. There have been some issues beyond our control and we are always striving to do better. We are hoping that these delays won’t continue. As a subscriber, you can access a digital subscription: https://www.gathermagazine.org/digital-edition/. In addition, Session 1 and Session 2 are posted to the website: http://gathermagazine.org. Thank you for your faithful readership.
Staff are shifting all deadlines (for the planners, the writers, the editors, the designers, etc.) earlier because of changed production schedules with the printer and the uncertain delivery patterns with the mail. Hopefully this will alleviate delays in the future.
Thanks for the opportunity. It is the small actions by many that will bring about a turn and shift in bringing an end to human trafficking. I am hopeful that thousands will share this blog and pray!