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August 24, 2004

Interfaith prayer vigil on Sudan scheduled for Wed. Aug. 25 at Monument Circle

INDIANAPOLIS -- Members of the South Indiana United Methodist Conference Board of Church and Society are taking the lead on a prayer vigil and media conference concerning the genocide going on in Sudan to bring this disaster to public attention.

The hour-long interfaith prayer vigil will be held Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 11 a.m. on Monument Circle. The vigil will be held to raise public awareness about the growing genocide in Darfur and to request the international community to take immediate and decisive action to stop the killing, the rape and the destruction of villages, and to assure that humanitarian relief reaches all those in need.

This event is a part of a national day of conscience sponsored by the Save Dafur Coalition, composed of the National Council of Churches and 70 other faith-based, humanitarian and secular civic organizations. For information on the Coalition and its member organizations please see their Web site www.savedarfur.org.

The Rev. Darren Cushman Wood, senior minister of Speedway United Methodist Church is organizing this vigil for Indianapolis' interfaith community. If you and members or your congregation would like to participate in this event, please call him at 317-241-1563 or at dcushwood@speedway-umc.org. If you wish to participate, please gather on the north side of Monument Circle at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday. Look for the sign that reads "Save Darfur."

The Board of Church and Society welcomes the participation of fellow United Methodists at this event by sharing a prayer, a sacred reading, or an official statement. Leaders from Indiana faith groups have been invited to join United Methodists in this interfaith witness. Cushman Wood encourages congregations to send one or more representatives.

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