International Day of Peace

Time for Prayer and Reflection. Monday 21 September 2009 - 12.15pm – 2pm

People of peace from diverse faiths and religions are invited to gather at 12.15pm at Scots Church, (corner of North Terrace/Pulteney Street) before walking together along Rundle Mall, returning to Scots Church for quiet prayer and reflection from 1pm – 2pm, when there will be a time of lighting candles for peace in our world.

All welcome.

The United Nations' International Day of Peace - marked every year on 21 September - is a time when individuals, communities, nations and governments highlight efforts to end conflict and promote peace.

The initiative was further developed in at a 2004 meeting between World Council of Churches General Secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. As a result, the World Council of Churches invites us all to pray for peace on 21 September, or the Sunday preceding it, as a response to the United Nations' encouragement for a "global 24-hour spiritual observation for peace", which "is meant to demonstrate the power of prayer and other spiritual practices in promoting peace and preventing violent conflict".