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Week Two of counting the Omer is Sunday evening, April 20, through Saturday evening, April 26.

The emphasis for our second week is renewal in the Spirit within our families — our children and our children’s children and other close family members.

Our prayers are energized by the Lord’s promise through the words of Isaiah the prophet (54:13):

All your children shall be taught by the Lord,

and great shall be the peace of your children.

Our theme passage, Joel 3:1-2, reflects the same promise and inspires our prayers for multi-generational renewal:

I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh:

your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your old men will dream dreams,

your young men will see visions.


Following Leviticus 23:15–17, we count the weeks from our deliverance from Egypt to our encounter with Adonai on Mt Sinai — the period from the resurrection of Messiah to the outpouring of the Spirit on Shavuot (Acts 2).

Our seven-week prayer campaign this year focuses on spiritual renewal, starting with personal renewal and culminating in prayer for the promised renewal and restoration of the Jewish people, as foretold by the prophet Joel: 

So, it will be afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh.

We've created a digital Omer guide to help direct your daily prayers through these seven weeks.

 
 

You’re invited to our annual Summer Family Conference

This July 16-19 the Union comes together for our annual Summer Family Conference, centered on the theme, A Future and a Hope.

We’re delighted to welcome guest speakers Eitan Shishkoff and Stuart Winograd.

Other schedule highlights include the return of the Union Klezmer Band, orchestrated by Rabbi Dr. Rich Nichol, morning Torah study groups, engaging breakout sessions, a screening of Greg Silverman’s documentary on the pioneers of Messianic Jewish worship, and Saturday evening concert by Paul Wilbur.


Continued prayer and intercession for Israel  

Tzur Yisrael, Rock of Israel, arise to the help of Israel, and deliver as you promised Judah and Israel.

  • For all the remaining hostages to be set free, speedily and soon.

From heaven Adonai gazes on the earth,
to hear the groaning of the prisoner,
to set free those condemned to death,
to declare the Name of Adonai in Zion
and His praise in Jerusalem. (Psalm 102:20-22 TLV)

  • For wisdom and divine guidance for Israel's military and political leaders. 

  • For the complete collapse of Hamas and Hezbollah. For many within their ranks to see the futility and wickedness of their hatred of Israel and the Jewish people, turn away from it, and drop their arms.

  • For mercy and minimal harm upon civilians on all sides, and for a growing awareness and turning toward the one true God among them all.

  • For the children of Gaza and the Palestinian territories to be freed from the indoctrination toward hatred in their schools. For seeds of understanding and peace to be sown among both the Arab and Israeli populations.

  • Against the rising tide of antisemitism around the world. Against the flood of misinformation and slander coming at Israel and the Jewish people, and against the demonic forces of anti-Jewish hatred. 

Arise, Adonai! May Your enemies be scattered!
May those who hate You flee from before You! (Num 10:35)

In addition to prayer, you can also support Israel through the UMJC Israel Aid Fund, which has raised nearly $250,000 to distribute directly to Messianic Jewish war relief efforts in Israel. 

 
 

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