United Nations Day 			October 24
Sentence
Praise the Lord all you nations, acclaim the Most High all you peoples.	Psalm 117:1
Collects
Everliving God,
you have brought together in the United Nations
peoples of different countries and cultures;
through their counsel may the nations of the world
realise a unity - 
a unity rich enough to express
the variety and the hopes of your creation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Living God,
at Pentecost
people of different languages
found unity in your Spirit;
inspire again,
those who through the United Nations
seek still to bring your world together.

Gracious and eternal God,
be with all in the United Nations
who, in the midst of passion and conflict,
trust quiet words and careful negotiation;
in times of failure may they persevere;
in times of success give them new horizons,
so that your work of love may grow and flourish.
Psalms	96	100	113
Readings
Isaiah 66:18-22		Gathering of the nations
Acts 17:22-28		God made from one, every nation
Luke 13:22-30		From east and west, from north and south
Post Communion Sentence
Never again shall people be trained for war; all people shall sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees.		Micah 4:3,4 (adapted)