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Austin-area Presbyterian church calls for fasting in solidarity with famine victims in Gaza

University Presbyterian Church (UPC) in Austin, Texas, is calling for a day of prayer and fasting on Good Friday, March 29th, in solidarity with victims of an impending famine in Gaza.

What remains of a city in the Gaza Strip. Image by hosny salah from Pixabay.

University Presbyterian Church (UPC) in Austin, Texas, is calling for a day of prayer and fasting on Good Friday, March 29th, in solidarity with victims of what President Biden has called the “Intolerable Humanitarian Crisis” of impending famine in Gaza.

Matt Gaventa, Senior Pastor of UPC, issued the following statement: “The practice of Good Friday fasting is designed to focus our attention on the unjust suffering at the heart of...

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