On Earth Peace invites you to participate in the 2010 International Day of Prayer for Peace (September 21). 

Please take a few minutes to receive this video invitation, created by Kay Guyer, a first year student at Manchester College, North Manchester, IN, with original music composed by composer-songwriter Shawn Kirchner, and sung by Shawn Kirchner and Ryan Harrison.

Please feel free to download the video or to use it in public gatherings as you wish.  This video is our gift to you.

It speaks for itself!

You can also download the IDPP video to your own computer and then make a DVD or CD of it.  Go to KeepVid.  Enter this URL into the URL textbox:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbF18pQymM&feature=related.  Click the Download button and the download will begin.  The video will be saved to your default Download directory.

The lyrics:

It begins with a voice saying “Listen”
It begins with a voice crying “Hear me out”
But when no one cares, and patience comes to an end,
the whispers rise into a shout

Then the tide of tears
starts to turn
And the flames of fear
start to burn

Till the fires rage
“Eye for eye” from “age to age”
and the burning hands
write history's page...

We cry “peace, peace, peace”
But there is no peace;
Lord, forgive us,
We know not what we do.
Till the cries for justice have been answered
“Peace” will be an empty word.

Until the sun sets on our anger
Until the sun sets on our greed
Until the Empire's walls start to crumble
and we learn again to see our neighbor's need

We'll cry “peace, peace, peace”
until there is peace,
Lord, be with us,
for what else can we do?

Till the cries for justice have been answered,
and peace has had the final word.

So make it real,
make it something you can feel
look up higher
for something cool to quench the fire
Let the raindrops fall
in the form of prayer
Let the river rise
in the deeds we dare

River's gonna rise up,
Rain's gonna fall,
River's gonna rise up,
Rain's gonna fall