“I ask you to go back to your countries and I ask you to ask your governments and I ask you to ask all of civil society to tell people that on September 25 we have got to make good the promises that have been made, redeem the pledges that have been promised, make good the Millennium Development Goals that are not being met.”

So said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the Anglican Communion bishops and others who participated in the Walk of Witness during this summer’s Lambeth Conference, according to an article in Episcopal Life Online. The Walk was a way to draw attention to the issue of extreme poverty around the world, and to remind the media and all who were following the Conference about the UN’s Millennium Development Goals and our church’s commitment to them.

If you don’t know about the Millennium Development Goals, by all means click on the link and learn more. If you do know about them, and would like to be a part of making those goals a reality, please take note of the following invitation from the group Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation (headquartered in St. Louis, by the way!).  September 25 has been chosen as a day of prayer, fasting, and witness because on that day the United Nations is holding a special session on the MDG’s.

In solidarity with people of faith throughout the world and in response to the Anglican Communion’s call, Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation invites you to commit on Thursday, September 25, to:

+Pray: Say Prayers with special intention for the extreme poor throughout the world.

+Fast: Skip at least one meal in solidarity with the nearly 1 billion people who go to bed hungry each night.

+Witness. Participate in an online advocacy action promoting our government’s fulfilling of its promises to achieve the MDG’s.

I intend to do all three, which means (you guessed it) I’ll be writing more about this on September 25. I hope you’ll join me.