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If you\u2019ve followed my blog for any length of time, or you just happened to read my post on Monday, then you know that social justice is very important to me. Although my current situation in life prevents me from being as involved in nonprofit work as I\u2019d like, any time I can use my blogging platform to shine a light on folks doing incredible justice work anywhere in the world, it\u2019s something I\u2019m more than happy to do. <\/em><\/p>\n

Today, I\u2019m excited to introduce you to my new friends over at Water Missions International<\/a>. They\u2019re\u00a0a nonprofit Christian engineering organization providing sustainable safe water and sanitation solutions for people in developing countries and disaster areas. Their team is guest posting on the blog today to tell\u00a0you a Water Sunday<\/a>, an important annual event you\u2019ll definitely want to get your church involved with. After you get signed up for Water Sunday, you can keep up with Water Missions International on Facebook here<\/a> and follow them on Twitter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Imagine if your church could be part of stopping one of our world\u2019s greatest killers that takes the life of more people each day than war, natural disasters, AIDS, or hunger<\/p>\n

The global water crisis is a silent killer. Half of the world\u2019s hospital beds are full of people sick from water related illness. Diarrheal illness is the second leading cause of child death worldwide. While you rarely hear about it on the news, the crisis is enormous and urgent, causing the death of one child under the age of five every twenty-one seconds.<\/p>\n

On April 26th<\/strong>, your church can transform lives around the world through safe and Living Water by participating in Water Sunday. Water Sunday is one Sunday your church, youthgroup or small group sets aside to focus on the global water crisis through a variety of activities, studies or sermons that bring you into solidarity with people all over the world who lack safe water. We have developed specialized Water Sunday resources that are totally done for you and completely free<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some of the creative ways your church or small group could participate:<\/p>\n