02/09/2026
Rt Rev Gordon Kennedy, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, has shared a prayer in response to the deadly flash floods which devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet earlier this week.
The Church of Scotland has well established links with Nepal, opening its first mission station in the region in the 1870s, and later as one of the founders of the inter-denominational United Mission to Nepal (UMN) in 1954.
Mr Kennedy said:
God of grace and mercy,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
We depend upon your grace,
We plead for your mercy.
Be quickly at work for the people of Nepal.
Following the tragic flooding in Nepal,
We pray for all who are bereaved,
that they will know your comfort.
We pray for all who are injured,
that they will know your healing.
We pray for all who have lost homes and whole communities,
that they will be upheld in your strong hands.
We pray for all those working to provide aid for those in need,
Clean water and sustaining food,
Safe shelter and warm clothing,
A hand to hold and someone to cry with.
Be with all those agencies working to support and care for all who are in need.
Give us generous hearts to give what we can,
Give us praying hearts to hold the people of Nepal before you,
Give us hearts broken with your love for your people.
God of grace and mercy,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
Be powerfully at work in Nepal,
Do your sovereign work of grace and mercy,
We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
United Mission to Nepal is responding to the crisis by working with partner agencies to provide essential food and other urgently needed supplies to families in the badly affected Dhading and Rasuwa Districts.
UMN initially hopes to support some 1,000 families affected by the disaster.
Donations can be made through UMN’s TrustBridge giving page: https://givingspace.trustbridgeglobal.com/project/1383517f-f6ab-431f-8b83-4ff1a3919b6e/eng/summary
Other agencies, including Christian Aid Scotland, British Red Cross and UNICEF UK have also launched appeals for support.
