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Women's World Day of Prayer; Praying for the world one country at a time |
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blank_pageFor more than 75 years, Christians in the UK have united in prayer as part of the Women's World Day of Prayer, and this year, more than 5,000 services are being planned across England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the occasion on 6 March.
blank_page‘It's an enormous chain of prayer that sweeps the world,' says Mimi Barton, Chair of the England, Wales and Northern Ireland Committee. ‘The first service takes place in Tonga and the last one some 36 hours later off the coast of Samoa. It's a truly global chain.' The point, Mimi stresses, is to bring Christians together in praying for the needs of a particular country as seen through the eyes of the women there. We can be quite insular at times and this is breaking us out of our insular mode and making us look to other people. The country of focus changes each year and this time, support material is produced by Christian women in Papua New Guinea. Praise:God for the women that pray, may He open His ears to their prayers. (Ps.5:1-3) Source: Prayer Alert |
