WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER - FRIDAY, 6TH MARCH

Join in the Women's World Day Of Prayer at Cookham Rise Methodist Church on Friday, 6th March at 10am

Women’s World Day of Prayer enables us to hear the voices of women from a different part of the world each year, expressing their hopes and concerns, and bringing them before the rest of the world in prayer.

The Day of Prayer service for 2015 has been written by the Christian women of The Bahamas and translated into over 1,000 different languages and dialects. And in 36 hours on Friday, 6th March, an estimated 3 million people – men, women and children – in over 170 countries, will gather to observe the day of prayer. In the British Isles alone, over 5,000 services will be held, focusing on the theme of ‘Jesus said to them: “Do you know what I have done to you?”’ (John, 13: 1-7). The service includes readings, music, talks and prayer, plus a group of children from Cookham Rise Primary School will be singing.

Each year, a committee comprising members from each of the four churches in Cookham – Holy Trinity, St. John the Baptist, Cookham Rise Methodist Church and St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church – convenes to organise the annual service that is held in each of the churches quadrennially.

This year, the speaker will be Cookham Dean resident and member of St. John the Baptist congregation Richard Poad. Richard, who is half-Bahamian, spent his early years in The Bahamas and continues to visit annually.

Everyone is welcome to attend the service, which will be followed by coffee and an opportunity to chat. If you are interested in learning more about Women’s World Day of Prayer, visit www.wwdp.org.uk.