WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
(INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDENOMINATIONAL)
Press Release
I was a stranger and you welcomed me in
Men and Women from all the Christian Churches in Horley will be joining together on Friday, 1st March alongside their brothers and sisters from around the world who will be praying with us for this years Women's World Day of Prayer written by the Women of France
The service is being held at Lee Street Church, Lee Street Horley at 2pm
The speaker is Carol Tomlinson
Everybody is welcome to join us for the service and afterwards for tea and coffee
Back Ground Information
From Carol Tomlinson, 17 The Glebe, Horley tel: 01293 822380
email: caroltomlinson17@gmail.com
I was a stranger and you welcomed me
Women's World Day of Prayer is a unique organisation; truly interdenominational and truly
international, it speaks with the voices of women from all corners of the globe. Involvement in WWDP creates a network of Christian women on a worldwide scale which also reaches into our local communities. Preparations go on for months in advance. Finally, at a church near you on March 1st, women and men will be gathering to celebrate using a programme of worship prepared this year by women in France.
When the women of the French Committee met to work on the material for 2013, the
theme chosen for them became close to their hearts: I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU
WELCOMED ME. The service they have written for us has a strongly French feel and
flavour. France, like other European countries, receives many asylum requests. In 2011, 51,900 people applied for asylum in France. The presence of these people in the country both enriches the culture and can cause social difficulties. Behind each request, each statistic, is the story of a life. Some of those stories will be shared in the service.
We envisage a great annual wave of prayer, rising with the sun over the island of Samoa and then sweeping across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, until it
comes to rest in American Samoa some 36 hours later. By then services will have taken
place in over 170 countries.
All are welcome to attend, men and women and people of all ages. For further information
and resources, together with details of other services in your area see the WWDP website
Women's World Day Of Prayer, Commercial Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2RR
Web site: www.wwdp-natcomm.org Email: office@wwdp-natcomm.org
Tel: 01892 541411 Fax: 01892 541745
Registered Charity No: 233242