Women’s World Day of Prayer Event in Congleton
This year’s Women’s World Day of Prayer Event took place at St Mary’s Church Congleton.
Jean Cook, Chairperson of the Congleton WWDP said
“The first Friday in March is a very special day for Christians world wide. All round the world, during the 24 hours that the sun takes to encircle the earth, groups of Christians assemble to worship God, and every service has exactly the same format.The words of the well known hymn “The day Thou gavest” are re-enacted. “As o’er each continent and island the dawn leads on another day, the voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the strain of praise away. The sun that bids us rest is waking our friends beneath the western sky, and hour by hour fresh lips are making Thy wondreous doings heard on high.”
This ‘Mexican Wave’ of identical praise encircles the whole world, and includes over 170 countries. In the British Isles alone there will be over 6,000 services
This amazing event is organised by the Women’s World Day of Prayer. It is organised by women but is for all Christians.
Here in Congleton, a group of women from all denominations organise the service which takes place in a different Church each year. This year (2012) the venue was the St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church and the service ,which had been written by the women of Indonesia was entitled “Let Justice Prevail.””
