Church Women United World Day of Prayer Comes to Midland

This year's World Day of Prayer worship service "Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the Lord" was written by women of Cameroon.  They invite us to "Africa in miniature," a country rich in diversity, where climate and culture are widely different, but where the people are bound together by a love for music, family and faith.  The worship service emphasizes the importance that the people of Cameroon place on music and celebraton in their praise to God.
 
This year's World Day of Prayer service will begin at the first sunrise on March 5 in the Pacific region and follow the Earth's orbit, shining its light on Papua, New Guinea (women of Papua, New Guinea wrote the 2009 WDP Celebration) and, in turn, the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, the coast of West Africa (where Cameroon lies) and the rest of the world.  Cameroon's World Day of Prayer committee included women from many Christian demoninations including Presbyterian (French and English), the Union of Baptist Churches, the Native Baptist Chursh, Eglise Protestante Africaine, Eglise Fraternelle Lutherienne, Roman Catholic, United Methodist anbd Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne, as well as the YMCA.
 
The celebration is filled with much music and will feature a dramatization of a story of a young girl in MCameroon.  An offering will be taken to support WDP grants focusing on indigenous women and children's concerns.  Church Women United (CWU) is a global, ecumenical organization of Christian women.  Each year, along with sisters around the globe, Midland CWO participates in four celebrations:  Human Rights in January, World Day of Prayer (WDP), May Fellowship Day, and World Commnunity Day.  Each celebration is held at a different church.
 
WDP's motto is "informed prayer leads to prayerful action."  Please consider how you can turn your prayers into action in 2010 and begin by taking part in this celebration.  In Midland we will celebrate at the Midland SDA Church starting at 8:30 am.