鈥淎m I Being Unfair to You?鈥�
That鈥檚 the question being asked by the World Day of Prayer committee of The Philippines and will be part of the service being held during the afternoon at the St. John鈥檚 Lutheran Church in Preeceville and at the Grace United Church in Sturgis. Hazel Urbanoski is the contact person in Sturgis.
Before the World Wide Web, there was the World Day of Prayer, an international event that has been connecting people in a meaningful way for almost a century, said a release from the Women鈥檚 Inter-Church Council of Canada, which co-ordinates the World Day of Prayer service in this country.
Despite being planned years in advance, World Day of Prayer services have a remarkable record for anticipating major events, like the refugee crisis (France 2013), the Arab Spring (Egypt 2014) and the winding down of the U.S. embargo against Cuba (Cuba 2016), the release said.
The secret to this depth and insight is the women who plan and write each World Day of Prayer service, it said. Too often, women have the most intimate experiences of armed conflict, violence, social injustice, and human rights violations.
What might Canadians learn from women of the Philippines, a country on the front lines of climate change, foreign mining and resources interests, a regional insurgency and social upheaval due to migration, who wrote the World Day of Prayer 2017?
鈥淗ow will we answer the question, 鈥楢m I being unfair to you?鈥欌��
On March 3, Christians in more than 170 countries and in 2,000 communities across Canada will gather to learn about, pray, and celebrate in solidarity with the women of The Philippines through the World Day of Prayer.
鈥淧lease join us and invite your friends and family to attend the World Day of Prayer,鈥� the release said.
For World Day of Prayer materials or to learn more about the Women鈥檚 Inter-Church Council of Canada (WICC), one may visit the website at .
The World Day of Prayer has its roots in an ecumenical day of prayer organized by women in Canada and the United States in 1920, the release said. This event became the international World Day of Prayer in 1922, and Christians around the world began celebrating this event on the first Friday of March.
