40 - Sunday, February 24, 1991 ~ North Shore News

SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING

Global Day of Prayer

ON FRIDAY, March 1,
Christian people around the
world will gather for the
annual World Day of
Prayer Service for the 104th
time.

In 1887, the Women’s Board of
Home Missions of -the United
States Presbyterian Church  in-
stituted a Day of Prayer for
Home Missions. In 1922, women
in Canada were invited to join
U.S. women in prayer on the first
Friday in Lent for the first Inter-
national Day of Prayer.

Today, the World Day of
Prayer service is distributed to
churches by international commit-
tee members residing in 170 coun-
tries. In Canada, the World Day
of Prayer is sponsored by the
Women’s Inter-Church Council of
Canada, which has representatives
from 11 Christian denominations.

Each year, the service is written
by women from a different coun-
try. This year’s theme is ‘‘On the
Journey Together,’’ and was
prepared by Kenyan women who
travelled throughout their country
collecting stories and experiences
from the women they met.

Kenya, on the equator in east
Africa, has a population of 23.3
million, approximately 66 per cent
of which is Christian.

Twenty six per cent of Kenyans
follow African traditional
religions, while eight per cent are
Muslim.

Although women in Kenya are
employed in all sectors, few are in
high-level positions. However,
there are over 10,000 women’s
groups in Kenya, most of which
operate in rural areas.

Through them women have in-
ititated income-generating projects
and farming through cooperatives,
enabling them to accumulate capi-
tal through savings and set up
their own credit societies.

In North Vancouver, the World
Day of Prayer Service will be held
at 1:30 p.m. at the North Lons-
dale United Church (3380 Lons-
dale Ave.) and at Mount Seymour
United (97! Berkley Rd.), and at 7

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LORNA McNABB of North Lonsdale United Church is just one of
thousands of women worldwide preparing for the annual World
Day of Prayer. The international event is being celebrated for

the 104th time.

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St. Christopher's Anglican
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