2010 WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The 2010
World Day of Prayer service took place at St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church
on
Friday, March 5. The participating
churches from the area were Holy Trinity Armenian
Church, St. John
the Divine Anglican, St. Ninian’s Anglican and Salvation Army- Cedarbrae.
World Day of Prayer is a
worldwide movement of Christian women of many traditions who
come together to
observe a common day of prayer each year on the first Friday of March.
This annual event takes place in 170 countries
and regions in the world; across Canada,
2000 communities observe
it.
This event is facilitated by
the World Day of Prayer International Committee, which meets
once every four
years to select the themes and countries for upcoming services. This year
the theme was “Let everything that
has breath praise God” and the service was prepared
by the women of Cameroon.
The funds collected from the
offerings received during WDP services across Canada
are
used to provide grants for various worthwhile projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Nora Baltayan was the
representative from our church who attended the organizational
meeting at St.
Stephen’s Church. She had approached
different groups within our church
and we took part in the service with the
participation of 10 individuals. The
participants
were, Sossy Baronian from Sunday School; Talin Orfali, Lena Garabedian and Eliz
Kaltakjian
from ACYOC; Aret Boyajian and Rose Gerekmercian
from Bible Study group; Ivette Panossian,
Nora
Baltayan and Virginia Misakyan from Women’s Guild; and Lucine
Abikian, our youngest
member and an ardent volunteer in many church activities.
Our large group really made an impression on the attendees and we were praised
for our
contribution to the evening. Following
the service, refreshments and sweets were enjoyed by everyone.
Special thanks go to all participants who took part in this important
event. Their involvement
and efforts are
much appreciated and they have been excellent representatives of the Holy
Trinity Armenian Church.