MCA BAPTIST WOMEN’S
World Day of Prayer A
s the Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer began in North America, reports were already beginning to arrive from the Baptist Women’s Union of the South West Pacifi c (BWUSWP). Julie Belding, president of the BWUSWP, shared that her church, Windsor Park Baptist Church in Auckland, New Zealand, had a “Day of Prayer afternoon tea.” Sister Olga Mocan sent greetings
Anne
MacCarthy in a sari
New Zealand
to all Baptist women on the Day of Prayer, observed on November 5, 2012. She said, “This is a special day when Baptist women all around the world pray together. The program for this year is wonderful! May the joy that we have in Christ transfer to the ministry that we do for Him.” The Baptist Women’s Fellowship of
Washington, D.C. celebrated the day with a gathering of 130 people from 39 Baptist churches representing
eight different national Baptist conventions. The Baptist World Alliance Women’s Department
Facebook page was used to post prayer requests on November 5, beginning with a prayer for all women around the world. There were many responses to this prayer. The Women at the Well at Cliff Temple, Dallas, Texas, USA, shared the following response: “Women at the Well make up another portion of our world. Diagnosed with a variety of mental illnesses, they joined the prayer yesterday and will be keeping up with the work of the Women’s Department. Women all over the world suffer with mental illness. We represent that population and are happy to join with the
Philippines – Women Servants for Christ Baptist Women’s Organization at the Beulah Land Retreat House
others of you in prayer.” T. J. Wheeler, BWA Women’s Department executive assistant, posted prayer requests every hour from each of the seven continental unions and the BWA. Maria Guia de Oliveira Martins, coordinator of MCA Baptist Church in Maruim, Sergipe, Brazil, sent a detailed report about their Day of Prayer. They started planning for the event a month before the date and they spent three days preparing the church for the special event. A photo album of the day’s event may be found on the home page of www.
bwawd.org.
Puerto Rico
Women’s Department
Director Patsy Davis with Day of Prayer participants
The Baptist women of West Papua were blessed on the Day of Prayer. The focus on the Fruit of the Spirit, JOY, had a great infl uence on their lives. Sister Lena Wakerkwa shares: “The political situations, diseases, and poverty are major problems, and sometimes it makes our lives feel hopeless. After studying the program about the Joy of the Holy Spirit in our lives, it gave new hope to all of us.” Wakerkwa is the president of the Women’s Department of the Fellowship of Baptist Churches of Papua. On the Day of Prayer she joined with the Baptist women in the Wemena region. There were about 100 women who came to Yomaima Baptist Church to celebrate the Day of Prayer. They brought their offering, in joy they sang, prayed in small groups and had lunch together. The Woman’s Missionary Union of Puerto Rico celebrated the Day of Prayer on Saturday, November 10. In Puerto Rico they have a special mission program for adults called “Adults on Mission” which is a program of the Woman’s Missionary Union and the Southern Baptist Convention. It was exciting to see women and men praying and giving in order to impact world for Christ.
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Papua New Guinea
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