WDP at a Glance
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World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement led by Christian women who welcome all to join in prayer and action for peace and justice. The common day of observance is the first Friday of March, but local WDP activities are held all year long.
The 2020 Journal is based on the 93 reports out of the 146 countries that received the WDP worship service materials. The COVID-19 outbreak followed by the precautionary measures to slow the spread of the Coronavirus closed churches and schools globally. Every country reported the impact of the outbreak in their well-planned WDP activities. Even though, many worship services were cancelled or had lower than usual attendance, the appropriateness of the 2020 theme was emphasized. WDP Guiding Principles acknowledge that all people have something to give and to receive. The local groups receive the worship service and respond with giving. “Through the WDP offering women share their resources with women and children around the world (WDP Guiding Principle). The exchange of stories and gifts illustrates the WDP motto of “Informed prayer. Prayerful action.” |
HOW WILL WDP OFFERINGS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ZIMBABWE AND AROUND THE WORLD?
The committee has organized an outreach program to be aware of the needs of the communities and help as they are able. They have selected a few projects to support in response to any offering received from WDP Committees. They aim to impact the lives of the children with special needs and their mothers or caregivers; the elderly; and the street children and young people. They want to contribute to their education, shelter, wellness and job training.
The National/Regional Committees reported that this year’s offering will be given to their local community and abroad for the following purposes:
The National/Regional Committees reported that this year’s offering will be given to their local community and abroad for the following purposes:
- Support women, youth and children through education, mentoring, shelter, food programs, clean water, orphanage assistance and prison visitations;
Provide assistance for people who are displaced, refugee or migrant, care for the ones living with HIV and AIDS, the families affected by COVID-19, and empower the victims of domestic violence and human trafficking;
- Promote Christian education for children and youth, grant scholarship for women’s theological formation and sponsor ecumenical initiatives;
- Organize WDP locally and nationally, contribute to the regional and international WDP coordination, and tell WDP leadership stories by donating to the Fund for Tomorrow.