Alkrington & Providence United Reformed Church

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World Day of Prayer is celebrated on March 03, 2017. The World Day of Prayer is an international ecumenical Christian laywomen's initiative. It is run under the motto “Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action,” and is celebrated annually in over 170 countries on the first Friday in March. The movement aims to bring together women of various races, cultures and traditions in a yearly common Day of Prayer, as well as in closer fellowship, understanding and action throughout the year.  Through the World Day of Prayer, women are encouraged to become aware of the other countries and cultures and no longer live in isolation. They are also encouraged take up the burdens of other people, to sympathize with the problems of other countries and cultures and pray with and for them. They are further encouraged to become aware of their talents and use them in the service of society. The World Day of Prayer aims to demonstrate that prayer and action are inseparable and that both have immeasura

On the 27th January I attended the URC youth assembly at Whitemoor Lake again it was another amazing event this year we followed the theme feasts and festivals. When everyone arrived at Whitemoor Lake as well as the welcome pack with all the papers in for the weekend everyone got given a URC youth travel mug complete with the URC youth logo on it. Everyone used them throughout the weekend at our versions tea and coffee stations around the centre and we hope the travel mugs will travel back to Whitemoor Lake next year. Throughout the weekend everyone was encouraged to use our prayer room with was amazingly decorated by members of the youth executive into a comfy place to relax and pray if anyone wished to do so.     The weekend began with worship lead by Tim Lowe. Tim’s lively and engaging worship lead wonderfully into the keynotes we had lead by Jenny Mills. Our keynotes focused on the music side of our worship and the festivals of Christmas and Easter. To mirror Jenny’s talks

An early diary date for your calendar - April 15th 2017 will be an exhibtion of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation / the Life & Times of Martin Luther.