Churches of Tyrone are scheduled to take part in an international event, World Day of Prayer, on Friday, March 7 at 7 p.m. at the Epworth Manor chapel.
\nThe service is open to the public and to the guests at Epworth Manor. The purpose of the event is to become more informed about the country of Lebanon and to pray for its needs. Guest speakers from Lebanon will be on hand to talk about the country and the hardships that it faces since the beginning of its civil war.
\n\u201cAll of the churches in Tyrone take part in this. I\u2019m a member of Bald Eagle United Methodist Church,\u201d said participant Martha Harrier. \u201cThe Church of the Good Shepherd goes, the Catholic Church, Wesley and Christ United, almost all of the churches in Tyrone are members in it.\u201d
\nSince it is an international event, 179 countries take a different day to participate in World Day of Prayer. In the United States, the event is sponsored and supported by Church Women United.
\nAt the service on March 7, a dozen ladies of Lebanon will share information about their country and participate in the ceremony. First Presbyterian Church of Tyrone is in charge of creating the bulletins for the event and for providing the refreshments after the service.
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s the eighteenth service we\u2019ve had,\u201d said Harrier of how many World Day of Prayer services Tyrone area has participated in. \u201cEach year we take a different group of ladies, and this year it\u2019s on Lebanon.\u201d
\nThe ladies will share some disturbing facts about their country. With a population of 4 million people, Lebanon was torn apart by civil war from 1975 – 1992.
\nAccording to a Church Women United pamphlet written by WDP women of Lebanon, \u201cWomen of socially and economically deprived classes suffer most in Lebanon, especially in the more remote areas.
\n\u201cPoor women are often illiterate and subject to violence and discrimination. For them, infant mortality is high, and so is death at childbirth.\u201d
\nThe reason for this World Day of Prayer is for people of all countries to become aware of the hardships of the women of Lebanon and in turn are asked to offer up their prayers for the cause at the service. The country of Lebanon is slowly recovering after its civil war, but its future is still uncertain.
\n\u201cWe do take up an offering if anyone would like to help them,\u201d added Harrier.
\nFor next year, a new country or group of people will be the focus of the World Day of Prayer.
\nFor more information about the event, contact 684-1595.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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