Bluffton Presbyterian hosts World Day of Prayer March 5
Eight Bluffton churches will come together in a worldwide ecumenical movement to observe a common day of prayer. The Bluffton service is at 7 p.m., Friday, March 5, at the Bluffton Presbyterian Church.
Services begin at sunrise in the Pacific and follow the sun across the globe on the day of celebration. Each year a different country serves as the writer of the World Day of Prayer worship service.
Cherryl Zekeng, a native a Cameroon and a student at Ohio Northern University, will participate in the evening's service. The Bluffton Presbyterian Praise Team will lead the singing and the congregation is encouraged to bring their own bells, drums, rattles, scrapers, whistles, shakers, tambourines, drums and similar instruments
The annual offering will support the work of World Day of Prayer USA and help meet the needs of families who are victims of poverty, violence and human trafficking.
Churches involved in the program include:
- Bluffton Presbyterian Church
- Emmanuel United Church of Christ
- English Lutheran Church
- First Mennonite Church
- First United Methodist Church
- St. Johns Church of Christ
- St. Mary's Catholic Church and
- Trinity Methodist Church
Child care will be provided.
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