Women's World of Day of Prayer 2016

Women's World of Day of Prayer will be celebrated on Friday 4th March. This year's service has been written by the Christians women of Cuba, a country which is in the news at moment as talks begin which may see an end to the United States' embargo which has devastated the country for more than 50 years. The title of the service is 'Receive children. Receive me.' but that doesn't mean that it's only about children!

Women's World of Day of Prayer is the largest ecumenical movement in the world. The service written by the Christian women of Cuba will be used at ecumenical gatherings of men and women in 170 countries and islands throughout the world. It. Details of services in so far as they are known at present are given below.

Note that these services are equally as interesting and thought-provoking to men as to women. Just because a service is written by women doesn't mean that only women should attend!

Place Venue Time Details Contact St Mary's RC Time to be Church, Bodmin confirmed St Peter's RC 10.30 am Mrs Jackie Adams Church 01288 353842 Roche Parish 2.30 pm Mrs Christine Hicks Bugle Church 01726 850960 St Mary's Parish 10.30 am Mrs H Jones Church, Callington 07747393692 St Andrew's Parish 2.30 pm Mrs Sylvia Church, Calstock Milford Calstock 01822 832382 tba tba Mrs S Godolphin 01209 718807 St Thomas Church, Time to be Mrs M A Mabson Camelford confirmed 01840 212549 St Feock Church Time to be Nina Davey Carnon Downs confirmed 01872 865106 St Keverne Benefice 2 pm Revd Heather Aston Coverack 01326 564162 New Life Church, 10.30 am Mrs Alison Biggs Dracenna Avenue, 01326 319953 Falmouth Falmouth Goldsithney 7 pm Mrs Linda Methodist Church Garthwaite Goldsithney 01736 763453 Phillack Parish 2 pm Mrs M Tanner Church 01736 756772 St Michael's tba Revd D Noakes Church, Helston 01326 573239 Lanner Methodist 10.30 am Coffee beforehand Mrs Janet Liddicoat Church and lunch 01209 217573 Lanner afterwards Riverside United 2.30 pm Mrs A M Richards Church, West Looe 01503 264846 St Bartholomew's 10.30 am Mrs Dawn Church, Lostwithiel Stephens 01208 873647 2.30 pm Coffee before the Mrs M Osborne Marazion Methodist Church service 01736 710267 Menheniot Parish 2 pm Mrs M Delbridge Menheniot Church 01579 343254 St Andrew's 2.30 pm Mrs Mary Saunders Church, Chapel St., 07968 764116 Mevagissey Mevagissey St Michael's RC 2 pm Mullion Church, Mullion Mylor Methodist 2.30 pm Mrs M Bennett Mylor Church 01326 341221 , Paul & Paul Parish Church 2.30 pm Miss M Richards Mousehole 01736 731015 St Columb Minor 11 am Followed by Lenten Mrs Mary Cook & District Parish Church lunch 07946516888 North Hill & Trebullett 2 pm Mrs Ann Foster Linkinhorne Methodist Church 01566 782516 St Petroc's Church, 10.30 am Mrs M Gill Padstow 01841 520418 Salvation Army 10.30 am With band Mandy Pearce Citadel, Queen St. 07970714979 Penzance Perranporth 10 am Mrs S Noonan Perranporth Methodist Church 01872 572804 Polperro Methodist 2.30 pm Polperro Church St. Saviour's 1.45 pm Miss Kathryn Hill Church, Fore St. 01726 870953 Polruan Polruan St Minver Church, Ms Marjorie Mabyn Churchtown, 07749804594 Port Isaac St. Minver Probus Parish 2 pm Mrs E Harper Probus Church 01579 320296 Bethel Community 4.30 pm Refreshments Mrs S MacDonald Church, Pond Lane, before service 01209 211357 Redruth St Stephen's Parish 10 am Revd Pam Sellix Church, Saltash 01579 363464 Saltash Baptist 7.30 pm Revd Pam Sellix Saltash Church 01579 363464 Mount Charles 2 pm Light lunch from 1 Mrs Marilyn Methodist Church, pm Cottrell Victoria Road, 01726 821840 St Austell Mount Charles 7 pm Refreshments from Mrs Marilyn Methodist Church, 6.30 pm Cottrell Victoria Road, 01726 821840 St Austell St Austell St Just Free Church 2.30 pm Mrs M A King 01736 787590 All Saints Church, 2 pm Mrs Carol Portloe Sherwood (Roseland) 01872 501388 St Neot Methodist 11 am Mrs D Wherry St Neot Church 01579 320296 St Francis Church, 2 pm Mrs D Jeffrey Summercourt St Columb Road 01726 861114 Boscastle Church, 2.30 pm Mrs Carol Teague Tintagel Boscastle 01566 248697 Cornerstone United 2 pm Mrs E M Oates Reform Church, 01752 812120 Fore St., Torpoint St George's Parish 2 pm Mrs S Pettit Church, 01872 273222 St. George's Road, Truro St Andrew's 2 pm Mrs Belinda Church, Raymond Tywardreath & Par Tywardreath 01726 337706 Egloshayle Church., 2.30 pm Diana Knight Egloshayle Road, 01208 815879 Wadebridge

There are normally also services at Constantine, Launceston, and St Breward and on the Isles of Scilly, but I have been unable to get details of these.

Information about Women's World Day of Prayer in general and about some of the 5,000 service that will be held that day in , Wales and Northern Ireland can be found on the website www.wwdp.org.uk

Elizabeth Burroughs