Press Release(Immediate)
Day of Prayer at New
Wilmington Mission Conference
July 29, 9 AM
– 4 PM
Witherspoon Room, McKelvey
Center
Westminster College
You are invited to join
in the New Wilmington Mission Conference Day of Prayer on July 29, 9
AM – 4 PM. The Day of Prayer has been a long-standing tradition
for the staff at NWMC. It is a standard part of our preparation
for the week. This year we are expanding the Day of Prayer by
expanding our invitation to everyone and by focusing our prayers
more on the world.
This expanded Day of
Prayer is in response to a new spark of mission fervor and commitment
in the PC(USA). At a World Mission Consultation in Dallas in January
an “Invitation to Expanding Partnership in God’s Mission” was
signed by all 64 mission leaders attending. In conjunction with
this, the PC(USA) World Mission unit has retooled to be more responsive
to grass roots mission efforts - http://www.pcusa.org/worldmission/. The plan is to increase the number of full-time
missionaries from 196 to 215 in 2009.
The mission initiators
at the Dallas meeting committed to help move the PC(USA) forward to
greater mission involvement. The shared commitments in this statement
begin "As we move forward together in God’s mission, we commit
ourselves to calling the church to ongoing intercessory
prayer for God’s mission..." This Day of Prayer is
one of the efforts that NWMC has made as part of our commitment.
Moderator (former) Joan
Gray has committed to help lead this Day of Prayer. Director Don
Dawson and Rev. Linda Ruby will join her. The Lord’s Supper
will be celebrated at 11 AM.
Prayer is the most important
thing we do in our service to God. Prayer prepares us to be used
by God and opens the blessings of God upon all we do. Again and
again NWMC leaders have seen the power of prayer and can testify to
the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of individuals and the influence
and vitality of the conference.
We hope you will join
us this year to seek the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the conference
and in all the world. We need your prayers joined with the NWMC
staff to seek after a new day in Presbyterian mission involvement.
Even if you will not be present, pray with us during this time for God’s
work in the world.
Any questions may be directed
to Rev. Dr. Donald Dawson, Director of the New Wilmington Mission Conference
– ddawson@pts.edu or 412-362-5610, x2149.)