HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-06, Page 5Lueknlew Sentinel, Wednesday, March 601996— Page S
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by Mildred Lore
Women and men of
Luekuow joined in common
worship with Christians in
over 174 countries around
the globe and some 2000
communities in Canada, as
;they participated in the
World Day of Prayer ser-
vice held :this year in the
Lucknow Presbyterial
Church on Mar., l; at 730
h'•m> .
Norina Rayn.ard wel
corned everyone .and led -in
the call to .worship and
Opening prayer. Kathy
fowald of South Kinloss
Presbyterian Church gave
the prayer of confession.
The proclamation of the
word with the scripture
from Jeremiah ,1: 4 .,10 was
read by Betty'O'Donnell of
St. Marys Roman an Catholic
Church.
Representing Lufaknow
United'Church were Norma.
Weatberhead, Ilene Greer,
Lois Walden and Laura
Stet- eraatdg4 the urgency
of 'hod°s; Call,not- only to
Jeremiab,and Mary but also.
for the oppressed people of
l 'aiti. •
Dianne Hawthorne led in
the singing of I, The Lord
of Sea and Sky, accompany.
mg hlerseit on, trip guitar.
She sang the verses and
everyone. joined with her ou
the refrain, 'Her second
number was, Will You Colne
and Follow Me.
This year's program was
prepared by the women of
Haiti, so there was a slide
presentationshowing some
of the conditions and prob.
lews people in that country
have to face day by .day.
4ifisv. Peggy Kinsman read
the commentary that went
with the slides. Wonien
have suffered greatly as wit.
nesses and' victims of much
violence, injustice and lose.
cunty so in the 1996service?
they made the dramatic cry,
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for Delp, a pry to God forNEED prdirt „ �; • .
help, for god to intervene in Sinhilk„7
the situation that is getting �►.
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Edith Cooper and Mamie
Roulston of St. Peter's
Anglican church led in the
prayer of intercession and
the Lord's Prayer. The Call .to. Commitment
and Prayer of Praise and
Confidence in God was
given by Syke and Tanya
Sutherland. representing the j
Christian Reformed Churcb<
Following the closing
hymn,- The Love of 1'esus
Calls ,Us, Rev. Kinsman
closed the service with the •
Benediction, •
Everyone was invited for
a time of fellowship and
refreshment in'the ',church
ellowship,
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Dear editor;
With each approaching
International Women's Day,
we tendto take stock of.
progress made in. some
areas and criticize the lack
of advancement in 'others.
The outcome of the . Beijing
Conference on Women and
Development last
September has given many
womenaroundthe world
new energy and, also hope
that things will : really
change at the global, a4 -well
as `
the local lev:+el,
ci angetake place,a;however,
inA11.5cetilitrie0
we really know about the
situation- of.,women in.
remote, villages or rural;
'areas in Asia and Africa?
It is estimated that, glob-
ally, 1.4 per cent of televi-
sion news -addresses-Isom.
en's issues and, most of it, is
presented by men. In
Canada, we seem to be tie-
ing increasing challenges
like unemployment and
welfare cuts, rather than
seeing improvements in the
economic or social, situation :.
of many women. If unpaid
cork, mostly done by
v men, was Counted aslpart
of our.'economy we could
add the equivalent of some
S' billion .dollars o..oui
GDP here inCanada alone,;'
Should we not do more to
value thecontribution
women make, to the'world
economy or to our social,
well-being?
.,., What abot the situation
of women.. in countries in
Africa Where 7Q' to 80 per,;
cent of local food lru
dne=
tion is the work . and
responsibility ,of women?
an we even ,imagine the
q
challenges they fate? Most
of them do . not even have
access to the bask resources
►f land, credit, health care,
r r education.
SO far, Very little recog-
nition is given to thecontra-
bution,:knowledge and hard
work thatmillions of
women ,perform each, and
every day. Still,, without
their untiring labor. of 16
hours a day, millions more
would starve, leave the
land; .migrate to other coun-
tries. Are the women inthe
villages listened to by the
community, leaders;.. by the
governments,by the inter-
national
nter-nat onal donor agencies, by.
us? Not enough to be heard
across the globe.
These women are also
• the mothers of the next gen-
erations
enerations . ,cif world citizens;
their influence will be dra-
matic areas of :education,:
environmental protection .
end; local :anal global
ecofonlles. If we started to
listen to the women at the
grassroots level and sup,.
ported them in their struggle
for access to essential
r• esources that ,they .need,. we
would make great strides
towardsimproving the situ-
ation .of :women,, men and
• children locally•
and ..glfabal..
ly.If. yon sat down with
some of these women, as:I
have had the. privilege of
doing . in. Mali, Bangladesh
and Nepal, and listened to
their ideas and plans for, the
future, : ; you would be°
amazed. You would also
share that feeling .' of
strength and, optimism that
emanates from their discus-
sions and their actions,
'es, -;they need, our -sup -
bit and partnership= to} face'
the eliallen"es of their lives
and their coma unities; they
also'need Us to:gueston our
approaches to our own eco-
nomic and, social challenges
as well as the global issues.
In the ,end, Ave .will .all..
nefit from our combined ..
actions; o ..n, are ess n-
io � ;�` ��, �.
▪ tial to enhancing .-and.sus-
tain ing.; hu.n .:develop:
ment.,
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