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l I The Claringlon/Courlice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, February 28,-1998 Page 11 "Uprooted People" is Theme Of Presbylerial Meeting Day Uprooted People was the theme of the 36th annual meeting of the Oshawa Presbylerial , United Church Women at ■ .Trinity United Church, Bowmanvillc, on February 18, 1998, with President Eileen Burgess, Hampton, ■presiding. ' The opening worship "service, which was conducted conducted by Lorraine Black, .Mary Caswell, Isabelle Trim and Ruth Andrews of Shiloh UCW, reflected uprootedness and included ■ .thoughts on "the difference difference between immigrants 'and refugees" and "prob- "lcms facing refugee women". : 1 Guest speaker, Karen 'Twccdlc, Courtiec, ,, Qntario, experienced uprootedness in a different - r way when she and other students front Canada and -.Australia went to Costa '-Rica to work on volunteer -development projects in "small communities under the auspices of "Youth ,Challenge International", f. A dynamic student of ■Anthropology and -Comparative ■■Development at Trent -University, Karen offers "other experiences of uprootedness; "putting -yourself in another's shoes .and applying it to who you ;are", and "when you take your roots out, you can't .put them back in the same Spots". Karen used interesting interesting slides to illustrate her experiences entitled "Uprooted Peoples: -Journeying with Costa ; Ricans". Karen was intro-, duced by Margaret World : , Of Prayer The focus of this year's program is the people of Madagascar. How can we and the Malagasy be good neighbours to each other? This is the central question of the 1998 World Day of Prayer, written by the women of Madagascar. The enormous enormous gaps between our standard standard of living and the Malagasy's could lead us, , and the Malagasy, to despair. But despair is not a 'Third World" characteristic, and it must not be ours. Neither should our indignance that we live in such an unequal world be our sole response. 'Rather, we should commit .ourselves to learning more and taking action for justice. .Come to this year's World Day of Prayer service and learn what it means to be a good neighbour in an often unjust world. ! World Day of Prayer is a .global, ecumenical move- 'ment of "informed prayer and prayerful action". On the first Friday in March each year, people in over 170 countries participate in a 'common service in their own locality. Services are translated translated into hundreds of languages languages and dialects. - Offerings from World Pay of Prayer services in Canada support development <jnd justice projects in Canada and abroad. Nutrition ijnd tutoring programs for women and children in the Dominican Republic and Ecuador, a home for homeless homeless aged women in the Philippines, a home for migrant women workers in Korea, and a computer learning learning laboratory in India were a few of tile overseas projects supported by the 1997 World Pay of Prayer offerings. In Canada, grants from World Day of Prayer contributed to public education and advocacy advocacy for legislation to combat the sexual exploitation of Children by Canadians overseas, overseas, assisted a theatre group in bringing entertainment to Ifiw-incomc parents in (pttawa-Carlcton, and ijtore... > In Canada, World Day of prayer is sponsored by the Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada. Members of the national council arc drawn from the African Methodist Episcopal Church, l|ic Anglican Church of Canada, Canadian Baptist Ministries, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), l|tc Envangclieal Lutheran Church in Canada, the Mcnnonitc Church, the Presbyterian Church in Çanada, the Religious Society of Friends, the Roman Catholic Church, the Salvation Army and the United Church of Canada. In many Canadian communities; communities; other denominations arc also involved in World Day of Prayer services, i For Information on the local World Day of Prayer service, contact Lois Nlmigon 263-2989 or Ruth McGill 263-2135, Gcissbcrger, Zion, and thanked by Janice Rotlinc, Hampton. The "Chapel Singers", an enthusiastic singing group from Wilmot Creek, provided enjoyable entertainment entertainment in the evening. Installation of the 1998 Executive and supporting presidents of UCW Locals was conducted by Marjorie Ferries, Oshawa. Incoming President, Donna Johnston, Eldad UCW, chose to launch her term of office with a meaningful service of the sacrament of holy communion communion which was administered administered by Reverend Nancy Knox, St. Paul's Bowmanvillc. The executive members of Oshawa Presbylerial United Church Women for 1998, besides presidents of local UCW groups, arc as follows: President Donna Johnston, 1st Vice President Billie Kemp, 2nd Vice President Mary Shepherd, Past President and Nominations Eileen Burgess, Recording Secretary Jean Taylor, Corresponding Secretary Lorraine Black, Treasurer Ruby VanCamp, Social Issues Rosalie Reynolds, World Outreach Leone • Fisher, Stewardship Ruth Geddes, Program and Leadership Development Cindylou Shaw, Press, Archives and Communication vacant, Youth Bertha White, Literature Marina Rodgers, Supply and Service Greta Down, Presbylerial Representative to the Good News Board of Directors Beth Miller. 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