ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Monday, August 20, 2012 Tens of thousands to pray for the hungry at Wembley Stadium  For Immediate Release Contact: Tearfund Media Officer Holly Poulter +44 (0) 208 943 7792 holly.poulter@tearfund.org www.tearfund.org
LONDON, UK (ANS) -- One in seven people go to bed hungry every night even though there is enough food in the world for everyone, says UK-based Christian relief and development agency Tearfund who will lead prayers at the National Day of Prayer to ask God to show us how we can part of ending hunger. The National Day of Prayer on September 29th will feature a time of prayer for the 1 billion people going hungry all over the world, including communities like 10-year-old Evelyn's in Cajamarca, Peru. The changing climate and a lack of education means that many of the farmers in Cajamarca are struggling to grow enough crops and feed their families. Evelyn wants to be a nurse when she grows up, but without enough food she may never see her big dreams become reality. The community in Cajamarca pray together that the rains would come and that they would not go hungry season after season. Tearfund partners and their local church are striving to be an answer to their prayers by helping them to adapt their farming to the changing climate. And together, Tearfund and their partners around the world call for the global church to come together in prayer to change lives. "We'll join together in prayer for some of the world's poorest communities - families, widows and orphans - for whom hunger is a daily reality," said Tearfund's Director of Integral Mission, David Westlake. "As Christians we have a responsibility to challenge the injustices of hunger and poverty, and prayer is an incredibly powerful way to do that." "I have admired Tearfund for many years because it's a movement that encourages the local church to engage in the transformation of communities all over the world," said Dr Jonathan Oloyede, convener of National Day of Prayer. "Tearfund do not just give handouts; they are committed to the whole journey and work with the potential people already have, and that is what we are all about." Book your tickets securely online for NDOP Wembley www.ndopwembley.com Find out more about how Tearfund is working to tackle hunger and poverty through the local church all over the world, visit www.tearfund.org/ndop ** You may republish this story with proper attribution. Send this story to a friend. |
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Telephone, Text and Tweet Everyone To Come To NDOP Wembley
By Peter Wooding
Europe Bureau Chief for ASSIST News Service
LONDON, ENGLAND (ANS) -- With just over three weeks to go, National Day of Prayer and Worship organisers are calling on everyone to telephone, text and tweet all their contacts to book their tickets to fill London's Wembley Stadium September 29th.
As coach-loads from of churches from across the UK are booking their places
NDOP Wembley Facebook Logo
to come to NDOP Wembley, organisers believe they're halfway there, but they say it's vital that everyone carries out these 'three T's' to all their friends and family to create a tipping point to reach their goal of seeing at least 70,000 coming to Wembley.
NDOP Wembley will be the culmination of six years of stadium and Borough prayer events and periods of 24/7 prayer organised by the Global Day of Prayer London.
But organisers believe over these past six years they have never seen such an expectation and momentum of unity among all denominations like there is towards this year's National Day of Prayer and Worship.
"However we need to mobilise everyone to spread the word via telephone calls, text messages and tweets, that they simply can't miss this historic opportunity to be at Wembley for a day of united prayer and worship," said GDOP London Convener Jonathan Oloyede.
Latest confirmed artists to lead worship include Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Graham Kendrick, Noel Robinson, Lara Martin, LZ7, Guvna B, Godfrey Birtil, Sound Of Wales and Hillsong.
NDOP Wembley is also encouraging everyone to go to their website's resources page:
http://www.ndopwembley.com/-media/ndop-resources
Where they can download the NDOP Logo and post it on their Facebook profile and they can download a series of promotional videos and church posters.
To book your tickets today call 0800 756 5451 weekday 8:30am - 5pm weekdays or you can book your tickets securely online at www.ndopwembley.com
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