“As part of the Dearne Churches Together group we host the annual World Day of Prayer service on a rotational basis. This group consists of the local Anglican, Methodist, Pentecostal, Roman Catholic and Salvation Army communities.
This year it was the turn of Corpus Christi Parish (Sacred Heart Church Goldthorpe) to host the service, which was created by Christian women from Nigeria, with the theme ‘Come, I will give you rest’. The stories of four Nigerian women were shared, emphasising Trust in God in the face of Insecurity, Marginalisation, Religious Persecution, Poverty and Despair.
We are blessed with a thriving parish community with many Nigerian members, and it was lovely to have them leading us in the Igbo praise song ‘Kelaya Nobueze’ – ‘Give him thanks’. The service was attended by representatives from ten different local church communities, and over refreshments afterwards everyone spoke very warmly of the warmth of our welcome and what a wonderful, shared experience of praise and prayer the service had been.
We were delighted to host the service and are already looking forward to attending World Day of Prayer 2027 which will be hosted by our Methodist friends.” Amanda Campbell
