World Day of Prayer – 2025 – “I Made You Wonderfully”
Lynne Scott — February 3, 2025
The 2025 World Day of Prayer service and resouces have been prepared by the WDP Committee of Cook Islands. The theme is “I Made You Wonderfully” based on Psalm 139: 14. The ecumenical service will take place on Friday 7 March 2025.
Please contact your local Church for details. The National Liaison Officer, Zella McGirr, may have some information about local services but unfortunately not all Church groups let her know when and where the Service will be held. Remember, everyone is welcome to attend a service.
The 2025 programme invites us into the knowledge that each one of us was made with care and love by God. When we can receive this profound truth, everything in our life changes and we begin to radiate and shine from within. We also learn how to treat every other person as made wonderful by God.
The first Guiding Principle in the World Day of Prayer articulates that our starting point is Christian women – Informed Prayer, Prayerful Action. This has been an essential conviction of our movement over the last century. Too often, women and girls have been silenced and oppressed, making this theme from WDP Cook Islands particularly relevant. The message that we, as women and girls, are “fearfully and wonderfully” made in the image of God reinforces our movement’s support of women in expressing their faith and speaking about their lives in prayer and worship before God and in community.
The offerings this year will support CWS – Tongan Community Development Fund, The Bible Society – Healing the trauma in the South Pacific, and the Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy. If you are unable to make the Service you can donate online.
The WDP Website is where resources for this years service are available.
