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Events in August 2024
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August 4, 2024(1 event) All day: WCC Prayer Cycle - Cameroon All day The World Council of Churches prayer cycle includes prayers for Cameroon (4-10th August, 2024 and repeated annually commencing on the nearest Sunday). The Communauté de l’Emmanuel (Emmanuel Sisterhood Bafut) in the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon (304) is a Member Association of DIAKONIA World Federation. The Sisterhood in Cameroon is modelled on the Reuilly Diaconate in Versailles and began its work in the Cameroonian city of Bafut in 1975 on a plot of land owned by the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon. From there, a further center for assistance and training for people with disabilities was established in 2009. Due to the Anglophone crisis, the sisters had to leave Bafut in 2019 and found a new home in Foumbot, in Francophone Cameroon, again on a plot of land owned by the PCC. The "Emmanuel Sisters" work with girls and women who live with a disability, including deaf-mutes as well as orphans. Through comprehensive education and participation in a living community, the sisterhood tries not only to be a help in everyday life, but also to give them self-confidence and a perspective for their lives. The fight against stigmatization of people with disabilities in everyday life is as important as school education, training in sewing, traditional handicrafts, agriculture or small livestock. The products made are sold and thus contribute to the upkeep of the sisterhood. In the "Agape Program", the sisters go to surrounding villages to find people with disabilities who are still hidden due to the existing taboo, including many who suffer from epilepsy. Even though the implementation of this program is hampered by the Anglophone crisis, they try not only to care for those affected, but also to break the stigma. Here's a link to a previous report from the Emmanuel sisters. https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayer-cycle/cameroon-central-african-republic-equatorial-guinea |
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August 25, 2024(1 event) All day: 60th Diamond Anniversary - Fiji All day The Methodist Church in Fiji will celebrate the 60th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary during the Annual Conference, commencing 25th August and finishing 30 August. Deaconesses have been part of the planning for the event. The church became an autonomous church after 129 years of being a mission under the Wesley and Methodists mission in the UK then to the Methodist Church in Australasia based in Australia. |
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Weekly: Thursdays in Black
https://www.oikoumene.org/en/get-involved/thursdays-in-black?set_language=en
Monthly: 26th of each month Prayer Day for DIAKONIA