International Students Set Prayer Date
By Bill Bray, Campus News Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
WASHINGTON, DC (ANS -- September 28, 2016)
– Community prayer partners from Operation Esther Circle will gather
locally to pray with students and friends on the International Students
Day of Prayer -- November 17.
The
local prayer circles will join in solidarity with a national gathering
in Washington at the Lincoln Memorial and with other groups at campuses
all across the country.
“I
call on everyone to join us, wherever they come at 7:30 am to campus or
meet us throughout the day at prayer sites in the surrounding
community,” says national spokesman Debra Yarde. Prayer volunteers can
register at Operation Esther Prayer Circles on the OSM website, www.OSMission.org.
For
details, contact Debra Yarde, 434-227-0811 or 434-305-9641. Rev. Yarde
will be representing the community in Washington, DC at the national
event. Meanwhile the doors will remain open all day for private prayer
vigils in local various local churches and locations. The groups will
come together to intercede at 9, 12 and 5 PM as announced.
“OSM
has supported the National Day of Prayer for over 30 years now – and
this new focus on international students is a logical extension of
that,” says Debra Yarde, the national spokesperson for the Operation
Esther Circle movement. “There are now 1.2 million international
students in this country and they are the best hope for the future of
the world. If they will seek the face of God, repent from their sins
both personal and corporate, I believe we will see a real difference.
"All
of us, and that includes Christians, Jews, Muslims and even those
without a religious affiliation, must call upon the Lord and seek His
face. How else can we learn to love one another, serve one another, and
end the violence, injustice and sin?” Besides the National Day of Prayer
and National Collegiate Day of Prayer, Yarde has been active in many
other prayer movements.
(EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: Here
is a condensed announcement version of story.) PLANS SET FOR
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DAY OF PRAYER. Community prayer partners from
Operation Esther Circle and other groups will pray in solidarity with
international students and friends on Thursday, November 17. The day
begins on the grounds of the university at 7:30 AM and then regathers in
prayer circles during the day throughout the community. The circles
pray in solidarity with the annual event held in Washington, DC at the
Lincoln Memorial and at schools throughout the USA. Register at www.OSMission.org, For details, contact Debra Yarde, 434-227-0811 or 434-305-9641.
Photo captions: 1) International students arriving on campus. 2) Debra Yarde. 3) Bill Bray.
About
the writer: ANS Campus News Correspondent and author Bill Bray (William
Thomas Bray) welcomes interaction with our readers and can be contacted
at bray.william@gmail.com
. William Thomas Bray, 69, is a retired foreign correspondent and
Christian journalist who specializes in global missions and student
ministries. As Billy Bray, he is author of 11 books on missions
including the forthcoming Called to All – Power of a Yielded Life.
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