WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Theme: Philippines: “Am I Being Unfair to You?” Date: March 3, 2017 Territory/Command /Region: USA Western Territory

1. Division by Name 2. How many corps and other Salvation Army Centres participated in the World Day of Prayer?

3. How many of those services were arranged by The Salvation Army?

ARCC 24 24

CFOT 1 1

Alaska 17 15

Cascade 15 15

Del Oro 12 6

Golden State 18 13

Hawaii & Pacific Isl. 6 6

Intermountain 19 18

Northwest 11 8

Sierra Del Mar 12 12

Southern California 13 13

Southwest 29 30

THQ 1 1

TOTAL 177 162

Total Attendance: 5,833 Total monies raised for the Territorial WM Missions Projects: $3,771.78 See reports and pictures following.

ALASKA Anchorage Korean Corps (Captains Eric & Amy Park, Captain Erica Yang): Captains Eric and Amy Park led the meeting. Captain Amy Park began explaining the situation of Philippines and shared some stories of Philippines women. She also shared the reason that we need to pray for them. Captain Eric Park continued to share the message from Matthew 20:1-16 and give us a thoughtful message from the passage. After his message, we had time to pray for the Philippines. Captain Eric led a prayer time. He would mention one topic, the congregation would pray and then one person would pray and then go to the next topic. We continually pray not only for Philippines, but also for all the world. Cordova Outpost (Lts. Antonio & Heather Romero): During Women’s Ministries we spent the time together praying for women in the Philippines and worldwide. Each participant chose a region or conflict to pray for individually and corporately. We also took time to write encouraging prayer cards for women in our community. This was a great time to see our women’s spiritual growth through their desire to uphold others in prayer. Homer Corps (Captains Caleb & Christin Fankhauser): We adapted the WDOP materials to have a special program during Women’s ministries. We read through the worship bulletin and through some of the supplemental materials to gain perspective on the history, culture, and current issues concerning citizens of the Philippines. We prayed for social and economic justice specifically for those in the Philippines, then for the world, and for those in our own backyard. Petersburg Corps (Lts. John & Mysti Birks): There is not a WDOP committee in our community’ my husband and I planned and executed the event. We followed the materials provided as we looked and prayed for the women of the Philippines. Sitka Corps (Majors Turnie & Evadne Wright): We had advertised to hold a World Day of Prayer event, but because of blizzard conditions on that day only 4 people turned up and 2 others were praying at home reading along the information that I had provided them. Due to the above we had a focus time on Sunday Morning during our meeting. We have a large Pilipino community here in Sitka so this was very helpful information for us. This has now given us a better insite regarding the conditions that many of them have left behind. Fairbanks Corps (Majors Joe & Flo Murray): We held our event at our Corps. We used the materials provided and had a special event as we looked at the needs of the Women of the Philippines. It was helpful for our ladies to understand the needs and struggles of the women and their families. Spending time together, praying for others around the world, is always beneficial.

ARCC The ARC Command included the Philippines in our weekly Fellowship of Prayer. We did not hold any extra meetings but participated, when able, with local Corps in their observances.

CASCADE Albany: Albany held a simple service at their corps. They spent time talking about injustice throughout the world, human trafficking, and had a time of prayer for the needs of the world and for our community. They all heartily concurred that our world is in serious need of our Saviour and salvation. Boise: Boise’s Women’s Ministries chose to use the program prepared for WDOP and spent quite a bit of time in discussion and prayer for the women of the Philippines. It proved to be a great opening to discuss their World Services efforts and the need to increase giving.

Coos Bay: Coos Bay did their WDOP event during their Sunday Worship Service. The Envoys were creative in observance using prayer stations with different focuses they found in the provided WDOP material. This creative format proved very effective for their congregation and they had 55 participants in total!

Eugene Corps: The Eugene and Springfield Corps came together for this prayer event. Springfield was the hosting corps. Major Sabrina Tumey led their time of prayer with refreshments following. Grants Pass: The Grants Pass Corps joined with Medford Corps for a wonderful time of prayer and potluck fellowship following. Medford was the host Corps. Medford: Hosted WDOP with Grants Pass as their guests. They had a wonderful time of prayer and fellowship. Moore Street: Moore Street gathered with Portland Tabernacle, Tualatin Valley Corps, Rose Center for Seniors and Silver Crest Senior Housing. They had a wonderful time of self-guided prayer. The prayer stations consisted of a video loop playing about the Philippines, prayer for the Philippines, a hand-washing station and a prayer station to sit silently to listen for God’s voice and leading. Nampa: Nampa had 9 attendees to their WDOP event. They used prayer stations during their regularly scheduled Home League program. It was a sweet time of prayer for the women. Roseburg: Roseburg gathered together to pray for WDOP.

DEL RIO Sacramento Citadel Corps (Captain Erin Kauffman):

Today we celebrated world day of Prayer, with 10 prayer stations. We had 48 women participate this morning.

It was a wonderful time of praying for the world, for each other, for The Salvation Army, for our burdens and

hurts, that we may be salt and enhance those we come in contact with.

GOLDEN STATE Merced: For our WDOP observance, we filled our chapel with prayer stations. We had a time of worship in song, some scripture was read, and our corps members were encouraged to move at their discretion for prayer station to prayer station. Ridgecrest: We combined our WDOP and our World Missions campaign together in the Sunday Service. The theme I used for prayer is “A Church that prays together stays together.” At the beginning of the service I showed three video clips of “2017 World Missions”, then discussed how the Salvation Army is a global ministry that needs the support of all to help others. At the end of service, I had time of congregational prayer; the congregants all participated by prayer with others. They actually left their seats to pray with others. I also left the platform and went and prayed with families. This prayer session lasted for about 20 – 25 minutes. I know that it was a spirit filled time for the church, emotions were being stirred. I strongly believe that these times help the congregation to bond together as a church and realize how important it is for a church for pray together.

SF South of Market: We focused our message on Prayer and how it is important to understand the communication we have the privilege of sharing with God. We gave opportunities for soldiers to share how their lives were changed through the prayers of another in intercessory prayer. This kicked off our sermon series on prayer in our churches as well. We had the opportunity to pray for others that asked for specific prayer requests and for our community. We finished our meeting with the benediction of The Lord’s Prayer. San Jose Temple: For our WDOP, we prayed for our city, family, corps, and flood victims. We also wrote down individual prayers for each one.

HAWAII AND PACIFIC ISLANDS Ebeye Corps: The ladies practiced their songs and also practiced for the WDOP. We had two days separately for WDOP because the island wide women for WDOP were not ready, so our ladies went on and did their WDOP and it was a great night. We had 23 ladies attend and we collected an offering for the Territorial WM Missions Projects.

Kahului Corps:

Laura Corps:

INTERMOUNTAIN The Billings Corps made copies of the Gospel of John and distributed them to people who received meals through their Community Table Mobile Meals program during the WDOP. Broomfield, Centennial, Denver Citadel and West Adams participated in a WDOP service hosted by Denver Red Shield. Each Corps participated by leading a different element. A Filipino pastor shared his testimony and the service was followed with lumpia, a Filipino food similar to an egg roll.

The Cheyenne, Greeley and Fort Collins Corps held a joint WDOP service in Fort Collins.

Colorado Springs offered a special musical guest and a Power Point presentation was shown discussing the needs of the Philippines, Kenya, and the world.

The Fountain Valley Corps tied in a youth badge (World Knowledge) with the WDOP. Prayers were said for the Women’s Project countries. Staff, volunteers, Troops, and teens participated in the WDOP at the Grand Junction Corps. In Salt Lake City, four women’s testimonies were given and discussion followed about their circumstances. The Corps Officers spoke about a trip made to the Philippines. A potluck meal was shared with the participants at the conclusion of the service.

NORTHWEST Everett Corps: We had a wonderful time discussing the artwork and what it meant to us and went through the

Bible Study on Matthew 20. We concluded our time looking at the Canvas for Change project brochure and

praying.

Wenatchee Corps: We begin the WDOP program by viewing the video for the Women’s Ministries Territorial

Project for the year. After that we learned a little about the focus country. Since The Salvation Army serves in

The Philippines, I located several videos about The Army’s work. The first showed was a Red Shield Appeal

Campaign for The Philippine Territory from 2 years ago. The second video showed the disaster work after

typhoon Haiyan in 2013. The third video was an interview from May 26, 2015 with the Territorial Leaders of the

Philippines. The final video was highlighting the Joyville Children’s Home.

The devotions focused on the assigned passage of Scripture – Matthew 20:1-16, with an emphasis on God’s

grace. Our service was held on March 1, which was also Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, so I emphasized

that importance of giving up something so others could have more, and encouraged the ladies to pray for the

Philippines as well as the countries we are helping this year with our territorial project, and give the money that

they would spend on something optional (such as Starbucks) during Lent to World Services. The meeting was

concluded with a time of prayer.

Seattle White Center Corps: WDOP 2017 (March 3) included prayers for various efforts. One of those efforts

focused on those in foster care, especially as it related to the fight against sexual trafficking. While Captain Lisa

was away at Vanguard University promoting the BRAVE Campaign, we prayed for the efforts to end trafficking.

In addition, as it is Women’s History Month, we prayed for our women leaders in the corps and at the Divisional/

Territorial level. Lastly, our prayer list included the communities we serve. We prayed to be led to the right types

of outreach to serve those in need.

SIERRA DEL MAR Cathedral City

The Cathedral City Corps chose to celebrate the World Day of Prayer at separate times in most of our programs. Our Troop, Teen, and Youth Soccer programs talked about prayer and how it can affect their lives and they also prayed for the people in the Philippines. During our staff meeting, we prayed for the women specifically mentioned in the prayer program. We set up a prayer station so that staff and anyone from the corps could read their stories. During our holiness meeting, we also, as a congregation, prayed for the Philippines, we also made them aware of the prayer station. Escondido Corps There were 57 people in attendance. All of our Social Services clients were invited into the chapel for our WDOP service. They were so happy to attend. 30 people came forward to write their prayers to God on a thank you card. 5 people accepted Christ as their Savior for the first time at our Prayer Meeting. Hemet Corps

Salvation Army World Day of Prayer: Focus on the Philippines Sing Open in Prayer Read Scripture Prayer for our Local – State-Country Government Sing Video -Life in Philippines My life in Philippines - Nonette Monzon Slide Show Closing in Prayer

We have a volunteer that is from the Philippines; she shared about her life in the Philippines and her trip to the United States in which she has been a citizen for 30 years. The WDOP was attended by our Club 60 attendees and volunteers. After our meal we spent an hour singing, praying and sharing the lives of the women in our program from the Philippines and SAVN TV Philippine Typhoon.

The people enjoyed the program and were very attentive; they say that they have learned a lot about The Salvation Army, and the work in the Philippines. Below are some pictures.

San Diego United:

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Anaheim Temple Corps / Major Mercedes Bravo

On Friday March 3, Anaheim Temple Corps celebrated the WDOP. Our Bible study was directed to learn and

make awareness about the Philippine’s problems and needs. We used all the material provided and it was so

interesting to learn about this country and their situation. Many people from our congregation had ever heard

anything before about this country, other than the news, but with this program they learned and opened their

hearts to unify in prayers. We spent about 30 minutes praying, and an offering was collected. We also

encouraged the congregation to continue praying for this country during the month of March.

DDWM: I appreciate the creativity of Major Bravo bringing bible study and prayer together is fantastic!

Compton Corps / Lt. Claudia Barriga/Pardo

We celebrated the WDOP with our two women groups. We learned how to say welcome in the Philippines,

"Mabuhay" and we learned about their flag and located them on a world map. We read the stories about three

women in the Philippines and also about the women artist who painted the art piece. In both groups we took

time to pray for the Philippines, for the country, their resources, their women, their children and their men. At one

of the groups we took this time to draw in plates and we were inspired by the story of the Artist. We also had the

purple ice cream, "Ube" ice cream, something traditional from the Philippines. In the second group we rejoice

more in praying and singing songs of praise to our Lord and we shared a meal.

DDWM: Lt. Claudia did a beautiful job with her program. Please enjoy the following photos!

East Los Angeles Temple / Auxiliary Captain Lozano East LA Temple Corps celebrate the Day of World Prayer, we hold a meeting in which we share a little history of where this day of world prayer is born and also we share with our soldier’s information of the country for which we will be praying and intersession for all the needs today in the Philippines we also share with our soldiers the customs of the Filipinos such as their clothing and foods, and especially the needs of all these women today. For us it is a great blessing to be able to pray in intersession for this country and especially to be able to give God a very special blessing for them. Pasadena Tabernacle / Captain Rutendo Masango We decorated the room with world globes, printed some pictures of the WDOP prayer website to talk about the Philippines. It was sad learning about what other women have to go through around the world. We also showed some women around the world who are faced with difficulties, human trafficking, widows. The globe was a reminder that God knows each and one of these ladies, by name. That was an overwhelming feeling. We sang "He's got the whole world in his hands." We read the Scripture from 2 Chronicles 7:14 which says: "If my people who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek my face. and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and I will forgive their sin and heal their land." We finished our time by praying for all continents. Santa Clarita Corps / Envoy Laura Bloom Our ladies met. We read scripture, we sang a song then prayed for Our World, Country, Community, Government, President, The Salvation Army, its Leadership, Our Corps Families, Seniors, Youth, Those in addiction, human trafficking and abuse. We spent two hours in prayers.

I know that these women at the

corps are definite prayer warriors.

I’m thankful for the ministry for

Envoy Laura Bloom.

Santa Ana Temple / Colonel Magali Pardo Everyone gathered with a global mission focused to the WDOP for the country of Philippines. We had the participation of the Home League, Men’s Fellowship, youth and also the children. The Men’s Fellowship prayed to a God of justice and liberation for all Philippines workers, and all over the world to have fair laws for Immigration. That there also be a task of eradicating the causes of injustice that threatens human dignity. The Youth prayed for education, schools and all the students in the Philippines and around the world. That God teaches and gives all people the opportunity to develop their abilities and to realize the talents with which they were created. The children prayed for all the Philippians children and around the world for their health. They prayed to a God of hope and reconciliation to inspire the children to care for one another and alleviate their suffering. Home League prayed for the indigenous and that they may preserve their heritage, and that God guides their lives.

Santa Fe Springs Corps / Envoy Belsy Martinez United prayer meeting. Focused on our brothers and the people of the Philippines in general, we had a special service of prayer in which we were united children, young people and adults. Our service included presentation of photos about the Philippines, songs of praise to God, reading of scriptures, and prayer. We prayed for God's protection and care for our brothers in the Philippines. We prayed for social justice, and equal opportunities for all in the Philippines. We prayed for a spiritual revival in the Philippines. Santa Maria Corps / Lt. Patricia Torres This was a wonderful time to reflect on how blessed we are to be in this country. How there are so many people in other countries that are in much need. We prayed for protection (natural disasters), and families.

SOUTHWEST

Bullhead: Our WDOP was held on March 7. 45 people attended. Each person prayed and chose a different subject that was given at the beginning of the meeting. It was held at The Bullhead City Corps at 10 AM through 1:30 PM. Lunch was served and we had a great fellowship. No pictures were taken, since there were some of them who didn’t want to be photographed. We didn’t do an offering but we had a donation for $100.00 for our WDOP. It is not a lot, but we prayed that The Lord will multiply it for His Kingdom. Amen! Henderson: We prayed during our Sunday Service time. It was blessing to go out of our box and pray for other countries in need. People were blessed to pray for others. Phoenix Area Corps: Major Sybil Smith, Major Juvencio Utrera, Lt. Martha Apuan, Linda (a soldier from Phoenix Citadel) and I initially met to talk through the program elements and divide responsibilities. Assignments were as follows: Kroc – host, program outline, printed and slide presentation, main Filipino dishes and decorations, coordinate with meeting participants/speakers. Phoenix Citadel – vegetable salad, Tempe – fruit salad, Apache Junction – rice favors We were all pleasantly surprised with the turnout. Our desire was 50 in attendance. We had 55 total. Praise God! Next year, we will pray for a bigger number and we will work in advance to invite local churches in our communities. It seemed as though we will want to combine our efforts again next year. Majors Juvencio and Lt. Colonel Elnora Utrera and Brigadier Vivian Rodriguera brought special personal items and their experiences to the worship service making it extra special. We also included SAVN.TV video clips that enhanced our worship and understanding of the Filipino people. Everyone went away with a better appreciation for the those serving in the Philippines and the challenges the churches and its people face daily. They also went away with a taste of the culture and the spirit of the Philippine

people. We demonstrated the traditional Tinikling – bamboo dance – and gave others a chance to try the basic steps. We also ate food together, sang songs, and prayed for the women and children of the Philippines. I was personally pleased that we were able to draw in Kroc Center members too. Prescott: Throughout the week, we left prayer cards and invitations at the morning meal tables inviting those that come for services to join us for our WDOP. This year it was not in the Chapel but we joined them in the Social Services Dining Hall for the service which included prayer, song and devotion. Normally, they have scripture and a short devotion before their meal. It was lovely as they joined in song and brought their prayer requests to us. In addition, we joined Mingus View Presbyterian for their WDOP Service and lunch with other congregations. A great opportunity to join with other believers for future gatherings also. On Sunday, we took a special offering for the WDOP. Tucson Area Corps: It was our third year doing WDOP here in Tucson. I wanted to keep doing it at our corps (Tucson Korean/Temple) but we had no time and energy so we asked Amphi corps this year to do it. They did a wonderful job and it was done very well. We had representative from all four corps Amphi, Korean Temple and South Corps from the area. We experienced a lot from the food of the Philippines. And also some history and traditional dances from the video we saw. It was a great service. Kroc Photos:

USW THQ: Captain Stephanie Dennis led our weekly Chapel with the WDOP theme and Philippines materials.