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10th-Annual International “Gertrude Gaston” Widow’s Prayer Gathering and Conference

Our 9th Annual International “Gertrude Gaston” Widow’s Prayer Gathering and Conference was on May 14-15, 2010.

The 10th Annual International “Gertrude Gaston” Widow’s Prayer Gathering will include a Friday evening service on May 14, and an all-day prayer conference on Saturday, May 15th at St. Elmo Ave. Baptist Church, 4500 St. Elmo Ave.

Widows Harvest is privileged to have Miriam Neff as this year’s Prayer Gathering and Conference Speaker.

Sing Week 2010

Widows Harvest Ministries wants to encourage churches through the greater Chattanooga, TN area to recognize and honor widows in your congregation, as well as across the city, during the week of May 8-15, 2009. Taken from Job 29:13 this week is being called Causing Widow’s Hearts to Sing week in our city, or Widows Sing Week for short.

Beginning May 12, the day before Mother’s day, it is our hope and prayer that widows will be honored by recognizing their plight as a specifically identified group in our churches (especially on Mother’s Day).

“Causing Our Widows’ Hearts to Sing” Week

Purpose

* Honor widows by recognizing their plight as a specifically identified group in our society

* Defining who should be legitimately considered a widow by society (any woman who has lost her husband regardless of circumstance)

* Help to promote and establish a positive image for widows by recognizing the talents and experience that they themselves have to contribute in their respective communities

* Honor God by honoring those He has instructed us to care for and thus “Causing their hearts to sing”

* Become a City that, among other things, is known for it’s care and concern for her widows

Throughout this week Widows Harvest Ministries would, therefore, encourage all of the citizens of Chattanooga to take time to do something special for those widows that you know in our City. Some suggestions might be to:

Suggestions

Change a light bulb

* Mow a lawn

* Paint a room, porch or house

* Repair a roof

* Repair a leaky faucet or toilet

* Buy flowers

* Go out to lunch or dinner

* Have lunch or dinner in your home on “Mother’s Day”

* Take time to visit

* Go for a walk

* In the case of younger widows with children, just having a break for an evening or an afternoon from all of the responsibility and stress that comes with being a single-parent, can bring the kind of rest and encouragement that can mean the difference between giving up and going on.

* Or, just use your imagination, the possibilities are limitless