International Women's Day of Prayer 2022 in the church of Bari, Italy

On Sabbath, March 5, on the occasion of the International Women's Day of Prayer, the Adventist community of Bari experienced a special morning, dedicated to the importance of prayer, the only place where we can find comfort and peace in these times of uncertainty, loneliness and fear.
Starting from the experience of Joshua, who had to lead the people of Israel into the promised land, we analyzed the strategies he put in place to overcome, from time to time, the many difficulties and how he pursued the task entrusted to him. The biblical account highlights an attitude of faith, submission, and listening to God's voice in prayer. One aspect highlighted in the account is the construction of an altar to commemorate the miraculous crossing of the waters of the Jordan, erected with the twelve stones that each representative of the tribes of Israel had taken from the riverbed. God commands that his miracles should not be forgotten, but that they should be told to their children from generation to generation.
At the end of the sermon, the local Women's Ministries Department gave each person present the opportunity to take a stone to take home, as a memorial of what God has done in their lives. That stone is meant to be a symbol of one's altar of remembrance, so we never lose the certainty that God is on our side.
Reported by Santa Abiusi, Women’s Ministries coordinator for the Southern Region of Italy.