Join Us In A Prayerful Walk For World Relief

Thousands of our Rohingya world neighbors have fled into densely populated Bangladesh.

SEVEN-MILE PRAYER WALK FOR WORLD RELIEF  

WHO: Anyone who wants to show support for the upcoming Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale effort October 4-5 at the Rockingham County Fair Grounds

WHAT: An opportunity to show solidarity and support for those suffering from famine, natural disasters, war and other catastrophes

WHEN: Sunday, September 29, 2019, leaving at 1 pm 

WHERE: From the Virginia Mennonite Conference Center to the Fair Grounds

WHY:  To add to the prayer support and the financial help the Sale provides to the Mennonite Central Committee and its worldwide relief efforts. 

HOW: Sign up as a participant and/or financially sponsor someone else willing to take part. Checks can be made to Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale, with “SOS” on the memo line. This means the gift will go to the Relief Sale’s “Sharing Our Surplus” Campaign, which has raised over $75,000 for MCC refugee relief over the past two years. Have the person you're sponsoring deliver the gift to the Everence tent at the Sale entrance or bring it yourself. Thanks!

Contact Mark Keller or Harvey Yoder for more information or to participate.  

Mkeller123@gmail.com   540 820-4387

harvyoder@gmail.com   

Prayer Walk Instructions

1. Sign up via email or phone.

2. Drum up as many sponsors as possible who will commit to generously support of your walk. 

3. Have them pay up ahead of time with a check made out to Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale, (with SOS prayer walk on the memo line) or have them make their donation in your name at the Everence SOS Giving Tent at the Sale entrance. We will not be keeping track of who is sponsoring whom or at what level, but will make that your responsibility.

4. Show up at the Virginia Mennonite Conference Center with comfortable clothes and walking shoes (and a water bottle?) ten minutes ahead of the hour.

5. Keep up with the group, in single file or as pairs, and stay on the sidewalk (or several feet off the shoulder for the last stretch of the highway), always following directions of the the designated safety patrol persons at the front and back of the procession to ensure safe crossings at intersections. Safety is everyone's personal responsibility.

6. Pray up and down a provided list of refugee and other needs around the world as you walk, in silence for the most part.

7. Arrange for a pick up at the Fairgrounds at around 2 1/2 hours after your departure time (or sooner if you experience an emergency).