Posted on 03/09/2006 9:19:47 PM PST by salemvoi
The WORLD BIBLE DAY on 1st of JULY
Kottayam (India) - There was a joint meeting of the Salem Voice Ministries, At Anycost Jesus Mission and the Baseelia Foundation under the presidentship of Rev. Paul Cineraj and decided to celebrate "THE WORLD BIBLE DAY" on 1st of July, 2006. And also it was decided to request all the Churches, Denominations, Bible Societies, Missionary Organisations, Theological Institutions, Bible and Prayer Fellowships, Christian Institutions and all the Bible loving people to make "the World Bible Day on July 1st" a great success and continue to celebrate it every 1st of July for the glory of our Lord.
The ancient churches are celebrating June 29 and 30 as the Days of St. Peter and St. Paul and all of the Apostles. It followed by a 13 days lent called "Apostles lent" from June 16 onwards. Apostles representing the Church. And those days (June16 to 30) can be considered as the days of the preparation of the church. The Bible is given to the Church and the Day of the Bible shall be followed by the Days of the preparation of the Church. So July 1st is the apt day for celebrating the World Bible Day.
Also the Bible is the book of the Salvation and it is the important Scripture in the center of the human life. More or less July 1st is the middle of an year and considered as the World Bible Day.
The following programmes will be conducting for the World Bible Day on 1st of July:
1). Conduct Bible Prayer Fellowships at the congregations and greet each others with the holy kiss.
2). Conduct Bible Seminars, Bible Quiz Competitions, Biblical Cultural Programmes etc among children, students and the youth.
3). Conduct Bible Rallies in each town by the participation of all the churches and congregations with a Public Meeting.
4). Encourage every christians to donate at least one Bible on that day as a token of love to a dear one, especially to a non christian friend.
5). Encourage all the staff and the students of the christian institutions to wear a badge mentioning "July 1, the World Bible Day" with a verse of the Bible.
6). Encourage all the christian families to have a lunch together following by a family prayer and reading of a portion from the Bible. (It is good to invite non christian friends for the lunch and honour them with giving the Bible as a gift).
7). Encourage every christians to wish others by distributing Bible tracts.
8). Encourage to send greeting cards for the Bible Day.
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