It's #Day1000. It's a bittersweet celebration of our #ChibokGirls who are now free and praying that the 195 still in captivity and all other Nigerian captives of BH are rescued and reunited with their families. Still, we must prepare to give them long term culturally appropriate psychosocial support. And public education is necessary to help foster healing and reconciliation. Does Nigeria have a framework for this? Sadly, NO. This paper by Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome:
was commissioned by African Peacebuilders Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council, and is scheduled to appear as a forthcoming publication of the APN Working Paper Series. Hope you will read it and make comments.
Join us at our Prayer Vigil from 4-6 pm, today, January 8, 2017, at The House of the Lord Church, 415 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn.
COMMEMORATION OF DAY1000 OF OUR CHIBOK GIRLS’ CAPTIVITY
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD CHURCH
SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017
4-6 PM
Program of Events
Opening/Call to Worship/Invocation
Words of Welcome and Encouragement
Dr. Karen S. Daughtry, Pastor, The House of the Lord Church, Brooklyn
Readings from Torah, Bible and
Koran
Chyanne Starks and Tracy P Pognon
Our Chibok Girls
(PowerPoint presentation) Dr.
Candice Rowser
United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA support for women in
conflict situation,
including survivors of Boko Haram abduction.
Dr. Natalia Kanem,
Deputy Executive Director (Programme) and Assistant
Secretary-General, United
Nations Population Fund - UNFPA
Call for our Chibok Girls rescue. Speak out against Gender Based
Violence against women in conflict and post-conflict situations,
and in support of Girls Education
Letitia James, Public Advocate
for the City of New York
Mashup up of the "Bring
Back Our Girls" song by Stephanie
Ferrett &
Stephen A. Taylor. Music
& drumming, Oluwaseyi
Awoyomi, Shayee Arts Culture and Tours Inc.
Representative of Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, for Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid
Prayer for our Chibok Girls' rescue
The Anointed Voices of
The House of The Lord Church
Prayer for our Chibok Girls' rescue Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, National
Minister
The House of the Lord
Church
A Call to #BringBackOurGirls at the NYS Assembly: Resolution K1447, Condemning Boko Haram
for its violent attacks, particularly the indiscriminate
targeting of civilians, especially women and girls.
Assemblymember Rodneyse
Bichotte, 42nd
Assembly District.
Statement urging the rescue of 195 abducted Chibok Secondary
School girls
Scott M. Stringer, New York City Comptroller
#BringBackOurGirlsNowAndAlive: The 1,000 Day struggle to rescue
our girls.
Professor Mojúbàolú Olufúnké
Okome
African praise Medley with congregation singing along--Music
& Drum.
Oluwaseyi Awoyomi, Shayee Arts Culture and Tours Inc.
Readings from Torah, Bible and
Koran
Shania Jordan and Sheneze Jordan
A Call to Bring Back Chibok Girl Numbers 1-195
Professor Mojúbàolú Olufúnké
Okome
Benediction and Blessing. Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, National
Minister
The House of the Lord
Church
Program recording by The
Drammeh Institute
Invited
Council Member Inez Barron
NY State Assembly Member Charles
Barron
Council Member Laurie Cumbo
A repast will be served in the Church's Fellowship Hall
immediately following the service. Prepared by Hannah Tavares, Simple
Pleasures.
SCRIPTURE FROM THE TORAH, HOLY
BIBLE AND HOLY QURAN
Torah
I know that the
LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted and justice for the poor. Psalms 140:12
God has shown you,
O Man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly,
and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
Learn to do good;
Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow. Isaiah 1:17
Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights
of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the
rights of the afflicted and needy. Proverbs
31:8-9
When justice is
done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. roverbs
21:15
But let justice
roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5:24
But this is a
people robbed and plundered, all of them are trapped in holes and hidden in
prisons; they have become a prey with no one to rescue, a spoil with no one to
say, “Restore!” Who among you will give heed to this, who will attend and
listen for the time to come?Isaiah
42:22-23
If in any of the
towns in the land that the Lord your God is giving you there is a
fellow-Israelite in need, then do not be selfish and refuse to help him.
Instead, be generous and lend him as much as he needs. Deuteronomy
15:7-8
I, the Lord, command you to do what is just
and right. Protect the person who is being cheated from the one who is cheating
him. Do not ill-treat or oppress foreigners, orphans, or widows; and do not
kill innocent people in this holy place. Jeremiah 22:3
The Holy
Quran
O mankind, indeed
We have created you from male and female, and made you peoples and tribes that
you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah
is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. Quran
49:13
If Allah so willed,
He could make you all one people; but He leaves straying whom He pleases, and
He guides who He pleases; but ye shall certainly be called to account for all
your actions. Quran
14:93
O ye who
believe. Ye are forbidden to inherit
women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may
take away part of the dower ye have given them, except where they have been
guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary, live with them on a footing of
kindness and equity.... Quran 4:19
Whoever does
righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer, we will surely
cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in
the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do. Quran 97:16
Whoever intercedes
in a good cause becomes a partner therein; and whoever recommends and helps an
evil cause, shares in its burden: and Allah hath power over all things. Quran
4:85
And slacken not in
following up the enemy: if ye are suffering hardships, they are suffering
similar hardships: but you hope from Allah what they have not. And Allah is full of knowledge and
wisdom. Quran 4:104
.....and do good -
to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near,
neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer ye meet,
and what your right hands possess. For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious. Quran
4:36
Kill not your
children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for
you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.
Quran 15:31
Oh ye who
believe. Stand out firmly for justice,
as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves or your parents or your kin,
and whether it be against rich or poor, for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts of your hearts lest ye
swerve, and if ye distort justice or decline to do justice, verily Allah is
well-acquainted with all that ye do. Quran 4:135
Even if the
wrongdoers had all that there is on earth and, as much more, in vain would they
offer it for ransom from the pain of chastisement on the Day of judgment; but something will confront them from Allah
which they could never have counted upon. (24:47) For the evils of their
deeds will confront them, and they will be completely encircled by that which
they used to mock at. (24:48) Nay, the evil results of their deeds
overtook them. And for the wrong-doers of this generation, the evil results of
their deeds will soon overtake them too, and they shall not escape. Quran 24:51
The Holy
Bible
Rich people who see
a brother or sister in need, yet close their hearts against them, cannot claim
that they love God. 1 John
3:17
The Spirit of the
Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the
poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty
to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to
proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion--to give them a
beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks
of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified. They
shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair
the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations. Isaiah 61: 1-4
Suppose there are
brothers or sisters who need clothes and don’t have enough to eat. What good is
there in your saying to them, “God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!” – if you
don’t give them the necessities of life? James 2:15-16
Learn to do right.
See that justice is done — help those who are oppressed, give orphans their
rights, and defend widows. Isaiah 1:17
The Spirit of the
Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He
has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the
blind; to set free the oppressed and announce that the time has come when the
Lord will save his people. Luke
4:18-19
None of you should
be looking out for your own interests, but for the interests of others. 1 Corinthians 10:24
Share your
belongings with your needy fellow Christians, and open your homes to strangers.
Romans 12:13
Don’t take
advantage of the poor just because you can; don’t take advantage of those who
stand helpless in court. The Lord will argue their case for them and threaten
the life of anyone who threatens theirs. Proverbs 22:22-23
People of conscience must
stand up to be counted. We must keep demanding that our #ChibokGirls and all other Nigerians abducted by
Boko Haram are rescued and reunited with their families. Thank you for standing
with us and for joining us in this prayer vigil for the rescue of our 195 #ChibokGirls and the thousands of girls and women
still in Boko Haram captivity.
Do keep this struggle alive until all
abducted Boko Haram captives are free.
APPRECIATION:
Thanks for honoring our invitation go to Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte, NYC
Public Advocate Leticia James, UNFPA Deputy Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem,
Chyanne Starks, Tracy P. Pognon, Shania and Sheneze Jordan, NYC Comptroller
Scott Stringer, Adeoluwa Adesanya, Lorenzo D. Chambers, and the epresentative
of Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, for Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid,
Reverend Dr. Herbert
Daughtry, Dr. Karen S. Daughtry, Shahara Jackson, Iman Drammeh-Nur, Laura
Limuli, Pat Oduba, and Candice Rowser, without you, this program would have
been impossible.
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