All are invited to this service, both men and women and children, a women-led, global, ecumenical movement, this year prepared by an ecumenical group of Christian women from Nigeria. As we take part in the service, we join in a great wave of prayer which encircles the globe, beginning in Samoa and ending, 146 countries later, in American Samoa, all praying with and for the country and people of Nigeria. We give thanks to the Christian women of Nigeria for this service and pray that their stories will encourage and inspire women throughout the world to unite as one people in both prayer and action.