{"id":7803,"date":"2010-04-30T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=7803"},"modified":"2010-04-30T13:15:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T17:15:20","slug":"prayers-offered-for-salone-at-westminster-abbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=7803","title":{"rendered":"Prayers offered for Salone at Westminster Abbey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Events celebrating and commemorating Sierra Leone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 49<sup>th<\/sup> Independence Anniversary Day were crowned on Thursday evening with a special prayer and choral service at the Westminster Abbey in London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">The ceremony was attended by members of the Sierra Leone High Commission in the United Kingdom and a cross section of Sierra Leoneans in London.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7804\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Looking_happy_just_after_the_service.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7804\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7804\" title=\"Looking_happy_just_after_the_service\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Looking_happy_just_after_the_service-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Looking happy just after the service\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking happy just after the service<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">High Commissioner His Excellency Edward Mohamed Turay, read out the Second Reading while the Choir of Westminster Abbey performed special songs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Also, special prayers were offered on behalf of the government and people of Sierra Leone as well as direction and guidance for the leadership of the country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7805\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Mission_staff_and_some_Sierra_Leoneans_outside_Westminster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7805\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7805\" title=\"Mission_staff_and_some_Sierra_Leoneans_outside_Westminster\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Mission_staff_and_some_Sierra_Leoneans_outside_Westminster-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mission staff and some Sierra Leoneans outside Westminster\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission staff and some Sierra Leoneans outside Westminster<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">This is an annual event granted by Westminster Abbey to all countries marking their respective National Independence Day anniversaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Earlier, prayers were also offered at the Brixton Mosque and the Walworth Methodist Church respectively and later a reception organised by the mission in collaboration with a group of Sierra Leoneans known as 48-50 Group, at the Camden Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">The 48-50 Group was basically formed to compliment the mission\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s effort in organising a successful anniversary programme.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<address>Sorie Sudan Sesay, Information Attach\u00c3\u00a9, Sierra Leone High Commission, UK\/NI<\/address>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events celebrating and commemorating Sierra Leone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 49th Independence Anniversary Day were crowned on Thursday evening with a special prayer and choral service at the Westminster 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