Marriage for Peace Awardees Share their Successes
Adhering to the traditional values of marriage is one of the main areas of focus for WFWP Pennsylvania. In the summer we got to celebrate many young adult graduates, “why not also honor our Parents as they are the very core of success of well raised children in our society. Let’s start honoring our Couple,” says a member of WFWP, Juliah Lagrazon. Based on this inspiration, the chairperson of Pennsylvania, Mrs Jizly Dohou, decided to recognize outstanding couples who exemplify excellent parenting skills with the newly launched WFWP’s “Marriages for Peace Award.”
The “WFWP’s Marriage for Peace Award” recognizes married couples who embody the philosophy of WFWP through their sacrificial love, through which genuine and sustainable peace can be built, all centered upon a moral value of healthy and ideal relationships.
A Marriages for Peace program was launched and held at the heart of the city of Philadelphia last July 15, 2022, with 38 participants to enrich and strengthen the vital relationship of marriage. An intro from the Cornerstone for Happiness curriculum was presented by Jizly Dohou. A recorded video of our WFWP President Selle was played applauding the couples who received recognition as an exemplary couple of the year. The three hour program consisted of elucidating the importance of marriage by empowering it through a joyful sharing and testimony of each couple’s experience on how they manage their relationship through discovering the spiritual purpose of being together. One of the awarded couples, Ms. Darlene and Bates Harper share their marital breakthrough by having a humble heart toward each other when a misunderstanding took place.
An introductory video of WFWP was also shared followed by entertainment rendered by well-known Sovereign Sisters concert singer of Fellow Christian Groups followed by Doreen Rhodes a professional singer and therapist who enlightened the public through her song titled “I Feel Good,” a local Philadelphia hit that can be found on Spotify.
Twelve couples participated in the holy wine and benediction ceremony officiated by Mr. and Mrs. Dohou, certified officiators of the Blessed Family Department. All 12 couples will review and study the video presentation of “the Cornerstone for Peace” marriage program created by WFWP USA.
A follow up event, after 40 days, will serve as a culmination to conclude the education program that each couple received that day.
