{"id":3997,"date":"2017-07-31T18:06:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2020-11-23T18:42:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T17:42:47","slug":"celebration-of-soroptimist-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2017\/07\/31\/celebration-of-soroptimist-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Soroptimist Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Lancashire Region held a Celebration of Soroptimist Service to recognise the diversity, talents and friendships amongst all members.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4001\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2017\/07\/Celebration-Soroptimist-service-participants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4001 size-medium\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2017\/07\/Celebration-Soroptimist-service-participants-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Celebration Soroptimist service participants\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2017\/07\/Celebration-Soroptimist-service-participants-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2017\/07\/Celebration-Soroptimist-service-participants.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soroptimist participants with guests, the Deputy Mayor of Wigan and her Consort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The event &#8211; held in Leigh at an Anglican church &#8211; had a multi-faith focus. Three Soroptimist ministers from different churches led the service, and members from the Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu faiths gave poignant readings.<\/p>\n<p>Almost all the clubs in the Region had at least one member in a participatory role.<\/p>\n<p>Diane Mackley (SI Southport) sang Cherubino&#8217;s aria &#8216;Voi Che Sapete&#8217; from Mozart&#8217;s opera The Marriage of Figaro; and Eunice Woof (SI Bootle) led a small Soroptimist vocal group to sing the aptly-titled &#8216;I am a small part of the world&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A collection was taken, part of which will be donated to the Federation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/our-charities\/meru-womens-garden-project-2016-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meru Women&#8217;s Garden Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Afternoon tea was served by members of SI Leigh &amp; District at the end of the service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4000\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2017\/07\/Celebration-Soroptimist-Service-choir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4000 size-medium\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2017\/07\/Celebration-Soroptimist-Service-choir-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Celebration Soroptimist Service choir\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2017\/07\/Celebration-Soroptimist-Service-choir-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2017\/07\/Celebration-Soroptimist-Service-choir.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eunice Woof conducts the Soroptimist &#8216;choir&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Lancashire Region held a Celebration of Soroptimist Service to recognise the diversity, talents and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":4005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebration of Soroptimist Service | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Celebration of Soroptimist Service : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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