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Prayers from the World Council of Churches (WCC)

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Prayers from the fellowship of the World Council of Churches @oikoumene #WCC. As Jesus prayed for his followers: that they may all be one... (John 17:21)

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It's not too early to start preparing for the #WeekofPrayerforChristianUnity 2022! Download the international brochure at oikoumene.org/week-of-prayer #WCC @MECChurches
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Today's ecumenical prayer service will mark the launch of the 2021 edition of Season of Creation, a worldwide initiative to promote prayer and action for our common home.
World Council of Churches (WCC) (@Oikoumene) profile pictureWorld Council of Churches (WCC)@Oikoumene1 Sep 2021
LIVE SOON! Global launching of #SeasonOfCreation 2021 youtu.be/aLJhMg9XAmU
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🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #RepublicofCongo, #Gabon, #SaoTomeandPrincipe: Barriers, walls, and barbed wire mark the frontiers, O Lord. Help us to transform them into places where we can meet, with sincerity… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @VincentTremeau/ @unicef
Parents Wilson and Alzira enjoy time at home with their daughter at Roça Diogo Vaz, Sao Tomé e Principe, December 2020.

ALT Parents Wilson and Alzira enjoy time at home with their daughter at Roça Diogo Vaz, Sao Tomé e Principe, December 2020.

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🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #Burundi, #DRCongo, and #Rwanda: Lord, you call on us to pray for our enemies. Have mercy on those who are disposed to do us evil and who divide your church. Deliver us, Lord… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @lutheranworld/ @ACTAlliance
Breadcrumb Home Resources Prayer cycle Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda PRAYER CYCLE Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda 25 - 31 July 2021 Image A group of five women and men with hygiene products and lists COVID-19 awareness raising and hygiene promotion in Burundi, February 2021. Photo: Lutheran World Federation / ACT Alliance

ALT Breadcrumb Home Resources Prayer cycle Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda PRAYER CYCLE Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda 25 - 31 July 2021 Image A group of five women and men with hygiene products and lists COVID-19 awareness raising and hygiene promotion in Burundi, February 2021. Photo: Lutheran World Federation / ACT Alliance

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Joining in prayer with these sisters and brothers of various Christian confessions in Petrolina, Brazil, mourning the victims of the pandemic. On this topic, see also our 📖 Voices of Lament, Hope, and Courage: oikoumene.org/resources/publ… #WCC
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🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #Djibouti, and #Somalia: Lord, Make me among those whom you have guided. Make me among those whom you have pardoned, and make me among those to whom you are a patron... oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @MNaftalin/ @UNICEF
A displaced girl leads away her donkey after collecting water from a UNICEF-supported water point in Haddi IDP camp near Borama, Somaliland in February 2021. Photo: Mark Naftalin/UNICEF

ALT A displaced girl leads away her donkey after collecting water from a UNICEF-supported water point in Haddi IDP camp near Borama, Somaliland in February 2021. Photo: Mark Naftalin/UNICEF

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We pray for the blessing of the Most High on Rev. Lydia Neshangwe as she prepares to serve and lead the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (a #WCC @Oikoumene founding member) as moderator from June 2023.
Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata (@kennethmtata) profile pictureRev Dr Kenneth Mtata
@kennethmtata20 Jul 2021
Congratulations to the @zccinzim Board member, Rev Lydia Neshangwe, on her appointment as the next moderator of the UPCSA. @zccinzim @UpcsaOnline @Oikoumene @AaccCeta cwmission.org/cwm-celebrates…
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🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #Eritrea, and #Ethiopia: O God Eternal, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that is fair, in whom is calmness and peace: reconcile the differences which divide us.... oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @abelgashaws, January 2020
People of different ages laugh joyfully as they are splashed with water as part of the Timket celebration.

ALT People of different ages laugh joyfully as they are splashed with water as part of the Timket celebration.

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🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #Sudan, #SouthSudan and #Tanzania: Bless, O Lord, those who hear your word and believe it. We pray for the people who are in remote areas, and live in fear… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @ACTAlliance / @CanLWR/ E.Paulley
Yar Mabei Jok cares for five stepchildren. Arriving in Adjumani, Uganda, in 2017 as South Sudanese refugees with very few belongings, the family received basic utensils including two mattresses and a blanket through the support of CLWR and the Lutheran World Federation. Photo: ACT Alliance / CLWR / E.Paulley

ALT Yar Mabei Jok cares for five stepchildren. Arriving in Adjumani, Uganda, in 2017 as South Sudanese refugees with very few belongings, the family received basic utensils including two mattresses and a blanket through the support of CLWR and the Lutheran World Federation. Photo: ACT Alliance / CLWR / E.Paulley

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🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #Kenya and #Tanzania: Dear Lord, We thank you for the gift of peace. It's a gift that only you can give. Lord, we are living in great turmoil… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… 📷 @valterhugomuniz #WCC
Out of the Shadows workshop on ending sexual abuse and exploitation to Children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

ALT Out of the Shadows workshop on ending sexual abuse and exploitation to Children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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"When we pray the Lord’s, “Our Father” not my father this implies that God the father whom we share with other believers. The pandemic gives us space to express compassion and show empathy to the other." @AgnesAbuom #WCC
World Council of Churches (WCC) (@Oikoumene) profile pictureWorld Council of Churches (WCC)@Oikoumene23 Jun 2021
🧭How is the global church coping with the impact of #COVID19? ⛪️ #WorldCouncilofChurches central committee opening address by moderator Dr #AgnesAbuom. Read more➡️ oikoumene.org/news/dr-abuom-… #WCC
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As many churches adapted to online prayer & worship, #WCC also adapted, providing opportunities for global/regional/daily prayer➡️among most inspiring developments: to be more deeply connected through prayer – to pray for one another &to pray together for our churches &our world.
World Council of Churches (WCC) (@Oikoumene) profile pictureWorld Council of Churches (WCC)@Oikoumene23 Jun 2021
#WorldCouncilofChurches Acting General Secretary: Our unity, as one human family 🫂 and as a fellowship of churches⛪️ is more important than ever. We are living through a time of great suffering. Read more➡️ oikoumene.org/news/unity-is-… #WCC
Card with portrait of WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca: Christ’s love opens the horizon of hope. As a fellowship of churches, we remain faithful to our founding purpose – to promote Christian unity so that the world may believe. #WCC #PrayTogether WCC Central Committee Meeting 23-29 June 2021, online

ALT Card with portrait of WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca: Christ’s love opens the horizon of hope. As a fellowship of churches, we remain faithful to our founding purpose – to promote Christian unity so that the world may believe. #WCC #PrayTogether WCC Central Committee Meeting 23-29 June 2021, online

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#IoanSauca: inspired by the love of God in Christ for all creation & the primary purpose of the WCC as fellowship of churches calling one another “to visible unity in one faith and in one Eucharistic fellowship, expressed in worship and common life in in Christ” #WCC constitution
World Council of Churches (WCC) (@Oikoumene) profile pictureWorld Council of Churches (WCC)@Oikoumene23 Jun 2021
#WorldCouncilofChurches Acting General Secretary: Our unity, as one human family 🫂 and as a fellowship of churches⛪️ is more important than ever. We are living through a time of great suffering. Read more➡️ oikoumene.org/news/unity-is-… #WCC
Card with portrait of WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca: Christ’s love opens the horizon of hope. As a fellowship of churches, we remain faithful to our founding purpose – to promote Christian unity so that the world may believe. #WCC #PrayTogether WCC Central Committee Meeting 23-29 June 2021, online

ALT Card with portrait of WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca: Christ’s love opens the horizon of hope. As a fellowship of churches, we remain faithful to our founding purpose – to promote Christian unity so that the world may believe. #WCC #PrayTogether WCC Central Committee Meeting 23-29 June 2021, online

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Sermon by former #WCC general secretary @olavtveit, now presiding bishop of @kirken, at opening prayer of the Central Committee: oikoumene.org/resources/docu…
World Council of Churches (WCC) (@Oikoumene) profile pictureWorld Council of Churches (WCC)@Oikoumene23 Jun 2021
Today #WorldCouncilofChurches central committee convenes to prepare for @WCCAssembly. It's the 1st time ever this body gathers via video conference, with participants connecting from all sides of the globe. 🌏🌍🌎 Please hold them in your prayers!🙏 oikoumene.org/central-commit… #WCC
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🙏🏽Pray with us for the people and churches in #Malawi and #Zambia: Oh God, our Father, of all the people of the earth, look with favour upon us and hear the prayer we make... oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 Francis Botha/ @noedhjaelp / @ACTAlliance
Volunteer teacher Maggie Zigowa was deployed to Sammy's Camp in Nsanje to help with Child Development following floods in Malawi in 2015. Thousands of families lost their homes in the floods. Photo: Francis Botha/DCA/ACT Alliance

ALT Volunteer teacher Maggie Zigowa was deployed to Sammy's Camp in Nsanje to help with Child Development following floods in Malawi in 2015. Thousands of families lost their homes in the floods. Photo: Francis Botha/DCA/ACT Alliance

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🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #Botswana and #Zimbabwe: Grant that your love that endures forever will strengthen and encourage all the churches and peoples in your beautiful lands. oikoumene.org/resources/pray… 📷 @gdbrekke/ #WCC
Rev. Dummie Oafeta, a theologian and chaplain from Botswana, speaks to those gathered at the launch event for HIV and AIDS training manuals and handbooks in Nairobi on 2 May 2019. Photo: Gregg Brekke/ SixView Studios/WCC

ALT Rev. Dummie Oafeta, a theologian and chaplain from Botswana, speaks to those gathered at the launch event for HIV and AIDS training manuals and handbooks in Nairobi on 2 May 2019. Photo: Gregg Brekke/ SixView Studios/WCC

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🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #Lesotho, #Namibia, #SouthAfrica and #Eswatini: Loving God, in your mercy, hear our prayer and strengthen us in our commitment… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @simonchambers/ @PWRDF @ACTAlliance
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🙏🏽Pray with us for the people and churches of #Angola and #Mozambique: We sincerely thank you, O God, for your powerful gift of hope… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @simonchambers/ @ACTAlliance
https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayer-cycle/angola-mozambique

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The #WeekofPrayerforChristianUnity 2021 has been observed in many places - most recently in 🇺🇾, 🇦🇷 and other parts of the southern hemisphere 🌏. But prayer for #ChristianUnity continues! 🙏Join the #WCC #EcumenicalPrayerCycle via oikoumene.org/prayer-cycle
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🙏🏽Pray with us for the people and churches of #Comoros, #Madagascar, #Maldives, #Mauritius, and #Seychelles: Our heavenly Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we glorify you… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 Joe Laurence/ @SeyNewsAgency
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