Let us pray

Members of churches around the world gathered in prayers at the beginning of the 13-20 February WCC central committee meeting.

Each working day of the WCC central committee meetings begins with a time of common prayer. These daily prayers are a blend of scriptures, readings, songs, and music of the various traditions represented by the 349 WCC church members.

The committee responsible for planning these times of prayer chose to use one of the past WCC Assemblies (nine to date) as the focus each day. Tuesday morning, the Canberra Assembly of 1991 with the theme "Come, Holy Spirit—Renew the Whole Creation" inspired the prayer service.

Each one of the morning celebrations concludes with the exchange of a gesture of peace, accompanied by the word "peace" pronounced in the language of the Assembly host country.