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"...and who is my neighbour?"
Opening Sermon at Thanksgiving Worship, Doorn, Utrecht, Holland, 14 June.
At the closing of the WCC United Nations Advocacy Week 2010
Sermon by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, World Council of Churches general secretary, at the closing day of the United Nations Advocacy Week, 27 September - 1 October 2010, Geneva, Switzerland.
Bible study: Christ alone?
Bible study on Matthew 25: 31-46 by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit (WCC general secretary)
Danube Wave of Peace
Sermon by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general scretary, at the closing celebration of the Danube Wave of Peace in Ulm, Germany.
"Discipleship amidst the unknown"
Sermon on "Discipleship amidst the Unknown"at United Methodist Church, Tampa, US on 1 May
The Ecumenical Movement of the Cross
Sermon for the service of installation of Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as general secretary of the World Council of Churches. Chapel of the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, Tuesday 23 February 2010
"God of Life and the Ecumenical Movement of Creation"
Sermon at the Chapel of the Ecumenical Centre
God will speak peace to his people
A sermon given by Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC General Secretary on January 27 in Seoul, Korea.
Homily at the final ceremony of "A world without violence" in Naples
A homily by REv. Dr Samuel Kobia at the concluding ceremony of the interfaith dialogue "A world without violence" in Naples, October 2007.
Launch of the ACT Alliance
WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit held the sermon at the prayer service at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, on 24 March 2010.
Living together is the future
Meditation by WCC general secretary by Sant’Egidio Prayers for Peace – Sarajevo September 11, 2012
"No one created to be excluded"
Reflections on Colossians 1:15-20 at Ecumenical Centre 14 January 2013
Olav Fykse Tveit's 1st sermon as WCC general secretary
This is the dream we carry through the world that something fantastic will happen that it has to happen that time will open by itself
"Rich toward God", St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, June 6, 2010
Sermon at Chaoyang Church, Beijing
Sermon by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia to the congregation of the Bong Soo Church, Pyongyang, North Korea
On Sunday morning 18 October 2009, the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, preached at the Bong Soo Church in Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Service of induction of AACC general secretary Bishop M. Dandala
Sermon by WCC general secretary Konrad Raiser at the service of induction of Bishop M. Dandala as General Secretary of AACC, Johannesburg, 10th August 2003
The gift of unity
"The journey is home" - Sermon at Holy Trinity Church Dubai
The Peace of Freedom
"The spring of Living Water"
Meditation By the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) At the Uniting General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, Calvin College, Grand Rapids Morning Worship Monday, 21 June, 2010
Valedictory sermon: "Signs of the Times"
Valedictory sermon by World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia at the Ecumenical Centre chapel on Monday, 7 December 2009.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2011
Sermon for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, during a prayer service organized by the Rassemblement des Eglises et Communautés Chrétiennes de Genève in the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, 19 January 2011
"When the peace came"
Sermon by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre 26 April 2010, first day of the WCC Staff Planning Week