International youth meeting to be convened in Beirut
The Churches of Lebanon, Middle East Council of Churches, and the Taizé community are holding an International Ecumenical Youth Meeting in Beirut from 22-26 March.
WCC condemns violence in Netherlands
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned violence in the Netherlands, where a gunman opened fire on a tram in Utrecht, killing three people and injuring five on 18 March.
WCC to hold Midday Prayer for those grieving after flight disaster
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting the public, media, and all people of goodwill to join in a Midday Prayer on 20 March. Prayers will focus on grieving family, friends and colleagues who lost loved ones from UN agencies, the WCC and other organizations who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash on 10 March.
Events
06 March - 18 April 2019 Seven Weeks for Water
18 - 22 March 2019 Consultation “Towards a Global Understanding of the Church”
22 - 28 May 2019 Executive Committee meeting
10 June - 19 July 2019 Engaging for Just and Participatory Societies – Belongingness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
26 June - 01 July 2019 13th Annual Conference of the European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies