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World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit sent a greeting to the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) reflecting on the main theme of this year’s synod, “The Faith of Young People.”

“Hunger amidst plenty is the great contradiction of our time”, said Dr Ángel Ibarra, vice-minister of environment and natural resources of El Salvador, as he addressed participants of the World Council of Churches (WCC) “Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice”, being held in San Salvador, 1-12 November.

Last week, around 500 youth workers and leaders from churches all over Norway gathered outside Oslo for a youth and faith conference to learn and to share knowledge and visions on Christian youth work.

The third annual training of peace activists through the Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA) opened during an interfaith service at the headquarters of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) on 15 October.

Pastorin Martina V. Kopecká von der Tschechoslowakischen Hussitischen Kirche vertrat den Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen auf der in Rom abgehaltenen Bischofssynode (XV. Ordentliche Generalversammlung) zum Thema „Die Jugendlichen, der Glaube und die Erkenntnis der Berufung“.

Rev. Martina V. Kopecká of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church represented the World Council of Churches at a Synod of Bishops (XV Ordinary General Assembly) which met in Rome under the theme “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.”

Each year students from all over the world arrive at Bossey near Geneva for a three-month language training course to pave their way for ecumenical studies that follow on straight after. “The title captures the goal of the course,” says Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, the Nigerian priest who studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and is academic dean of the Ecumenical Institute.

In den ökumenischen Jugendlagern der ÖRK in den späten 1950er Jahren hat der junge Govaert Chr. Kok aus den Niederlanden Lektionen fürs Leben gelernt – und eine ganz besondere Person kennengelernt.

At WCC’s ecumenical workcamps in the late 1950s, a young Govaert Chr.Kok of the Netherlands would learn lessons for life – and encounter a very special person.

The World Council of Churches is inviting its global fellowship and all people of good will to participate in the World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel on 16-23 September.

“Congratulations for being a student at Bossey!” Fr Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, director of the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey and deputy general secretary, welcomed the students for the new academic year 2018-2019. Thirty-one students from diverse countries and traditions will start their classes at the ecumenical institute on Tuesday.

Exposure visits taken by participants of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) offered a firsthand knowledge about economic and political injustices and challenges being faced by the migrant and indigenous communities in Mexico.

Nach eigenen Angaben war John D. Lewis ein „sehr junger Achtzehnjähriger“, als er vor 45 Jahren nach Genf zur ÖRK-Zentralausschusstagung kam, um als Steward mitzuhelfen. Seine Erfahrungen auf dieser und auf der darauf folgenden Tagung in Berlin sind ihm immer noch präsent.

By his own admission, John D. Lewis was a very “young” eighteen-year-old when he arrived at the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva 45 years ago this week to be a steward. What he discovered there, and serving again in Berlin the following year, he carries with him to this day.

In den Niederlanden sind lokale und internationale junge Erwachsene zusammengekommen, um sich auf die Feiern zum 70-jährigen Bestehen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) vorzubereiten.

Local and international youth are gathered together in the Netherlands, preparing for the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

A World Council of Churches (WCC) “Pilgrim Team” will visit Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, from 18-23 August. Under the theme “African Women of Faith and Gender Justice,” the group aims to acknowledge and build women’s roles in church and society. By focusing on gender justice, and on peace with no violence against women, the Pilgrim Team will raise awareness, and call churches and ecumenical partners to action together for justice and peace.

Unter dem Motto „On the Move“ – in Bewegung – werden zwölf niederländische und zwölf internationale junge Erwachsene vom 21. bis 23. August für einen Pilgerweg für junge Erwachsene in den Niederlanden zusammenkommen.

“On the Move” is the theme, as 12 Dutch and 12 international youth gather for a Youth Pilgrimage in the Netherlands on 21-23 August.

In dieser Woche finden im ÖRK in Bossey in der Schweiz ein reger Gedankenaustausch über die Schrift, gemeinsame Forschungsprojekte und ein lebendiger Dialog statt, der unterschiedliche Perspektiven und Ansätze aus Christentum, Judentum und Islam zusammenführt und als dessen Abschluss die Studierenden ein Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) im Fach interreligiöse Studien erwerben.