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God of hope and restoration, Your Spirit revives the face of the Earth, revives deserts with streams of water, secures food for the hungry, shelter for the displaced, and renews the land to bear fruit. Inspire us to sustain your justice and proclaim your peace.

Morning Prayer for Thursday, 29 October 2020

Welcome to morning prayer. In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of Canada and the United States of America. This week many of our traditions also commemorate Reformation Day.

In a time of physical distancing, this order of prayer prepared by the Lutheran World Federation for Reformation Day focuses on baptism, which reconciles us to God and all creation. By water and Word, the one Spirit unites us through time and space into one body of Christ, and enlightens us with one hope to live our vocation in trust and courage.

29 October 2020

Inspired with the Hope that calls us to reform and transform we pray for the world, the church and all those in need... God of mercy, throughout history your goodness prevails, open the hearts of all people to discover the deep bond of community. Show us your goodness and mercy that endure forever. Hear our prayer!

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 28 October 2020

In a time of physical distancing, this order of prayer based by the Lutheran World Federation for Reformation Day focuses on baptism, which reconciles us to God and all creation. By water and Word, the one Spirit unites us through time and space into one body of Christ, and enlightens us with one hope to live our vocation in trust and courage.

28 October 2020

Steadfast God, As we meditate on your life-giving Word, help us to find hope in your teaching, delight in your commands, courage in your Truth, and liberty in your Way. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 27 October 2020

26 October 2020

We gather in the name of the Triune God +, who creates, redeems and sustains the Earth.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 26 October 2020

Reformation Day 2020: One body, one spirit, one hope

26 October 2020

We give you thanks and praise, Eternal God, for the gift of daily bread and for every word that comes from your mouth. We give you thanks that you are the vine, and we are your branches. Provide us the nourishment we need to become ever more fruitful, to gather strength from our inter-connectedness so that we may flourish in communion with one another.

Morning Prayer for Friday, 23 October 2020

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of the Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

23 October 2020

From a hunger for that which does not satisfy, O Lord, deliver us. From words and deed that provoke divisions, prejudice and hatred, O Lord, deliver us. From all that prevents us from realizing your promises of peace and love, O Lord, deliver us. Save us from our brokenness, O Lord, and lead us into your kingdom. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Thursday, 22 October 2020

22 October 2020

Loving Creator, we gaze in wonder at the splendour of your creation. Help us to learn from your generosity how to share our bread with the hungry and how to prepare a banquet for all peoples from the resources you give. You provide so rich a feast, so that all may share in it. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 21 October 2020

20 October 2020

Giver of all good things: we thank you for answered prayer in the gift of daily bread. At your command the seed germinates, and grain rises from the ground, and workers heed the call to labour in fields that are ripe for harvest. By your grace the millers grind, and bakers bake, so that cities and nations are fed. Give all the people of this earth their daily bread we pray. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 20 October 2020

19 October 2020

WCC Programmes

Jesus, our Redeemer, said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst.” Many: And so, we come hungry and thirsty. One: Jesus, our Redeemer said “I am the bread of life.” Many: And so we come, hungry and thirsty, bringing what we have to share.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 19 October 2020

19 October 2020

Morning Prayer for Friday, 16 October 2020

16 October 2020

WCC Programmes

WCC staff, planning together, nurture spirit of one humanity

World Council of Churches (WCC) staff gathered this week online, from 6-9 October, for the biannual Staff Planning Days to plan their programmatic journey together towards the 11th Assembly under the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

08 October 2020

Parishioner sprays disinfectant between the services at Franklin (TN, United States) First United Methodist Church, which has adopted the safety protocols to help prevent the possible spread of COVID-19. Photo: Mike DuBose/UM News

Bible study addresses church identity in pandemic

Among the massive social dislocations caused by the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps none is as plaintive as those to churches. Around the world, church gatherings, liturgies, fellowship, and service projects have been canceled or postponed or migrated online, precisely when Christian communities and those who rely on them need them most.

17 September 2020

World Week for Peace highlights creative solidarity, common fragility

Under the theme “Creative Solidarity in Common Fragility,” people of faith all over the world are encouraged to demonstrate the power of prayer during the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel. This special week of prayer coupled with action is annually held 13 – 21 September and includes the International Day of Peace on 21 September.

15 July 2020

National Council of Churches in Korea publishes worship resources for National Reconciliation Week

The National Council of Churches in Korea has published a booklet of worship resources for National Reconciliation Week, which is being observed 15-25 June.

24 June 2020

Interview

For the service broadcast on national TV, the Ursuline sisters in Trnava had decorated the altar space with a boat evoking St Paul's shipwreck in Malta. Photo: Nata Hovorkova/Ecumenical Council of Churches in Slovakia

Week of Prayer in Slovakia: “The unity was growing in front of my eyes”

Rev. Eva Guldanova is a Lutheran minister, ecumenical theologian, and assistant to the general secretary of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Slovakia. This interview is part of a series dedicated to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

24 June 2020

Interview

In Brazil, “kindness generates kindness” during Week of Prayer

Rev. Inácio Lemke is president of the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil (CONIC). He is an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil. This interview is part of a series dedicated to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

17 June 2020

Sisters share wisdom of life rooted in Christ for next week of prayer for unity

The newly available materials for next year‘s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity draw on the experience of contemplative community life to guide us on a journey of prayer bearing fruits of reconciliation and solidarity. Tasked with preparing a draft for the 2021 edition, the Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland chose the theme “Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit” (cf. Jn 15:5-9).

10 June 2020

Interview

Ecumenical celebration at Zagreb cathedral, January 2020. Photo: COMECE

“Week of Prayer made me feel deeply the Lord’s desire for our complete unity”

This interview with Fr Manuel Barrios Prieto, secretary general of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), is the first one in a series dedicated to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

10 June 2020