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Just Economics for Liberation and Life

Interfaith Message on Just Finance, Debt and Reparations
16 October 2020

23 October 2020

WCC Programmes

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

WCC mourns passing of Hendrew Lusey-Gekawaku

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the passing away of Hendrew Lusey-Gekawaku on 13 October 2020. He was a registered nurse, public health practitioner and ecumenist who contributed enormously to ecumenical and interfaith HIV and AIDS responses.

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

Applications open for WCC Eco-School

The fourth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 23-27 November in the Pacific region in five countries (Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Tuvalu & Solomon Islands).

22 October 2020

10 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania, Plenary session on Mission from the Margins

Webinar will highlight wisdom from indigenous communities related to COVID-19

A 29 October webinar entitled “Indigenous Peoples: Wisdom and Resilience,” will share the hope, resilience, and encouragement of indigenous communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 October 2020

Event

WCC Eco-School 2020 for Pacific region on Water, Food and Climate Justice

23 - 27 November 2020

The fourth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC

“Just Economics for Liberation and Life” statement offers faith-rooted vision

In a statement released 16 October, an interfaith e-consultation is deepening calls for releasing countries in the Global South from damaging external debt burdens.

21 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

Publication

Training Manuals and Resource Documents for Addressing HIV in Africa

Positive Masculinities and Femininities

Handbook for Adolescents and Young People in Faith Communities in Nigeria

Continuing its mission of providing practical pastoral resources to counter HIV and AIDS, WCC’s Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Advocacy and Initiatives (WCC EHAIA) has published a half dozen manuals for addressing key concerns of those most affected by the disease. Context-driven and language-specific, the six pieces yet tackle topics pertinent to the whole of Africa and beyond and can be employed to structure workshops and to inform resource persons themselves.

19 October 2020

(en) Image for Photos: Moderator Agnes Abuom

Dr Agnes Abuom at G20 Interfaith Forum: “It is a question of human dignity”

Leading a plenary session on 15 October at the G20 Interfaith Forum, World Council of Churches moderator Dr Agnes Abuom spoke on the empowerment of women, youth and vulnerable people. The online forum drew more than 2,000 people from 90 countries.

19 October 2020

On World Food Day, “we pray for wisdom to care for the earth”

In an online ecumenical prayer service on 16 October, the World Council of Churches (WCC) observed World Food Day with the WCC global family, reflecting deeply on what it means to “Grow, Nourish, Sustain Together.”

16 October 2020

WCC website welcomes global visitors, media—and heartfelt prayers

Getting a new website generates the same type of excitement among communication staff as birthday parties do for young children, and like any family celebration, there is something for everybody present in a special ecumenical family.

16 October 2020

Publication

Health-Promoting Churches

Reflections on Health and Healing for Churches on Commemorative World Health Days

Mwai Makoka

This booklet includes 15 reflections on international commemorative health days from Dr Mwai Makoka WCC Programme Executive for Health and Healing, who emphasises that he is not a theologian, but “ a lay Christian who is a medical professional and keen to promote health and healing from a Christian perspective.

15 October 2020

WCC publishes “Health-Promoting Churches: Reflections on Health and Healing for Churches on Commemorative World Health Days”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has released a new publication,“Health-Promoting Churches: Reflections on Health and Healing for Churches on Commemorative World Health Days,” that is designed to accompany churches and strengthen their health-related ministries.

15 October 2020

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World Mental Health Day 2020 testimony Youtube preview image

On World Mental Health Day, “expect your colorful life”

In honor of World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October, Hanbeet Rhee, a member of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Korea and a member of the World Council of Churches ECHOS Commission on Youth, shared her personal encouragement and testimony about the importance of caring for one’s mental health

12 October 2020

On World Mental Health Day, “expect your colorful life”

12 October 2020