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May the love of God, the faith of Christ, and the hope of the Holy Spirit, guide us in peace.

Morning Prayer for Friday, 30 October 2020

30 October 2020

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

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

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

Rev. Dr Karin Achtelstetter: “More than ever we need to come together in faith, solidarity and hope”

The World Council of Churches is publishing a series of interviews that portray insights and reflections from the leaders of faith-based global and regional humanitarian and development organizations. Rev. Dr Karin Achtelstetter is executive director of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR).

09 October 2020

Moderator of Central Committee

Message

Dr Agnes Abuom message - Global Ecumenical Online Prayer Service to celebrate the closing of the Season of Creation 2020

04 October 2020

UN headquarters in New York City. Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC

Faith groups commemorate United Nations 75th anniversary, look to the future

An online event on 8 September brought together a wide range of faith expressions, delivering messages of hope and solidarity to the United Nations, underlining the urgency of upholding a robust multilateral system for the coordination of responses to the mounting global crises.

09 September 2020

Message

Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

As a wide coalition of faith-based communities from around the world, we have committed to speaking
with one voice that rejects the existential threat to humanity that nuclear weapons pose. We reaffirm that the presence of even one nuclear weapon violates the core principles of our different faith traditions and threatens the unimaginable destruction of everything we hold dear.

06 August 2020

Blog post

Nuclear weapons are no good for the Pacific—and no good for the world

On 7 July 2020, the 3rd anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Fiji became a State party to the treaty following the unanimous approval of the Fijian Parliament in May.

27 July 2020

James Bhagwan

Karlsruhe, Germany, will host the WCC 11th Assembly in 2022. Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC, 2019.

WCC executive committee addresses global concerns, sets vision for unity, justice and peace

In a meeting with a format and focus dictated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the executive committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) this week addressed vital international developments and situations.

24 July 2020

Moderator of Central Committee

Report

Moderator's address - WCC executive committee, 20-24 July 2020

Dr Agnes Abuom - "Trends and Developments during the past six months of 2020
and their Impact on Church Life and Communities"

23 July 2020

Taming post-harvest losses can boost food security in Africa, say church leaders

African Church leaders are highlighting the need to tame the continent’s persistent post-harvest losses, as organizations point at rising food insecurity due to the coronavirus pandemic.

10 July 2020

Blog post

Kiritimati and the Bomb: A Tale of Two Churches

Kiritimati is a tiny atoll at the heart of the Pacific Ocean. It is also known as “Christmas Island,” and forms a part of the nation state of Kiribati – an archipelago that stretches across the Pacific Ocean. Kiritimati has a population of approximately 6,500 people, who live across the villages of Tabwakea, London, Banana, and Poland. If you were to visit now, you would never consider that this small island was once an epicentre of British and American nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War.

06 July 2020

Becky Alexis-Martin

Message

Joint statement of the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights (GIF) to the Human Rights Council 44th Session

Human Rights Council 44th Session (30 June-17 July 2020) - Joint statement submitted by the World Council of Churches on behalf of the
Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights (GIF). "States must protect human rights in the wake of Covid-19 and the climate crisis"

03 July 2020