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WCC webinar: Making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030

30 May 2023

28 May is Menstrual Hygiene Day. On 30 May 2023, the WCC Ecumenical Water Network and the Just Community of Women and Men along with their partner Norwegian Church Aid invite you to a webinar to mark this important day.

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WCC Eco-School for Europe and North America region

11 - 18 November 2023

The fifth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food, and Climate Justice, will be held 11-18 November in Crete, Greece.

Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece

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Farmers working on their land/Arusha/Tanzania

WCC and GFOD Webinar: Zero “CDWD” Discrimination Day - In solidarity with communities discriminated on work and descent globally

01 March 2023

A webinar on 1 March will give speakers and participants the opportunity to express solidarity with communities discriminated on work and descent globally.

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Morning Prayer 9 January 2023 - The Service of Blessing of Water

09 January 2023

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WCC webinar: Making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030

30 May 2022

28 May (Saturday) is Menstrual Hygiene Day. On 30 May, 2022 (Monday), the WCC Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) and the Just Community of Women and Men (JCWM) along with their partner Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) invite you to a webinar to mark this important day.

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Standing Rock: the pain of the past and the challenges of the future

Pilgrim Team Visits to the Standing Rock Episcopal Community/North Dakota Council on Indian Ministries

25 - 28 May 2021

The WCC Pilgrim Team Visits (PTV) will focus on indigenous communities on Standing Rock, particularly along the shore of the Missouri River (Lake Oahe) and their struggle for justice, including water justice. The PTV is hosted by the The Standing Rock Episcopal Community & North Dakota Council on Indian Ministries. Rev. Dr John Floberg is the focal point for the host.

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Order of prayer - online global prayer for the Holy Land

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee is inviting the ecumenical fellowship and all people of good will to join in a live-streamed prayer for the Holy Land on 20 May at 16:30 CET.

19 May 2021

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Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Take, Lord, this day, all my liberty. Receive my memory, my understanding, my whole will, all that I have and possess...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Andorra, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Vatican City.

10 February 2021

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Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 2 February 2021

O Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

02 February 2021

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I believe in the sun though it is late in rising. I believe in love, though it is absent I believe in God though God is silent... Text from an unsigned inscription found on the wall of a cave in Cologne where Jews had been hiding.

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Lord God of compassion, hear our prayer...

Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day.

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

27 January 2021

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Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 26 January 2021

Praise the Lord, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

26 January 2021

Ecumenical movement

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Day 8

Morning Prayer for Monday, 25 January 2021

You who call us to be praise in the midst of the earth: glory to you!

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.

Today marks the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

This week also marks Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

25 January 2021

Ecumenical movement

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Rethinking Ecological Relationships in the Anthropocene era

11 - 13 February 2021

In the age of the Anthropocene, humans as the dominant species are driving significant and even irreversible environmental changes, thereby shaping the future of all living beings and our only planetary home. The complicated relationship between humans and ecosystems has often been mediated by economics and technology. Prevailing theologies and spiritualities have also molded these interactions.

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Lord, Peace is the foundation of life; grant us the peace and stability that will enable us to live with each other … in dignity and joy. Glory be to you forever.

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Lord, spare our lives, and grant us patience and courage...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Iran, Iraq and Syria.

13 January 2021

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Lord and Master of my life, spare me from the spirit of indifference, despair, lust for power, and idle chatter. Instead, bestow on me, your servant, the spirit of integrity, humility, patience, and love.

Lord, we praise you!

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine.

04 January 2021

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