Prayers from the World Council of Churches (WCC)

It's not too early to start preparing for the #WeekofPrayerforChristianUnity 2022! Download the international brochure at oikoumene.org/week-of-prayer #WCC @MECChurches

Today's ecumenical prayer service will mark the launch of the 2021 edition of Season of Creation, a worldwide initiative to promote prayer and action for our common home.

🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #RepublicofCongo, #Gabon, #SaoTomeandPrincipe: Barriers, walls, and barbed wire mark the frontiers, O Lord. Help us to transform them into places where we can meet, with sincerity… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @VincentTremeau/ @unicef

Join us in the Thursdays in Black campaign every week by pausing, praying, and posting 🖤 ucc.org/thursdays-in-b… #ThursdaysInBlack #UnitedChurchOfChrist #JustWorldForAll

Prayers and best wishes for our partners @FUMECalc (@wscfconnect's regional organization in Latin America and the Caribbean) who will be holding an extraordinary virtual general assembly starting today! #WCC #FellowPilgrims

The #WorldCouncilofChurches expressed concern and extended prayers for those who continue to be affected by severe monsoon-related flooding and landslides in India. More than 150 people have perished in western India. oikoumene.org/news/wcc-expre… #WCC #Pray4India

🙏🏽We pray with H.E. Metropolitan Serafim of Zimbabwe and Angola: Lord Jesus Christ our God, You traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” Come to our aid now that we may experience Your healing love... oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #prayTogether #WCC

The Tokyo #Olympics have begun one year late in one of the world's biggest cities. There are no spectators—and little of the usual spiritual support from churches and no official Olympic Village prayer room. oikoumene.org/news/tokyo-oly… #WCC

@Oikoumene @WCCprayers @wccpilgrimage @WCCpaween @Graytones @albinhillert @LifeOnEarthPic @WCC_IA @EAPPI @wccWoMen 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen: Im Terminkalender des Ökumenischen Rats,18. - 25. Januar 2022 Der Rat der Kirchen im Mittleren Osten @mecchurches mit Sitz in Beirut, Libanon hat das Thema für die Gebetswoche für die Einheit der… oikoumene.org/de/events/week… #WCC #Ökumene

En la agenda del #ConsejoMundialdeIglesias: 18 Enero 2022 - 25 Enero 2022 El Consejo de Iglesias de Oriente Medio, con sede en Beirut (Líbano), ha escogido el tema de la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de Cristianos 2022. Se basa en el texto de… oikoumene.org/es/events/week… #WCC

🙏🏽Pray with us for people and churches in #Burundi, #DRCongo, and #Rwanda: Lord, you call on us to pray for our enemies. Have mercy on those who are disposed to do us evil and who divide your church. Deliver us, Lord… oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @lutheranworld/ @ACTAlliance

With the #WCC (@Oikoumene) we invite weekly prayers for specific countries. Please join us to pray for Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda: Lord, you call on us to pray for our enemies... oikoumene.org/resources/pray…

#WeekofPrayerforChristianUnity: Coming up 18 - 25 January 2022 The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2022 was chosen by the Middle East Council of Churches: "We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship… oikoumene.org/events/week-of… #WCC @mecchurches

🙏🏽We pray: O God, the source of our belonging to one another, none of us can give anything to our sisters and brothers if we have not first of all belonged to you; Give us your Spirit in the bond of perfect unity... 🙏🏽#PrayTogether: oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC

This week’s #WCC prayer cycle: praying with and for the people of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda “Lord, you call on us to pray for our enemies. Have mercy on those who are disposed to do us evil and who divide your church.” oikoumene.org/resources/pray…

Joining in prayer with these sisters and brothers of various Christian confessions in Petrolina, Brazil, mourning the victims of the pandemic. On this topic, see also our 📖 Voices of Lament, Hope, and Courage: oikoumene.org/resources/publ… #WCC

🙏🏽Pray with the #WorldCouncilofChurches: This week, the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle calls us to pray with and for people and churches in #Burundi, #DRCongo, and #Rwanda. Intercessions and prayers: oikoumene.org/resources/pray… #WCC 📷 @lutheranworld/ @ACTAlliance

Anregungen für Dank und Fürbitte diese Woche vom #WCC / #ÖRK für #Burundi, #DemokratischeRepublikKongo und #Ruanda @WCCprayers oikoumene.org/de/resources/p…

Church bells rang for five minutes across Norway on 22 July, it marked the 10th anniversary of the twin attacks that killed 77 Norwegians and left hundreds of others scarred for life “both in body and soul,” as Oslo Bishop Kari Veiteberg put it at… oikoumene.org/news/church-be… #WCC

Amen. 🙏❣️