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Youth Pilgrimage in the Netherlands2 2018

WCC launches resource with good practices on economic and ecological justice

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is making available a new toolkit to enthuse congregations and churches through concrete examples of communities in action as well as good practices on renewable energy, climate protection, and just and sustainable consumption.

01 September 2021

Prayer service to open 2021 Season of Creation: “A Home for All? Renewing the Oikos of God”

An ecumenical prayer service on 1 September will mark the launch of the 2021 edition of Season of Creation, a worldwide initiative to promote prayer and action for our common home.

27 August 2021

Season of Creation 2021

01 September - 04 October 2021

The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.

Bible studies

Thursdays in Black Bible study series - Gender, Economics, and Structural Injustice (Ruth 16–13)

Amanda Khozi Mukwashi is the chief executive officer of Christian Aid, a global movement of people, churches, and local organizations working to end poverty. Her career spans intergovernmental and non-governmental spaces, including the UN, VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) International, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. She is the author of But Where Are You Really From? published by SPCK Publishing in 2020.

12 August 2021

Green church movement in France holds first assembly on World Environment Day

The ecumenical Eglise verte (Green church) movement in France held its first assembly of local groups and churches on World Environment Day, 5 June.

08 June 2021

Preparing for Season of Creation: “Our wellbeing is deeply interwoven with creation’s wellbeing”

During a “Season of Creation Intergenerational Dialogue” webinar on 3 June, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca gave closing remarks, reflecting on how the earth can be a home for us all.

04 June 2021

Season of Creation Intergenerational Dialogue

03 June 2021

Learn more about how you can participate in the Season of Creation by attending the intergenerational dialogue on 3 June about the 2021 theme. The dialogue will be broadcasted on the Season of Creation Facebook Page.

Podcast blends faith and science to promote care for creation

In a newly released podcast, Dr Louk Andrianos, World Council of Churches consultant on Care for Creation, Sustainability and Climate Justice, reflects on how faith and science can harmoniously blend in ways that help us all care for creation.

03 May 2021

Bible studies

Seven Weeks for Water 2021, week 7: "Healing the water heals the wounds of the earth and its people", by Andrew Schwartz

The seventh and last reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2021 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is written by Andrew Schwartz.* In the following reflection during Holy Week, he is using a small town in the USA as a case study to emphasise how local communities can take small initiatives to “resurrect” the contaminated or “dead” groundwater to form life giving waters. Leaving us on a positive note, he ends by saying, “if Holy Week teaches us anything it’s that death is not final.”

29 March 2021

Historic global prayer reflects powerful hope and courage, even amid world’s suffering

A global prayer service, hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 26 March, brought forth voices of hope and courage in a world still gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic.

26 March 2021

Prayer

Week of Prayer over COVID-19, Day 4: Prayers for Healing

We remember the front-line, health care, and humanitarian workers around the world and the healing of bodies and minds and all of creation.

17 March 2021

Prayer

Week of Prayer over COVID-19, Day 3: Prayers for Leaders

We remember the world’s leaders, especially those leading advanced-economies countries whose decision impact conditions in low-income countries.

17 March 2021

New film promotes Orthodox Christian vision on climate change

“The Face of God,” a recently released film, features Orthodox Christian perspectives from North America on climate change. The film presents reflections based on the experience and responses from Orthodox communities on the ecological crisis.

03 March 2021

Liturgical text

O God, in whom is the fullness of light and wisdom, enlighten our minds by your Holy Spirit, and give us grace to receive your Word with reverence and humility, without which no person can understand your truth, for the sake of Jesus Christ to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be all glory

Morning Prayer for Monday, 15 February 2021

Praise be to the Holy Trinity! God is sound and life, Creator of the Universe, Source of all life...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray with the people and churches of Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

15 February 2021

Ecumenical movement

Reweaving the Ecological Mat - Pacific Voices for a New Creation

04 February 2021

This webinar, promoted by the World Council of Churches and the Pacific Conference of Churches, will lift up Pacific proposals to “reweave the ecological mat” and build a new creation.

Background document

False Bay beach clean-up

In the southern part of Cape Town lies the beautiful False Bay, home to dolphins, seals, whales, surfers, and swimmers. It is a treasured part of Cape Town life where many go to spend family time on the beautiful beaches and the warmer waters of the Indian Ocean.

28 January 2021

WCC Programmes

Webinar - "Season of Creation 2021: How to put ecumenism into practice to take care of our common home?"

21 January 2021

How to put ecumenism into practice to take care of our common home? Discover the answer to this question in the next Laudato Si' Dialogues on Youtube Live

Letter

Letter to Brother Alois for the annual Taizé gathering 2020

23 December 2020

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