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 | Churches working for peace in Indonesia - a country which over the last decades had to cope with repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious conflicts, the integration of internally displaced people as well as refugees from outside its borders - will receive a solidarity visit of an international ecumenical delegation sent by the World Council of Churches (WCC) from 17 to 24 July. [more] |
 | World Council of Churches (WCC) representatives will participate at the 16-18 July international interfaith conference convened in Madrid by the Muslim World League following an initiative by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah. The WCC will be represented by one of its presidents, Patriarch Abune Paulos, head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and by Metropolitan Emmanuel (Adamakis) of France, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Also attending the conference will be Lebanese Minister of Culture Dr Tarek Mitri, a former WCC staff and a member of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East, as well as the WCC's Director of Inter-religious dialogue and... [more] |
| This and next week
we pray for: 13 July - 19 July 2008 20 July - 26 July 2008 |
 | 07.07.08 - 31.07.08
Bossey, Switzerland "How can we affirm our identity as Muslims, Jews and Christians not in separation or against each other but in relation to one another?" This is the question 25 young adults from different European, Middle Eastern, Asian, African and American countries are exploring during a July summer seminar at the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Ecumenical Institute in Bossey. Activities include spiritual and academic exercises as well as sports, recreation and everyday tasks. |
 | 27.07.08 - 05.08.08
Bossey, Switzerland Preserving the world’s water resources and securing access to water for all is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. In 2008, the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) will therefore bring together about 20 young people from all over the world in the first EWN Summer School on Water. |
 | 18.08.08 - 23.08.08
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Representatives of concerns of people living with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, Dalits and those struggling against racism will meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 - 23 August 2008, as part of a continuing conversation on “churches becoming and effecting just and inclusive communities” that began in La Paz, Bolivia in May 2007. |
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 | The World Council of Churches (WCC) will welcome five young people (aged 18-30 years) to serve as interns in its Geneva offices from February 2009 to January 2010. Interns bring valuable experiences to the WCC at the same time as they undertake several modules of ecumenical learning. [more] |
 | Climate change, its causes and consequences as well as the role of churches and the worldwide ecumenical family will be at the center of a 7-14 July visit to the Pacific region by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia. [more] |
 | "It's always good to see what can come of an idea," says Rev. Barbara Rudolph, executive director of the Council of Christian Churches in Germany (ACK). On this beautiful summer Sunday, she is delighted to hear how the local project in Cologne of the campaign Weißt Du wer ich bin? ("Do you know who I am?") has developed. [more] |
 | After "what is now being described as a deeply flawed election", the World Council of Churches (WCC) has called for the protection of the population "against increased and continued violence", an "intensified international monitoring of the situation" and the provision of humanitarian aid. The WCC also issued a warning concerning the possible consequences of economic sanctions. [more] |
| This and next week
we pray for: 6 July - 12 July 2008 13 July - 19 July 2008 |
| | 07.07.08 - 31.07.08
Bossey, Switzerland "How can we affirm our identity as Muslims, Jews and Christians not in separation or against each other but in relation to one another?" This is the question 25 young adults from different European, Middle Eastern, Asian, African and American countries are exploring during a July summer seminar at the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Ecumenical Institute in Bossey. Activities include spiritual and academic exercises as well as sports, recreation and everyday tasks. |
| | 27.07.08 - 05.08.08
Bossey, Switzerland Preserving the world’s water resources and securing access to water for all is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. In 2008, the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) will therefore bring together about 20 young people from all over the world in the first EWN Summer School on Water. |
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