Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: City-Wide Ecumenical Worship Service
The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated in many places around the world from January 18 – 25, 2024. The resources for 2024 have been prepared by an ecumenical team from Burkina Faso, facilitated by the local Chemin Neuf Community, and by the international Week of Prayer for Christian Unity writing team. The theme chosen for 2024 is “You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself” (Luke 10:27). We find our common Christian identity in the experience of God’s love (cf. John 3:16) and reveal that identity to the world by how we love one another (John 13:35).
The 2024 Week of Prayer will be marked by a City-wide Ecumenical Worship Service at 7:30 pm on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 560 Arlington Street, Winnipeg. All are cordially invited to participate in this celebration with church leaders and to pray in a special way throughout the entire week of prayer.
An ecumenical choir is being formed to lead music at the forthcoming celebration on January 21st during the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. No audition is required. Anyone who can carry a tune and wishes to sing in the choir is welcome! Rehearsals will be held at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 560 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm on Sunday, January 7, 2024 and on Sunday, January 14, 2024. A short final rehearsal will be held immediately before the Ecumenical Worship Service on Sunday, January 21, 2024. For further information, you may call or text Michele Barr at 204- 297-9212 or contact her via email: mbarr41@shaw.ca.