*An invitation from the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada, an affiliate of the Council* The invitation is out for everyone–women, men, and children of all ages–to join the 2022 World Day of Prayer as we celebrate the theme: I Know the Plans I Have for You (Jeremiah 29:11). The women of England, Wales, and Northern […]
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>>Download this statement as a pdf. February 11, 2022 Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. When tensions grow, positions harden, and hearts grow cold, we call for Canadians to pause, step back, and reflect. We see that today Ontario declared a state of emergency because of protests in cities, towns, and border crossings. Across
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On Sunday, January 23, 2022, the Council’s General Secretary Pastor Peter Noteboom was honoured to deliver the sermon at the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service organize by the Wolfville Area Inter-Church Council in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. In the sermon, Noteboom shared about his “accidental” path to ecumenism having been raised in a denominational
What a gift it has been to celebrate the 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity! We are inspired daily by the diverse efforts toward prayer for Christian unity across Canada. The Week of Prayer Writing and Animation Team would love to hear how your WPCU went, and how they can improve the WPCU website
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From January 11-13, 2022, President Das Sydney was pleased to facilitate the Council’s annual Christian Church Leaders Retreat. This event offers leaders of the Council’s member churches the opportunity to gather for a time of prayer, learning, and mutual support around issues are of pressing concern to church leaders and member churches. The event was
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One thing that always energizes us at the start of a new year is the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU). This year’s WPCU starts TODAY, January 18, and lasts until Tuesday, January 25, 2022. This year’s theme, developed by the Middle East Council of Churches is, “We saw the star in
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We are pleased to announce that the Faith and Life Sciences Reference Group (FLSRG) of The Canadian Council of Churches has an opening for a Secretary, Faith and Life Sciences. >>See full position description here The Secretary, Faith and Life Sciences works closely with the co-chairs of the Faith and Life Sciences Reference Group and
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Dear friends of the Council, A few weeks ago, an important Indigenous-Canadian musician Buffy Sainte-Marie was in concert in Kitchener, Ontario. For those unfamiliar with her work, Buffy Sainte-Marie rose to fame decades ago, as an icon of the idealistic “flower power” generation that believed the world could be changed. However, there are many difficult
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The Canadian Council of Churches, Amnesty International, and The Canadian Council for Refugees are welcoming the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to review the constitutionality of the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA). This decision follows a long history of legal challenges to the Agreement, including two recent court rulings. In July 2020, the Federal Court
The Rev. Dr. Rima Nasrallah (The Middle East Council of Churches) reflects on the 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity theme, We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship him (Mt 2:2). Beginning with a meditation on the challenges that the Christians in the Middle East face today, Rev. Dr. Nasrallah reflects on the main scripture text for the 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Matthew 2:1-12), and on the key themes that inspired the international materials
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