Seeking shalom together

“While waiting for the event to begin, a couple of women near us opened conversation. One asked, “Are you guys Christians?” I replied, cheekily, pointing to my friend, “He is and I’m not!” So began a discussion with them as to why I wasn’t and why I should be. I parried well, having been familiar with this approach, but was stumped at the woman’s last riposte,” says The Rev’d David Baker, General Secretary of Queensland Churches Together

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2021

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Australia will be observed from 16-23 May 2021 in the week between Ascension and Pentecost – download resources created by the ecumenical Monastic Community of Grandchamp and adapted by the NCCA’s Faith and Unity Commission

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

“Violent, stormy waters that threaten to overwhelm and even to extinguish life is a recurring motif in the scriptures. From the darkness covering the face of the deep and the unformed chaos in the opening verses of Genesis, to Jesus asleep in the storm-tossed boat in the gospels, untamed, raging waters evoke potent fear in human beings,” says Archbishop Phillip Aspinall in his Week of Prayer for Christian Unity homily

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: history, origins and resources

“The unity of God’s Church, however, is more than merely overcoming fear and suspicion of difference. Relations between the separated parts of the body of Christ have certainly improved, but we cannot be content with this,” says Bishop Doug Stevens on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which is held between Sunday 24 May and Sunday 31 May this year

Praying for the unity of the church

General Secretary of Queensland Churches Together The Rev’d Canon Richard Tutin tells us about the origins and purpose of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which is celebrated between Sunday 2 June and Sunday 9 June in 2019, with this year’s theme being ‘Justice and only justice you shall pursue’