2024 WPCU Resources

These resources are free! If you like this website and Canadian WPCU resources, please consider making a small tax-deductible donation via CanadaHelps. Choose ‘5. Week of Prayer for Christian Unity’ in the CanadaHelps drop-down menu to ensure that your donation supports this work! Your dedicated donation will help us cover the costs of producing original Canadian WPCU resources and maintaining this website.

Start here!

• International booklet
• How to organize ecumenical WPCU events

Resources for Ecumenical Worship Service

• Annotated Ecumenical Worship Service (tips for planners) - coming soon!
• Order of Worship (Word, unformatted)
• International Hymn Suggestions
• Canadian Hymn Suggestions (English)

Resources for Bible Study

• "Eight Days of Prayer" (daily Scripture readings, reflections, discussion questions, and prayers)

Resources for Campuses / Post-Secondary Schools

• Suggestions for WPCU in Campus Ministry - coming soon!
• Abridged Order of Worship (Word, unformatted) - coming soon!

Resources for Children and Youth

• WPCU Activities for Children and Youth

Promotion

• Poster (bilingual fillable PDF)
• Graphic for social media (bilingual PNG)
• Graphic for social media (English PNG)

Who makes these resources?

International Resources

Every year, Christians from a different host country choose the theme and prepare draft texts for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU). In 2024 these have been prepared by an ecumenical team from Burkina Faso, facilitated by the local Chemin Neuf Community (CCN).

The final yearly international WPCU booklet is published by the international ecumenical WPCU Writing Team, which is appointed jointly by the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches.

Canadian Resources

Canadian resources for the 2024 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity have been prepared by the ecumenical WPCU Writing and Animation Team of volunteers from member churches of The Canadian Council of Churches working in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism, the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism, and the Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada.

For over 50 years, we have been supporting the WPCU celebrations across Canada through preparing and publishing original Canadian WPCU resources in English and French, maintaining this website, and sharing stories about local WPCU events and ecumenical communities in Canada.

Questions?

Email Marina Fanous, WPCU Program Coordinator, at wpcu-spuc@councilofchurches.ca