Interview: European Forum of LGBT Cristian Groups, Vesta Radio for WCC and WACC

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Christmas Message of the World Council of Churches, December 2022

Christmas Message 2022

The #SeasonofCreation 2023 officially concluded yesterday, but the conversations continue! 🌿🎙️

We had the privilege of sitting with Dr. Louk A. Andrianos, WCC consultant on Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice. In this exclusive interview, he delves into the significance of this event for the World Council of Churches and unveils this year's theme.

Furthermore, Dr. Andrianos presents three concrete examples of our ongoing battle against ecological injustice. 🌱💪

Discover the importance of listening to creation and explore ways in which churches can actively participate in the coming years. Let's continue our journey towards a greener, more just world. 🌏💚 #SeasonOfCreation #WCC #Ecumenism

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Jackline Makena Mutuma is clergy with the Methodist Church in Kenya and a student at the Ecumenical Institute at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, where her current research is related to the intersection of modern day slavery and global warming. She was also recently elected as one of the vice moderators of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order. In a WCC interview, she reflects on the urgent issue of preventing modern slavery.

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In this WCC interview Rev. Dr. Stavros Kofinas, moderator of the WCC Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing, unfolds the holistic approach of treating the 'whole person' in healthcare, involving body, soul, mind, and emotions, and outlines the commission's initiatives to bridge faith and science, enhance accessibility to healthcare, and empower young medical professionals.

#WCC interview: Rev. Dr Stavros Kofinas, Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing

Discover the World Council of Churches' path towards environmental stewardship in this insightful video interview featuring Archbishop Rev. Julio Murray Thompson, moderator of the WCC Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development, as he highlights the crucial role of faith-based initiatives, strategic collaborations, and enabling youth in combating climate change.

#WCC interview: The Most Rev.Julio Murray, Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development

Jesus is not here, He is Risen!
Death is conquered with the resurrection of Jesus, reflects a 2024 Easter message from the World Council of Churches.

WCC Easter Message 2024

U-yai

"Come as one to worship, to worship the Lord!" 

Words and music: Alexander Gondo; Arrangement and English paraphrase by Andrew Donaldson. 

© Asian institute for Liturgy and Music and World Council of Churches. In: African Songs of Worship, 1986. Arrangement and English paraphrase © 2001 Binary Editions. 

U ya-l mose

Words and music: public domain. 
Arrangement © 2000 Andrew Donaldson. 

Sanna, Sannanina

Abba, Abba, Hear Us

Words and music: as taught by Daisy Nshakazongwe, notated by I-to Loh; English paraphrase by Andrew Donaldson. © Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music and World Council of Churches. In African Songs of Worship, 1986. 

Reamo leboga

Words and music: Miguel Cassina. 
Music: © Bálsamo Music International, SLC.

Tu fidelidad

Translation: O Jesus Christ, God’s holy Son, God’s Chosen One,
faithful yesterday, today and forever.
Day by day, I want to journey with Jesus.
Hallelujah, day by day I want to journey with Jesus.

Words: Mozambican, public domain; translation © 2000 Andrew Donaldson. Music: public domain; arrangement © 2000 Andrew Donaldson. 

Nzamuranza

All Peoples Clap Your Hands

Produced by Bridget Ngeiyamu and Ruhija School of Music, Roho wa Mungu njoo kwetu forms the theme song of the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Arusha, Tanzania 2018. 

Music sheet available at: http://www.oikoumene.org/en/mission2018/resources

The Conference on World Mission and Evangelism is the long tradition of the International Mission Council and the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, organized every decade.

The conference will understand mission as a multivalent activity. That includes joyful witness in word and deed to the person of Jesus Christ and his gospel; commitment to working for justice and reconciliation among all peoples and within all of creation; and participation in interfaith, secular, and ecumenical dialogue that seeks mutual understanding and common witness. It will celebrate the unity of all peoples as it marvels at their God-given diversity. It will reflect thoughtfully on various issues of missionary practice and seek new ways of being faithful to God’s mission in the world with the leading of the Spirit.

Credits:
Composer and choral arranger: Bridget Ngeiyamu (professor of music of the Ruhija School of Music, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, living in Bukoba, Tanzania)
Singers and percussionists: Students of Ruhija School of Music and Ruhija Bible School
Soloist: Henry Kijugo
Choir director: Bridget Ngeiyamu
Video recording and editing: Raphael Luhende
Recorded in Ruhija School of Music, Bukoba, Tanzania. This school is under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, North Western Diocese.

Roho Wa Mungu - Theme song for the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism

Bishop Brian Farrell has been a key figure on the ecumenical scene since his appointment as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in 2002. 
Over that time he has attended most of the major events in the life of the WCC, including the last Assembly in South Korea and the recent Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Tanzania. 
Ahead of the papal visit to Geneva, Bishop Farrell reflects on the “shift in pace and style to our whole ecumenical commitment” that has taken place under Pope Francis.
He also talks about last month’s meeting of the Joint Working Group between the Catholic Church and the WCC in Romania (https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/commissions/jwg-rcc-wcc/communique-by-the-joint-working-group-between-the-wcc-and-the-rcc-may-2018) which focused on practical collaboration in two key areas of peacemaking and supporting migrants and refugees.
Bishop Farrell says the pope’s visit will “strengthen the already strong relationship” between the Catholic Church and the WCC, shedding light on the ongoing ways in which many offices of the Holy See are collaborating with programmes of the WCC.

Photo: Bishop Brian Farrell at the Global Christian Forum
Credit: Albin Hillert/WCC

Ecumenical Pilgrimage: Bishop Farrell looks forward to Pope Francis' visit to WCC

*By Philippa Hitchen

Just a stone’s throw from the United Nations headquarters in Geneva lies the English-speaking Roman Catholic parish of St John XXIII. Together with the central Notre Dame Basilica, it provides for the spiritual needs of a diverse international crowd of diplomats, UN staff, businesspeople and domestic workers.
It’s a vibrant, if transient, community, with five English Masses celebrated each weekend and a host of other educational and social activities or prayer groups taking place in its recently renovated community centre. 
Two previous popes came to pray in its modern circular church and parishioners are a tiny bit disappointed that Pope Francis isn’t going to provide them with the hattrick they had been hoping for. But over two thousand of them are going to be attending the Mass he’s celebrating at the Palexo convention centre, the last event on his schedule in Geneva, following celebrations to mark the World Council of Churches' 70th anniversary.
Fr Paul Friel, from Glasgow in Scotland, is the priest of St John XXIII parish. He says everyone is very excited about the visit because Francis is “a pope who touches many hearts by his actions”  He adds that “His call for mercy and joy of the gospel is fantastic, and he also is a pope who encourages strong dialogue and ecumenical growth within the church”.

Ecumenical Pilgrimage: Geneva's St John XXIII Catholic parish awaits Pope Francis' visit

As a new liturgical cycle begins, the World Council of Churches (WCC), in partnership with Red Crearte, a Latin American network that produces spiritual and liturgical material, is creating a collection of songs from across the world.

The first song is from Louis Marcelo Illenseer, from the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil.

English translation of the lyrics:

"Blooming in Hope"

We can see you Jesus in the humble flame that brings the light,
We can hear your voice where life beats the cross.
We thank you for your love, which welcomes everyone without distinction.
We perceive your grace as the fragrance of a new world.
We feel your presence, renewed in each Bethlehem. 
 
Our world will shine in the fullness of peace and justice.
Our world will dance, smile and dance in hope.
And our people will sing, singing in plenitude without end.
And our world will flourish, it will flourish in hope.
In Bethlehem a child will be born, he will guide us towards peace.

Advent song: "Florescer em esperança", by Louis Marcelo Illenseer (Brazil)

Portuguese translation of the message sent by Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches, to the churches in Brazil on the occasion of the launch of the 2021 Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign.
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(Portuguese) WCC message of support to the 2021 Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign in Brazil

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