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Praying with the Global Community

 
St. Paul's guidance to "pray without ceasing... for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (1 Thess. 5:17-18) suggests that the Christian life is prayer: openness to the presence of God, responsiveness to the word of God, recognition that all of life is in Christ, and engagement in care for one another and for the whole creation.

We encourage you to pray each week for one of the places in the world where we, with you, are present in mission and ministry.

Ecumenical Prayer Cycle from The World Council of Churches

Click here to view  "Anglican/Lutheran Prayer Cycle in Canada."

Countries with LWF Member Churches and LWF Projects

Countries with LWF Member Churches

Countries with LWF Projects 





Click here to print out a hard copy of the prayer cycle.

JANUARY

Week 1
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Iraq

Week 2
Cyprus, Greece, Turkey

Week 3
Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Week 4
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is observed late in the month.

FEBRUARY

Week 1
Ireland, United Kingdom

Week 2
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Week 3
Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta

Week 4
Germany, France

MARCH

Week 1
Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino

Week 2
Myanmar, Thailand

Week 3
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

Week 4
China, Hong Kong, Macao

Week 5
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

APRIL

Week 1
East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines

Week 2
Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan

Week 3
Djibouti, Somalia

Week 4
Eritrea, Ethiopia

MAY

Week 1
Sudan, Uganda

Week 2
Kenya, Tanzania

Week 3
Malawi, Zambia

Week 4
Botswana, Zimbabwe

JUNE

Week 1
Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland

Week 2
Angola, Mozambique

Week 3
Brazil

Week 4
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

Week 5
Bolivia, Chile, Peru

JULY

Week 1
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Week 2
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama

Week 3
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

Week 4
The Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas (ELCA), Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

AUGUST

Week 1
Canada, USA

Week 2
Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia

Week 3
The Pacific islands: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and the French Overseas Territories of New Caledonia (Kanaky) and French Polynesia (Tahiti)

Week 4
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Week 5
Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia

SEPTEMBER

Week 1
Albania, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia

Week 2
Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania

Week 3
Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

Week 4
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

OCTOBER

Week 1
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Week 2
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal

Week 3
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Week 4
The Indian Ocean islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives

LWF Sunday is observed:
In the USA on the 1st Sunday
10-3-2010 / 10-2-2011

In Canada on the 4th Sunday
10-24-2010 / 10-23-2010

NOVEMBER

Week 1
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda

Week 2
Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe

Week 3
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea

Week 4
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

Week 5
Liberia, Sierra Leone

DECEMBER

Week 1
Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal

Week 2
Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo

Week 3
Ghana, Nigeria

Week 4
Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories including Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria

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