Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
By Neal Christie
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be observed this year Jan. 18-25. This annual observance, started in 1968, invites all Christians everywhere to remember one another in prayer and strengthen the bonds of love and mutual mission we share in Jesus Christ.
This year, United Methodist leaders invited you to a webinar on Jan. 21 from Bethlehem that explores the theme, “we saw a star in the East and came to worship him.”
Want to learn more?
- What i the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity?
- United Methodist Resources from the Council of Bishops on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
- Worship and Background Material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022
- Downloadable Booklet on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022
2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Webinar
“Voices from Bethlehem: Christian Unity in the Birthplace of Jesus” on Jan. 21
This year we celebrate the theme of the 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – “we saw the star in the East, and we came to worship him” from Matthew 2 – which was selected by the Middle East Council of Churches.
The Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome and the Methodist Liaison Office Jerusalem invite you to the webinar “Voices from Bethlehem: Christian Unity in the Birthplace of Jesus” on Friday, Jan. 21 at 09:00 Rome/10:00 Jerusalem.
In this webinar Christian leaders from Bethlehem and environs will discuss the importance of Christian unity in contemporary times in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus.
Speakers for the events are:
- Daoud Nassar (Lutheran) is the director of Tent of Nations, a recipient of the World Methodist Peace Award
- Zoughbi Zoughbi (Latin-rite Catholic) is the founder and director of Wi’am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center
- Fr. Issa Michael Thaljieh (Greek Orthodox) is the parish priest of the Greek Orthodox Nativity Church in Bethlehem
- Dn. Ashot Ghazaryan (Armenian Apostolic) is the secretary of the Armenian Theological Seminary of Jerusalem
- Revd Angleena Keizer (Methodist) is a mission partner assigned to the Methodist Liaison Office Jerusalem and a resident of Bethlehem.
The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, will moderate the webinar. The webinar is free. It will last 90 minutes and will be conducted in English on Zoom.
Please register online to receive the Zoom link. Click here to register.