Sharing and Nurturing Life from Eco Spirituality of Maano and Babalu
By Jenne Jessica Revanda Pieter This liturgy is inspired by a traditions in Maluku, Eastern Indonesia, namely Babalu and Maano. Babalu and Maano are the traditional economic systems of the people of Central Maluku, which have solidarity values of sharing and preserving life. This Lent we are reminded that Jesus gave himself to atone for […]
Reconciliation with Creation: A Lenten Journey towards Climate Justice
By Damon Mkandiwire Opening Prayer Eternal Creator, as we journey through this season of Lent, draw our hearts and minds toward the cries of our wounded planet. Help us recognize our role in this world, not as dominators but as part of Your magnificent creation in which we sustain each other through mutuality and respect. […]
Prayer in Afghanistan
Since the withdrawal of NATO-led forces from Afghanistan, armed conflict between the Afghan government and the Taliban has resulted in the Taliban seizing the presidential palace in Kabul and finalizing their hold on the country.
WCRC calls for prayer and support for Afghanistan
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) calls its member churches to prayer for the people of Afghanistan. Since the withdrawal of NATO-led forces from Afghanistan, armed conflict between the Afghan government and the Taliban has resulted in the Taliban seizing the presidential palace in Kabul and finalizing their hold on the country. This comes […]
WCRC calls for prayers, mourning for victims of residential schools
The World Communion of Reformed Churches joins with sisters and brothers in Canada in mourning all those children who suffered and died at residential schools across Canada. According to The Guardian, “Between 1867 and 1996, the Canadian state abducted more than 150,000 Indigenous children from their parents and forced them into these schools as part […]
WCRC calls for peace with justice in Jerusalem
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) strongly condemns the attacks by the Israeli security forces on those worshipping at the al-Aqsa Mosque. These actions during the time of Ramadan, at the third most holy site of the Islamic community, are a violation of the basic human rights of the people of Palestine. Further, the […]
Call for prayers and actions in Philippines
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joins with the United Church of Christ in the Philippines and Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice) in their condemnation of the killings and arrests of human rights and peace activists over the weekend. The Council of Bishops of the United Church of […]
Prayers and support requested for Belarus
Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. —Hebrews 13:3 The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joins WCRC Europe’s call for prayer and action to support protestors in Belarus. For the last six months, citizens of […]
Call for prayer and support for United States
“See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies. They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made. Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.” —Psalm 7:14-16 (NRSV) Member churches of the World Communion of […]
WCRC calls for prayers and fasting for West Papua
The World Communion of Reformed Churches, in solidarity with the West Papuan Council of Churches and the Pacific Council of Churches, calls for prayer and fasting for West Papua. The situation of human rights abuses and injustice in West Papua continue to escalate with the recent shootings—one fatal—of a catechist and pastor. In light of […]
