WCC NEWS: WCC staff to gather for planning days, focus on “Journeying together with God”

World Council of Churches (WCC) staff with gather for Staff Planning Days, exploring together the theme “Journeying together with God” in line with the WCC Strategic Plan which is based on a Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation and Unity. World Council of Churches staff gather for prayer in the Ecumenical Centre chapel on 26 February 2024. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC 27 February 2024 Staff Planning Days normally take place annually in February or March, then again in October. This week, the focus will be on implementation, collaboration, reporting on 2023, and moving to Kyoto, the building in the Green Village that will temporarily house the WCC.  The theme of the week is inspired by Judges 18:1-6, which reads, “Then they said to him, ‘Inquire of God that we may know whether the mission we are undertaking will succeed.’ The priest replied, ‘Go in peace. The mission you are on is under the eye of the Lord.’” Staff will spend time praying, pausing, reflecting, inspiring, collaborating and discerning together as they work on implementing the WCC 2023-2030 Strategic Plan. Together, staff will reflect on how their work contributes to achieving the WCC Strategic Plan and engaging member churches, ecumenical regional organisations and ecumenical partners on a Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity. In this time of lent, we invite you to pray for us and with us as we all seek to journey together with God in these difficult and challenging times in the world.  WCC staff gathered in the Visser 't Hooft Hall of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. See more

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 352 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 580 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay from the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland