Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Events |January 17 – 23 |Greater Sudbury
Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power – 2018 Theme (cf. Exodus 15:6)
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated at different events from January 17 – 23, 2018
January 17 – Copper Cliff
January 19 – Minnow Lake
January 21 – Garson
January 23 - Sudbury
The Churches of the Caribbean were chosen to draft the material for the 2018 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The contemporary Caribbean is deeply marked by the dehumanizing project of colonial exploitation. Very regrettably, during five hundred years of colonialism and enslavement, Christian missionary activity in the region, with the exception of a few outstanding examples, was closely tied to this dehumanizing system and in many ways rationalized it and reinforced it. Whereas those who brought the Bible to this region used the scriptures to justify their subjugation of a people in bondage, in the hands of the enslaved, it became an inspiration, an assurance that God was on their side, and that God would lead them into freedom.
Today Caribbean Christians of many different traditions see the hand of God active in the ending of enslavement. It is a uniting experience of the saving action of God which brings freedom. For this reason the choice of the song of Moses and Miriam (Ex 15:1-21), as the motif of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2018 was considered a most appropriate one.
Resources from the World Council of Churches can be found at:
1.Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Worship & Fellowship |January 17 |Copper Cliff
Wednesday, January 17 2:00 pm at St. Timothy’s Lutheran ChurchAddress: 12 COLLINS ST, Copper Cliff , ONP0M 1N0
Worship & Fellowship
Presented by the Copper Cliff Ministerial Phone: (705) 682-2511
All welcome!
2.Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Christian Unity Service |January 19 |Minnow Lake
Friday, January 19 2:00 pm at Holy Redeemer Church, 1887 Bancroft Dr, Minnow Lake, ONP3B 1S7
Christian Unity Service
Presented by the North East Ministerial: Church of the Ascension, Holy Redeemer, St. Andrew the Apostle, St. Stephen’s United, St. John’s the Evangelist
All welcome!
Phone: (705) 566-8330
3.Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Prayer Service & Fellowship Gathering |January 21 |Garson
Sunday, January 21 7:00 pm at First Baptist Church, Garson 2603 Falconbridge Hwy, Nickel Centre/Garson ON P3L 1K7
Prayer Service & Fellowship Gathering
Presented by the Nickel Center Ministerial: All Saints Anglican Church in Coniston, St. Luke’s United Church in Minnow Lake, St. John’s the Evangelist in Garson, First Baptist Church in Garson
All welcome!
Phone: (705) 693-3278
4.Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Prayer Breakfast & Speaker |January 23 |Sudbury
Tuesday, January 237:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at Glad Tidings Church, 1101 Regent St, Sudbury, ON P3E 5P8
Breakfast followed by Speaker and Discussion
Speaker: Dr. Chris Duncanson-Hales,Departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Sudbury at Laurentian University
Topic: "Wresting the Message from the Messenger: An Apology for Hope from the Caribbean." …. what we can learn from the challenge and struggles of Christians from the Caribbean who at one and the same time encounter the Bible both as a liberating text that was paradoxically received as a tool of oppression
$15.00 per person to cover the cost of catered breakfast
To book your breakfast reservation, please call Glad Tidings: Phone: (705) 522-4523 or Email:
Last date to make your reservation for the breakfast is January 20, 2018
Presented by the Sudbury Central South End Ministerial
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For further information, please contact Dr. Chris Duncanson-Hales, Sudbury Central South End Ministerial
Mobile: 705 561 2770 Home: 705 585 3032 Email: