The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 comes to us from an ecumenical group in South India. They have reflected upon their own context and offer to us a theme that calls us to respond to the obligations to act justly in the world.
The text is taken from Micah 6.6-8.
The materials have been adapted by the Britain and Ireland writers group and they have written additional material, including meditations for each of the 8 days, and two versions of the worship service.
Dates
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed from the 18th to the 25th January – the octave of St. Peter and St. Paul. However, some areas observe it at Pentecost or some other time. To allow for local decision making, the material has only the year on it and the days are denoted by the numbers one to eight, so you can use it at any time of year.
Christian Aid
This year we are continuing with our partnership with Christian Aid, who have participated in the preparation of these materials and you will find within the resources some important pointers to the vital work of Christian Aid in the relief of poverty and advocacy of justice in changing our world.
Resources
The resources for 2013 are available as downloads below. There is also an order form to purchase the material in a published format.
Resources from 2015 and 2014 are also still available to download. Older resources are available on our old website.
Printed resources
You can order printed copies of the What does God require of us? pamphlet, which includes daily reflections plus an order of service, from:
Norwich Books and Music
Tel: 01603 785925 or download and print out the flyer/order form below.
The pamphlet is available in English, large print English and Welsh/English. A3 posters are also available in English, Welsh and Irish.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – order_form (PDF)
For download
Download help
If you have problems with downloads, please consult the Help.
Printing A5 booklets
Many of the downloads are designed to be printed as A5 booklets on A4 paper. Please see the printing help as a guide to printing the PDF documents. Word documents are set up as A5 booklets and can be printed in landscape mode onto A4 paper, using your printer’s duplex printing option (or manually refeeding the paper) to print on both sides of the paper.
What does God require of us? pamphlet
This includes daily reflections and an order of service. For a less formal service see the Worship structure for a non-liturgical ecumenical act of worship, below.
English
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – English pamphlet (PDF, 4.4MB)
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
* This is designed to be printed as an A5 booklet on A4 paper (please see the printing help) but can also be printed as A4 (in Adobe Reader 10, choose File/Print, then under Size Options select ‘Fit’). For a Large Print version print the pamphlet as A4.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – English Order of Service (Doc, 1.2MB)
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
Welsh / English
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Welsh and English pamphlet
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
* This is designed to be printed as an A5 booklet on A4 paper (please see the printing help) but can also be printed as A4 (in Adobe Reader 10, choose File/Print, then under Size Options select ‘Fit’). For a Large Print version print the pamphlet as A4.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Welsh and English Order of Service (Doc, 1.5MB)
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
Irish
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Irish pamphlet (PDF, 5.6MB)
This is a cut-down version of the full pamphlet, including an introduction and order of service.
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Irish Order of Service (Doc, 2MB)
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
Powerpoint of service
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – English Powerpoint (PPT, 9MB)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Welsh and English Powerpoint (PPT, 9MB)
Study and reflection resource for the 8 days
(also included within the main pamphlet)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Study and reflection for the 8 days (PDF, 7MB)
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
Commentaries on the Bible readings
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Commentaries on Bible readings (English) (PDF, 2.4MB)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Commentaries on Bible readings (Welsh) (PDF, 2.5MB)
(Please note these are large files – see download guide)
Hymn suggestions and sheet music
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Hymn suggestions (PDF, 80k)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – In this place sheet music (English) (PDF)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – In this place sheet music (Welsh) (PDF)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Prayer response sheet music (English) (PDF)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Prayer response sheet music (Welsh) (PDF)
Dalit drums
If you want to use Dalit drums in your service you can get an idea of the style:
Poster (A3/A4)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – A3 poster (PDF, 4.3MB)
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
This can also be printed on A4 paper: in Adobe Reader 10, choose File/Print, then under Size Options select ‘Shrink oversized pages’.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – A3 poster (English)
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
This can also be printed on A4 paper: in Adobe Reader 10, choose File/Print, then under Size Options select ‘Shrink oversized pages’.
Worship structure for a non-liturgical Ecumenical Act of Worship
This is an outline for a less formal service than that provided in the main Week of Prayer pamphlet.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Worship structure for nonliturgical ecumenical act of worship (PDF, 2.6MB)
(Please note this is a large file – see download guide)
* This is designed to be printed as an A5 booklet on A4 paper (please see the printing help for the English pamphlet as a guide) but can also be printed as A4 (in Adobe Reader 10, choose File/Print, then under Size Options select ‘Fit’).
All Age material
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – All age material (PDF)
Supplementary material to use with all ages together.All age material has been provided by www.rootsontheweb.com
Background information
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Guidelines for organisers (PDF, 100k)
Guidelines, including suggested dates and how to use the material.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2013 – Theological introduction (PDF, 80k)
Week of prayer themes 1968-2012 (PDF)
