The southern hemisphere observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is in between Ascension and Pentecost.

This year the official observance will be 29 May to 5 June for 2022.

The 2022 theme is “We saw the star in the East, and came to worship him”; prepared by Middle East Council of Churches based in Beirut, Lebanon. Though the text for this year’s theme is commonly associated with Epiphany at the beginning of the liturgical year, For Aotearoa-New Zealand, there is the opportunity to contextualise this with the observance of Matariki – and the appearance of these stars in our skies.

If you are planning ahead for local ecumenical services, or looking to incorporate the theme into your Sunday parish worship, The international resources are available at: https://www.oikoumene.org/events/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity 

Mission and Ecumenical Board
[Acting] Director: Rev. Tony Franklin-Ross
mm-e@methodist.org.nz
www.methodist.org.nz/mahi/mme