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SUMMARY:Sunday worship during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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DESCRIPTION:The chosen theme for 2024 is ‘You shall love the Lord your G
 od… and your neighbour as yourself’ (Lk 10:27).  The parable of the Go
 od Samaritan is one of the best known passages of Scripture\, yet one that
  never seems to lose its power to challenge indifference to suffering and 
 to inspire solidarity. It is a story about crossing boundaries that calls 
 our attention to the bonds that unite the whole human family.\n\nIn choosi
 ng this passage of Scripture for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity\, 
 the churches of Burkina Faso have invited us to join with them in a proces
 s of self-reflection as they consider what it means to love our neighbour 
 in the midst of a security crisis. Communities in the British-Irish contex
 t may be less vulnerable to acts of mass violence than in Burkina Faso\, b
 ut there are still many living with the memory and/or the threat of seriou
 s violence\, centred on issues of identity and belonging. There are also g
 roups within communities\, including people from ethnic minority backgroun
 ds and people seeking asylum\, who feel particularly vulnerable to violenc
 e or being displaced by the threat of violence.\n\nBrothers and sisters fr
 om the Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou\, Protestant Churches\, ecumeni
 cal bodies and the CCN in Burkina Faso collaborated generously in drafting
  the prayers and reflections that we will use in our service on Sunday mor
 ning at 10.30.  At that service we welcome Phil Maud from the Grove Method
 ist Church – Jonathan will be leading worship and preaching at the Grove
 .
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