The aims of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity are

°  To pray as Christ prayed ‘That they may be one’.

°  To pray for the unity of all Christian people as we share in Christ’s ministry.

The Week of Prayer offers opportunities to meet and pray with fellow Christians of different denominations.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024

Saturday 20 to Saturday 27 January

The Week of Prayer is international and offers local opportunities to meet and pray
with fellow Christians of different denominations. The theme this year is

“You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself” (Luke 10:27).

For 2024, materials were prepared by an ecumenical team from Burkina Faso facilitated by the local Chemin Neuf Community. For more information, see https://ctbi.org.uk/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-2024/ .

In Sudbury, we keep the eight days from Saturday 20 January to Saturday 27 January.

Day 1: Saturday 20 January: 8.00 am Prayer Breakfast at Salvation Army, Sudbury.

Day 2: Sunday 21 January: …6.30 pm United Service at Suffolk Road Church, Sudbury. Speaker Andrew Dixey.

Day 3: Monday 22 January: 12.30 pm Service & light lunch at St Andrew’s, Great Cornard.

Day 4: Tuesday 23.January:. .12.30 pm Service & light lunch at Salvation Army, Sudbury.

Day 5: Wednesday 24 January: 12.30 pm Service & light lunch at St Mary’s, Boxford.

Day 6: Thursday 25 January: 7.30 pm Forum at St John’s Methodist Church, Sudbury. Rev Jim Stewart will speak about “God and the Climate”. The talk will take up the question of what Christians bring to the table in discussions of climate change and report briefly on the way Christian Aid address the challenges. It will also touch on our own personal discipleship in a challenging world.

Day 7: Friday 26 January: 12.30 pm Service & light lunch at Our Lady and St. John Catholic Church.

Day 8: Saturday 27 January: 8.00 am Prayer Breakfast: St Peter & St Paul’s, Lavenham – in the village hall.

Refreshments will be provided after most services.

Please download and display the poster .

For more information, for those leading worship, and for those wishing to follow each day’s theme at home, the material for the eight days can be downloaded from https://ctbi.org.uk/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-2024/ .