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History

Since 1904, the World YMCA and the World YWCA have come together to deliver the World Week of Prayer and World Fellowship.

History of the Week of Prayer

World Week of Prayer 2023

The theme chosen for this year’s prayer week was “Seeds to Blossoms: Cultivating Hope and Love in Solidarity”

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Week of Prayer 2024

Since 1904, the World YMCA and the World YWCA have come together to deliver the World Week of Prayer and World Fellowship.

Celebrated each year in the second week of November, the Week sees both organisations joining forces to produce a booklet with a theme, a set of Bible studies for each day, and an annual Bible reading plan so that communities around the world can unite in prayer for a specific cause linked to current realities.

This year, the Week of Prayer takes place from 10-16 November 2024.

Join us as we unite under the theme “Moving with Faith through the Elements”, where we will explore the significance of water, earth, fire, and wind in scripture and our daily lives.

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World Week of Prayer 2023

This year’s Week of Prayer resources are centred on the theme ‘Seeds to Blossoms: Cultivating Hope and Love in Solidarity.’

Illustrating the journey is the nurturing of a plant, structured around each phase of the plant's growth cycle: Preparing the soil, sowing the seeds, nurturing with care, being guardians of growth, fostering resilience through pruning, and harvesting the fruits.

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World Week of Prayer 2022

Over the last two years, the YMCAs and the YWCAs worldwide faced some critical challenges with the global pandemic of COVID-19. Many of us are still reflecting on the unprecedented and destabilising events that have taken place over the two last years, challenging our beliefs on where we are now, and where we are headed towards.

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World Week of Prayer 2021

The World YMCA and the World YWCA invite the ‘Y’ Movements throughout the world to observe the World YWCA-YWCA Week of Prayer and World Fellowship, in the week of 7- 13 November 2021. The theme chosen for this year’s prayer week is “Beauty from Brokenness”.

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Uniting in Prayer: World Week of Prayer 2024

20 November 2024

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Reflecting on the 2023 World Week of Prayer

20 November 2023

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World Week of Prayer: Resilience in unlikely places

07 November 2023

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World Week of Prayer: Cultivating love and hope

27 August 2023

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History

Since 1904, the World YMCA and the World YWCA have come together to deliver the World Week of Prayer and World Fellowship.

History of the Week of Prayer

World Week of Prayer 2023

The theme chosen for this year’s prayer week was “Seeds to Blossoms: Cultivating Hope and Love in Solidarity”

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