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1 CONTENTS To those organizing the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 3 Biblical text for 2022 4 Introduction to the theme for the year 2022 5 The preparation of the material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022 8 Ecumenical worship service Instructions for those preparing the worship 10 Order of worship 11 Appendix 17 Biblical reflections and prayers for the Eight Days 25 The Middle East Council of Churches 35 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Themes 1968-2022 38 Key dates in the history of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 42 Scripture quotations: The scripture quotations contained herein are from The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, 1995, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. 2 3 TO THOSE ORGANIZING THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY The search for unity: throughout the year The traditional period in the northern hemisphere for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is 18-25 January.

narratives resonates with the long history and difficult present of the Middle East. It was in the Middle East that the Word of God took root and bore fruit: thirty and sixty and one hundredfold. And from this east that the apostles set out to preach the Gospel to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). The Middle East gave thousands of

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