A home and a hope for the future
4 Oct 2021
LWF delegates Fernanda Zùñiga (left) and Sebastian Ignacio Muñoz Oyarzo from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile share in a moment of prayer, as representatives of various faiths gathered in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain, in 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
For the LWF, Savanna Sullivan, Program Executive for Youth, and Khulekani Magwaza, Council member, will lead the ecumenical prayer.
This year’s Season of Creation theme is “A Home for All? Renewing the oikos of God”. Oikos is a Greek word for the Earth community. It is an invitation to be united in our human vocation to reshape just and sustainable political, social and economic systems that respect the life-giving ecological limits of the Earth.
The ecumenical Season of Creation lasts from 1 September (Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation) until 4 October (Feast day of St. Francis). This is an invitation to engage in a month of prayer, symbolic acts, and campaigns to give thanks for creation and renew our human vocation to care for it.
LWF delegates Fernanda Zùñiga (left) and Sebastian Ignacio Muñoz Oyarzo from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile share in a moment of prayer, as representatives of various faiths gathered in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain, in 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
