Category: WICC

World Day of Prayer (WDP) 2024 Coordinator Event

Learning about World Day of Prayer 2024 November 18, 2023 at 1 pm EST Hello to all! We are excited and pleased to bring you an opportunity to connect with coordinators and planning teams across Canada while we learn about World Day of Prayer 2024. The Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada (WICC) has created this… Read more »


World Day of Prayer 2024 Coordinator Letter

♦ If you are no longer the World Day of Prayer Coordinator for your area, please quickly pass this letter on to the person who is and let our office know about the change. Or if there is no Coordinator for your area, please tell us that too. November 2023 Hello World Day of Prayer Coordinator… Read more »




World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel

World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel is September 16 – 23, 2023. (Note: the World Day of Prayer in March 2024 was written by women in Palestine.) The International Day of Prayer for Peace is September 21, 2023.  Church organizations, congregations, and people of faith are encouraged to bear a common witness by… Read more »


Cooking with Sumac

Sumac is a wild plant that is common across the Mediterranean region. You can find sumac growing almost anywhere! Due to its abundance, it has made its way into much of the cuisine and medicinal uses across the Middle East, in Turkey, Lebanon, and some parts of Europe and Africa. The berries of the plant… Read more »


World Day of Prayer 2024 – Artist Statement

“Praying Palestinian Women” By Halima Aziz This artwork was made in honour of World Day of Prayer 2024. Through “Praying Palestinian Women”, the artist represents three Palestinian women praying together in nature in a peaceful place. In her work, the artist has different symbols that indicate the origin of these women and their cohesion. Olive… Read more »


News for World Day of Prayer 2024 Coordinators

«  If you are no longer the World Day of Prayer Coordinator for your area, please quickly pass this letter on to the person who is and let our office know about the change (wicc@wicc.org). Or if there is no Coordinator for your area, please tell us that too. October 2023 Hello World Day of… Read more »


Meet Sharon Machina – Newest WICC Board Member

Appointed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada My name is Sharon Machina and I was born and raised on a farm in Grey County, just north of the village of Clifford, ON. I am married to Rheo Machina and we continue to farm and raise beef cattle on the farm previously owned by my… Read more »