World Day of Prayer 2025 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 (wicc@wdpcanada.ca).

Or if there is no Coordinator for your area, please tell us that too.

October 2024

We are happy to bring you all the information you need to coordinate a service:

1. By November 1, 2024, the WICC website, wdpcanada.ca, will have all the WDP service resources you need. Use your email address to register and gain access to these materials. If you do not have an email address, please recruit a friend or relative or church member who is willing to share theirs and receive information about WDP. Need help to register? Contact your area field rep listed at the bottom of this message. After registering, you will also receive emails with WDP updates and information about special events. Note: if you have registered as a coordinator on wicc.org in the past, you do not need to do it again.
2. Access information on coordinating WDP at: https://wdpcanada.ca/world-day-of-prayer/how-to-participate/. The Planning Guide will be available by November 1, 2024. This document includes ideas to help prepare for the service.
3. For free Offering Envelopes, please order online at wdpcanada.ca/wicc-store or call or email our office.
4. The 2021 to 2024 videos of a recorded WDP service were so popular that we are making another one for 2025! It has participants from across Canada with closed captioning.
• You can download the 2025 WDP service video for free after January 15, 2025. OR
• You can buy a USB memory stick ($25) that includes the service video as well as music from Cook Islands, service PowerPoint, and a country background video about Cook Islands that you can play during your WDP gathering. Order online at wdpcanada.ca/wicc-store. With the USB, you will also receive a paper copy of the worship service, a participant bulletin version, and information on Cook Islands. If you order a USB, remember to order Offering envelopes at the same time. The USB and envelopes will be mailed by January 13, 2025 but please order as soon as possible to ensure that an adequate supply of USBs are produced.
5. The WDP Worship Service will be available to you as a computer file when you log in for service resources. The Service is available in English, bilingual (French and English), Spanish, and German.
6. There’s lots more for World Day of Prayer that will be available on our website as of November 1st: posters, music, recipes, hymn suggestions, PowerPoint service and much more. All resources are available to download for free.
7. New for 2025! National Service Area Map.
World Day of Prayer 2025 services in Canada can be shared by coordinators by going to https://wdpcanada.ca/service-locations/
If you have been a coordinator before, these changes may be new to you:
• You no longer need a printed order form or service tracking number to order resources – everything is available online or by order of the USB through the WICC store.
• Get the music for free from our website or order a USB with these resources.

We Are Here to Support You

If you need assistance to register or log in, or any other aspect of World Day of Prayer, please contact your WDP Field Rep:

Or contact the WICC office administrator, Nancy Weir, at 416-929-5184 or wicc@wdpcanada.ca

SAVE THE DATES:
Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm EST: Online WDP Planning Event.
Saturday, January 18, 2025 – Three regional World Day of Prayer Gathering Events.
Saturday, March 15, 2025 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm EST – Online National WDP National Service.
For more information and to register, go to wdpcanada.ca/get-involved/events/.

Thank you so much!

Blessings,

Catherine MacKeil

Executive Director WICC

Gathering together in a worldwide movement of informed prayer and prayerful action for peace, justice, and reconciliation.