Here is the schedule for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2015 in Saskatoon. There are services scheduled around the world on these days, using the theme materials prepared by the churches in Brazil based on John 4:7 - "Jesus said to her: 'Give me a drink.' " The encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman invites us to try water from a different well and also to offer a little water of our own. In diversity, we enrich each other. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is a privileged moment for prayer, encounter and dialogue. It is an opportunity to recognize the richness and value present in the other, and to ask God for the gift of unity.

The biblical gesture of offering water to a guest (Matthew 10:42) as a way of welcoming and sharing is something that is repeated in all regions of Brazil. Refreshing glasses of water, chimarrão, coffee and tereré are trademarks of acceptance, dialogue and coexistence. The proposed study and meditation on this text during the Week of Prayer is to help people and communities to realize the dialogical dimension of the project of Jesus, which we call the Kingdom of God.

In conjunction with the Week of Prayer in Saskatoon, the annual De Margerie Series of lectures and workshops will present Dr. Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, professor of theology at Boston University. The De Margerie Series on Christian Reconciliation and Unity is offered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, St. Thomas More College, and the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM - Public Workshop - "With One Voice: Prayer, Song & Christian Unity"

* Part of the De Margerie Series on Christian Reconciliation and Unity with Dr. Karen B. Westerfield Tucker.

All are welcome.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
436 Spadina Crescent E.
Saskatoon, SK

Sunday, January 18, 2015

3:00 PM - Opening Service

* Part of the De Margerie Series on Christian Reconciliation and Unity with Dr. Karen B. Westerfield Tucker.

Children's ministry will be provided.

Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens Roman Catholic Parish
1007 Windsor Street
Saskatoon, SK

Monday, January 19, 2015

7:00 AM to 8:30 AM - Morning Service

Mayfair United Church
902 33rd Street W.
Saskatoon, SK

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM - Clergy and Lay Ministry Workshop - "With One Voice: Baptism and Christian Unity"

* Part of the De Margerie Series on Christian Reconciliation and Unity with Dr. Karen B. Westerfield Tucker.

Cathedral of the Holy Family
123 Nelson Road
Saskatoon, SK

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

7:00 AM to 8:30 AM - Morning Service

St. George's Anglican Church
624 Avenue I S.
Saskatoon, SK

7:30 PM - 2015 Annual De Margerie Lecture - "An Ecumenism of Life: Liturgy and Dialogue"

* Part of the De Margerie Series on Christian Reconciliation and Unity with Dr. Karen B. Westerfield Tucker.

All are welcome.

St. Thomas More College - Auditorium
1437 College Drive
Saskatoon, SK

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

7:00 AM to 8:30 AM - Morning Service

St. Paul's Roman Catholic Co-Cathedral
720 Spadina Crescent E.
Saskatoon, SK

7:30 PM - Ecumenical Hymn Sing and Worship Service: "Singing Into Unity"

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church/St. Timothy's Anglican Church
1201 Broadway Avenue
Saskatoon, SK

Thursday, January 22, 2015

7:00 AM to 8:30 AM - Morning Service

St. Paul's United Church
454 Egbert Avenue
Saskatoon, SK

12:00 PM - Worship and Lunch

Queen's House Retreat and Renewal Centre
601 Taylor Street W.
Saskatoon, SK

Friday, January 23, 2015

7:00 AM to 8:30 AM - Morning Service

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
1215 McKercher Drive
Saskatoon, SK

Friday Evening Vespers - Cancelled

Sunday, January 25, 2015

3:00 PM - Closing Service

With Bishop Sid Haugen, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

Ebenezer Baptist Church
107 McWillie Avenue
Saskatoon, SK