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Proceedings – Assembly 16
ProceedingsMemoriasActes Mennonite World Conference Assembly 16Congreso Mundial Menonita Asamblea 16Conférence Mennonite Mondiale Assemblée 16 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA21-26 July 2015 A compilation of speeches and greetings from PA 2015 Copyright ©2017 Mennonite World Conference / Congreso Mundial Menonita / Conférence Mennonite Mondiale In two parts Author advisory PA 2015 plenary speaker Bruxy Cavey resigned 3 March…
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Meet your hosts for Indonesia 2021
In July 2009, Mennonite church leaders from Indonesia found themselves in a conversation outside a dormitory in Asuncíon, Paraguay. Although they were not strangers, their paths rarely crossed. The three groups they represented had complex histories that included separation and division. But there in the relaxed context of the 15th Assembly of Mennonite World Conference,…
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Morning sermons – PA 2015
Read the full text of the morning sermons from PA 2015, by Rebecca Osiro, Tigist Tesfaye Gelagle, Nancy Heisey, Remilyn Mondez, Shant Kumar S Kunjam, Kevin Ressler, Hippolyto Tshimanga, Marc Pasqués and Rodrigo Pedroza. These can also be a helpful resource as you prepare to celebrate World Fellowship Sunday with your congregation. Morning Sermons from PA 2015 God walks…
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The gift of conversations at Assembly PA 2015
Friendship Groups and Activities There were so many great things about the Mennonite World Conference [Assembly, PA 2015]. This was my first time going, and I really appreciated the worship sessions, especially the diversity. (I had no idea what Japanese worship was like!) But perhaps the most important reason I wanted to go to [PA…
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Songs from PA 2015: Caribbean, Central and South America
International SongbookCancionero InternacionalRecueil International de Chants Mennonite World Conference AssemblyAsamblea del Congreso Mundial MenonitaRassemblement de la Conference Mondiale Mennonite Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA21-26 July 2015
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Songs from PA 2015: Europe
International SongbookCancionero InternacionalRecueil International de Chants Mennonite World Conference AssemblyAsamblea del Congreso Mundial MenonitaRassemblement de la Conference Mondiale Mennonite Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA21-26 July 2015
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Songs from PA 2015: North America
International SongbookCancionero InternacionalRecueil International de Chants Mennonite World Conference AssemblyAsamblea del Congreso Mundial MenonitaRassemblement de la Conference Mondiale Mennonite Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA21-26 July 2015
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Songs from PA 2015: Africa
International SongbookCancionero InternacionalRecueil International de Chants Mennonite World Conference AssemblyAsamblea del Congreso Mundial MenonitaRassemblement de la Conference Mondiale Mennonite Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA21-26 July 2015
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Courier 2015 / 4 October
Author advisory PA 2015 plenary speaker Bruxy Cavey resigned 3 March 2022 from The Meeting House, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, a member of Be In Christ Church of Canada, MWC member church. The congregation’s Board of Overseers requested his resignation after a third-party investigation determined he had a sexual relationship that “constituted an abuse of…
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A deeper shade of green: Waste reduction measures at PA 2015
Winnipeg, Canada – Mass events can leave behind a mountain amount of trash. But at Mennonite World Conference’s 16th Assembly in Harrisburg, 21–26 July 2015, the management of garbage was an expression of worship to God the creator. Assembly organizers “decided early on that we would attempt to make the conference environmentally friendly to the degree that…
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Like a tree planted
Anabaptist Educators from around the world gather for the Global Education Conference Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA — Like a Tree Planted: Anabaptist Spirituality in Education, the Global Education Conference of Mennonite World Conference attracted more than 100 Anabaptist educators and leaders from 13 countries around the world. Anabaptist spirituality is “a pedagogy of transformation,” said John…
