Please check your congregation’s copyright protocols before using these songs in public gathering.
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Prepared by the YABs Committee for 16-23 June 2024
Theme:
Mosaic: We are God’s handiwork
Why this theme was chosen:
This theme highlights our part in God’s greater purpose. Like pieces of tile, alone, we cannot see our value. Sometimes, we may think we are insignificant, but when God puts us together with the right people and places, we fit: we find our purpose and realize our value.
Biblical text:
Ephesians 2:8-10
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith Ð and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God Ð not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (NIV)Genesis 1:27
So God created humans in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (NRSV)Additional resources in this package
- Storytelling
- Prayer
- Discussion questions
- Song suggestions
- Greeting videos
Share
- Take pictures and share on Facebook and Instagram! #YABs #mwcmm
- Send pictures or testimonies through Messenger or email to yabs@mwc-cmm.org.
- Help us prepare for future fellowship weeks and YABs projects by sending your suggestions to yabs@mwc-cmm.org or commenting on our Discord server (https://discord.gg/RzJghptWnS).
During this week, youth and young adult groups from all over the world can encourage each other and celebrate as one young adult Anabaptist community.
How can you participate?
Here are some suggestions!
Use and adapt the materials …
(Scripture, songs, discussion questions, prayer requests, testimonies, media, etc.) for use in your youth/young adult group that week. Watch for these materials on Facebook and our website.
Organize a YABs Fellowship Week event…
with other youth/young adult groups! Use the opportunity to enjoy fellowship with other Anabaptist communities. It doesn’t have to be complicated; just get together to worship, play, discuss, and pray Рin person or online.
Join the discussion…
in a private Facebook group or on Discord and meet other YABs from around the world. Share conversations on your different perspectives.
Share your story globally!
We want to share your testimony on the impact of participating in the Global Youth Summit, a story of how God is working in your local context, a meaningful worship song or a prayer or prayer request. Please send your song, prayer or story via social media messenger, Discord or email no later than end of July.
Send us feedback…
on YABs Fellowship Week after the event and submit input on future YABs projects.
Follow us…
on Facebook and Instagram to stay engaged via social media! #YABs #mwcmm #yabsprayer
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Prepared by the YABs Committee for 18-25 June 2023
*updated* Full resource now available.
Theme
The family I found in my salvation
Why this theme was chosen
This year we want to look back in the story of how we came to know Christ. Every individual has different salvation story. Some came from a different religious tradition and experience a complete transformation after they meet Christ. Some came from a Christian family which means it’s hard to pinpoint a specific turning point in life.Our salvation comes with a community that shapes us, encourages us and makes us who we are. Let’s talk about the family we built from our newfound faith.
Biblical text: Luke 15:4–7
“Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
Additional resources in this package
- Refusing to be a victim and an offender
- Teach the gospel and hold the faith
- Prayer requests
- Discord chat. Email yabs@mwc-cmm.org to get an invitation to join
Sunday, 18 June 2023 at 10:00 UTC or 19:00 UTC: Meet the YABs
Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 10:00 UTC or 19:00 UTC: story time and prayers
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Prepared by the YABs Committee for 1-4 July 2022
*This year’s Fellowship Week activities will take place during the Global Youth Summit and Assembly 17 in Indonesia
Theme
“Sealed in the Spirit”
Why this theme was chosen
This theme ties in with the 2022 Global Youth Summit (GYS) theme: “Life in the Spirit.” This topic represents a diversity of experiences within the global body. It gives us the opportunity to learn from each other and to seek the unity of the Spirit together through the bond of peace.
Biblical text
Ephesians 1:13-14
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession – to the praise of his glory. (NRSV)
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Worship Resources
Prepared by the MWC YABs Committee for 20–26 June 2021
Theme
Perseverance
Biblical text
Romans 5:3,4
Additional resources in this package
- Discussion questions
- Testimonies
- Prayer requests
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Theme
Purpose: God’s and ours
Biblical text
2 Timothy 1:6-14
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Purpose: God’s and ours
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SALT and LIGHT: Exploring Our Identity Then and Now
Matthew 5:13-16
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“Called to be free”
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Pursue peace
This year our theme is centered around one of the Shared Convictions as Anabaptist-related churches within Mennonite World Conference: The Spirit of Jesus empowers us to trust God in all areas of life so we become peacemakers who renounce violence, love our enemies, seek justice and share our possessions with those in need.
1 Peter 3:8–12
