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AWFS 2023 Ideas for children’s time
Worship Worship is a time when church members come together to pray, sing, read Scripture, share with each other, and give praise to God. It can be a time of fellowship, restoration, comfort, celebration, or a call for renewed action. Believers can worship in a church building, in a home, or in a boat –…
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2023
Theme Jesus Christ: Our Hope Why this theme was chosen Even in the midst of deep troubles, we come together from around the world to follow Jesus, who gives us hope. This is also the theme for Renewal 2023 in Mennonite World Conference. Biblical texts: Old Testament: Isaiah 40: 28-31 Psalm: Psalm 62:1-6 Gospel: Luke…
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You’re Not Alone
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs You’re not aloneBryan Moyer Suderman, Bryan Moyer Suderman© 2005 Bryan Moyer Suderman/SmallTallMusic / bryan@smalltallministries.comReprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570 Included here *Page with music notation are taken from the forthcoming Voices Together worship and song collection, published by MennoMedia. Used with permission. Permission granted to…
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Peace Sunday 2022 – Activities page
Download and print the page to cut out fruits and vegetables for the Peace Sunday activity. https://mwc-cmm.org/resources/peace-sunday-2022-worship-resource
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YABs Fellowship Week 2022 worship resource
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…
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Peace Sunday 2022 – worship resource
Theme and texts Theme Being a new creation in the midst of external turmoil Why this theme was chosen How do we maintain resilience in hardship, turmoil and conflict? How do we maintain our hope for something better when times are tough? This year’s Peace Sunday resources will explore the ways in which people throughout…
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AWFS 2022 Scripture reading
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday Scripture passages read in English, Bodo, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Portuguese and Spanish with subtitles in English, Spanish and French Old Testament: Genesis 12:1-5 Psalm: 104:1-4,24, 31-33 Gospel: John 20:19-23 New Testament: 1 Corinthians 12:3-13
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2022
Theme Following Jesus together Biblical texts One Lunch offering In this package Additional resources Multimedia resources Videos
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2021
Theme: Following Jesus together across barriers Why this theme was chosen: This is the theme chosen for the Indonesia 2021 Assembly. As a global Anabaptist faith community our priorities are summarized in these words. Biblical texts: Old Testament: Isaiah 55:1-6Psalm: 27Gospel: John 4:1-42New Testament: Philippians 2:1-11 Relationship between the theme and the biblical texts: We…
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Peace Sunday letter 2020
19 June 2020 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace! We write to invite you and your congregation to observe Peace Sunday together with brothers and sisters in the global Anabaptist church family on 20 September 2020. Accompanying this letter, we…
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Worship dance in JKI churches
In Indonesia, the congregation that worships in the Holy Stadium in Semarang (Jemaat Kristen Indonesia — JKI) includes dancers during the worship through music. This introduces creative, expressive art and provides another ‘language’ to worship the Lord. An expression of the heart, movements symbolize honour, adoration, joy and thanksgiving. Dance can include tambourine, ribbons, banners…
