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Reflecting God’s glory on Creation Sunday
Planting marked Creation Sunday events in Mennonite World Conference congregations around the world. They responded to the Creation Sunday worship resource invitation to find an area that needed restoration to proclaim God’s glory. The first Sunday of September 2026, Anabaptist churches joined other Christian free-church traditions in celebrating Creation Sunday for the first time. Ecumenical…
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Creation Sunday 2026 Bible passages
Sermon notes on potential Bible passages These are the texts that churches that follow the Lectionary Calendar will use for Creation Sunday 2026. If you choose one or more of them for your service, many other Christians around the world will be reading them with you. The notes below, prepared by Rev Dr Dave Bookless…
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A new day to worship together
With hearts of gratitude for the beauty and sustenance that God gives us through creation, we are excited to announce Creation Sunday on 6 September 2026. MWC invites Anabaptist churches to join together to celebrate God’s act of creation on the first Sunday of September every year. It becomes a day when Christians worldwide enter…
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Creation Sunday 2026 worship resource
6 September 2026 The MWC Creation Care Working Group suggests the use of the following resources for the celebration of Creation Sunday in MWC congregations in September 2026. Why celebrate Creation Sunday? We have feast days celebrating Jesus (Christmas and Easter) and the Holy Spirit (Pentecost). Creation Sunday celebrates the Triune God as Creator. In…
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Creation Sunday 2026 letter
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings from the Creation Care Working Group (CCWG) of Mennonite World Conference! With hearts of gratitude for the beauty and sustenance that God gives us through creation, we are excited to announce Creation Sunday on 6 September 2026. Christians enter into the story of our faith by celebrating central…
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Grants honour Lord over all creation
God created the world as an intricate web of relationships. When creation suffers, people suffer too, as part of creation. Recognizing our responsibility in this global challenge, Creation Care Working Group* of Mennonite World Conference has established a Creation Care Fund to play a small role in equipping MWC member churches to respond to our contemporary ecological crises. In April 2026 the grant…
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COP 30 blogs by a Dutch Mennonite
Updates from COP 29 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) This year, Marijke van Duin was once again an observer at the annual United Nations Climate Summit as a delegate of the World Council of Churches. This 30th climate summit, COP 30, was held in Belém, Brazil, in the Amazon rainforest. Marijke…
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General Council leaves a mark
At a prayer meeting, a Mennonite World Conference staff member prayed that the presence of Anabaptists gathered in Germany for General Council meetings would leave a mark. Although the prayer was to leave behind the fragrance of Christ, there will also be a living memento of Mennonite World Conference’s visit. The Executive Committee, Commissions, Creation…
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Care for Creation – Plant a Tree!
Planting trees is a sign of hope; makes a difference in caring for the God’s creation; and is an investment in a better future.
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Responding to Climate Crisis as a Missional Responsibility
Indonesia 2022: workshop Humanity is facing cataclysmic impacts of the climate crisis and enormous effects of the loss of natural ecosystems and biodiversity. What is our calling as partners in the care of God’s good creation? The missional role of the Church in actively restoring a harmonious and future-looking interaction with our environment is absolutely…
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Land and water protection: peace work and the environment
Indonesia 2022: workshop Across many continents, Community Peacemaker Teams has supported accompaniment work in communities that suffer from environmentally and socially disruptive extractive industries. This workshop explores stories of individuals who have worked with CPT to oppose logging, extraction, fossil fuels, and land theft. We will draw lessons for Anabaptist peace and environmental work. Presenter:…
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Creation care that makes a difference
Indonesia 2022: Workshop Humanity’s impact on the environment demonstrates the need for a change of direction. Yet so often steps toward “creation care” seem overwhelmingly large or too small to make a difference. This workshop will examine ways followers of Jesus as individuals and organizations can live into a more sustainable future. Presenter: Tim Wiebe-Neufeld…
