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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 Task Force: Rationale and mandate
Creation Care Task Force Rationale: MWC is a global communion of Anabaptist churches that are together facing the climate crisis. Central to our ethos is to respond faithfully to the challenges of our world. What does it mean to follow Jesus into this crisis? Member churches Ð along with all humanity Ð are all at…
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Creation Care and MWC Responding as a Global Church
Indonesia 2022: workshop Creation Care and MWC: Responding as a Global Church “El cuidado de la creación y el CMM: Respondiendo como iglesia mundial” « La protection de la création et la CMM : une réponse de l’église mondiale » How should Mennonite World Conference respond to climate and other environmental crises which are impacting…
