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AWFS 2023 Scripture reading
Isaiah 40: 28-31 Psalm 62:1-6 Luke 18:35-43 1 Peter 1:3-6
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Anabaptist songs
The working group and project “Chant Anabaptiste” (anabaptist singing) began at the MWC Assembly in Asunción, Paraguay, 2009. The working group has met twice a year or more since then. It offers a calendar with scripture references for worship and music suggestions and arranges for articles on songs for the French monthly “Christ Seul”. The website…
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A weekend of prayer and action against hunger 2024
Liturgy Guide and Resources for the Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger October 11-13, 2024 For this Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger, Christians from all around the world will gather for prayer and worship around the theme of global hunger and food justice. We offer this guide to support worship planners to…
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Liturgies and symbols for gathering and benediction
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 On a table at the front, place five candles of different colours for each continent on top of a map of the world (or beside a globe) along with a white candle as the Christ candle in the middle. At the start of the worship service, name each continent as…
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Psalm 133
Introduction Do you remember any specific smell? Our sense of smell is one of the most interesting senses we have. Smell can bring pleasant memories of a meal you loved as a child, and unpleasant odours can elicit disgust. Church unity is like your sense of smell: it fills you with hope and strength when…
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YABs Fellowship Week 2024 worship resource
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…
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AWFS 2024 Letter
September 2023 To: All Mennonite, Brethren in Christ and Anabaptist-related churches in the world Dear brothers and sisters, It is with great joy that we share the materials for Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday (AWFS) with all of you. MWC creates worship resource materials three times a year for member churches: Peace Sunday (17 September…
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2024
Theme MOSAIC: Becoming a part of God’s bigger picture Why this theme was chosen Mennonite World Conference has many members, each one different from the others, and yet together the members create a beautiful picture of the body of Christ. Biblical texts In this package Additional resources Multimedia resources online
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Peace Sunday 2023 – Liturgies
Opening prayer Proclaim the Dawn of God’s Reign This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: “Let my people go so that they can hold a festival for me in the desert” (Exodus 5:1). Out of the house of slavery, through troubled waters, into the wilderness a new people is born; You are…
