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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…
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Peace Sunday 2023 – Teaching resources
Being a family: redrawing the images and borders While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, ÒLook, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.Ó But to the one who had told him…
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Peace Sunday 2023 – Activities
Community Mapping Creating a social “family” tree Purpose: to highlight the many and broad social connections that we as communities of faith have. Hopefully this result in a beautiful, wide, vibrant and colourful tree that expands across the wall, highlighting the many connections the church community has. With permission, send your story and photo…
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YABs Fellowship Week 2023 worship resource
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…
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Tú estás aquí
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs Tu estas aqui / My God is hereSpanish: Michael Rodrguez (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) and Jess Adrin Romero (Mexico), 2004; trans. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee, 2019© 1999, trans. and arr. 2019 Canzion (admin. CanZion Editora). Copyright holder Martha Eliana Ortiz marthaeliana@canzion.comReprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE…
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We, Your People, Sing Your Praises
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs We, your people, sing your praises / Bon berger, ton peuple t’adore / Kami Umat-mu Memuji,Josephine Munyell & Rebecca Mosley, Indonesian Debra Prabu & Daisy Sutjipto/Salvatore Ferretti as sung in east africa© 2013 Rebecca Mosley and Josephine Munyeli rebeccasackmosley@gmail.com, jmenyeli@yahoo.frReprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570
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Sun Aatma kya kahta hai sab Mandliyon se
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs Hear what the spirit is saying to the churches / Sun Aatma kya kahta hai sab Mandliyon seShant Kunjam, Shant Kunjam© MWCReprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570
