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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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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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For the Love of the Cosmos
How do we pray for creation in this crucial time? With lament? With confession? With pleading? Yes, those and more – we need an expanded “vocabulary” to give voice what is happening.We need the words to express ourselves when we are at a loss for words, when we feel the homesickness of watching God’s amazingly…
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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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Transmission
Transmission is the title given to a series of 5 films of 10 minutes which present Anabaptist thought to people around the world to encourage a life of faith created by Affox AG, a multimedia production company. We would like to do this by providing a glimpse at the journeys we experience as disciples of Jesus…
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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 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…
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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 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…
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Climate Pollinators, a webinar series
This webinar is jointly organized by the Creation Care Task Force and Anabaptist Climate Collaborative. In these webinars, MWC’s Creation Care Task Force members from each region host one hour of storytelling and Q&A. Church members from around the world will share how they are affected by climate change – and responding with resilient action and gospel hope. …
