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5 Mennonite Minutes
César García, Mennonite World Conference general secretary, offers a meditation on Acts 4:32-35.
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A Culture of Peace
A Culture of Peace, by Alan Krieder, Eleanor Krieder, Paulus Widjaja
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7 reasons MWC matters for your congregation
Mennonite World Conference (MWC) gathers and equips member churches and local congregations to be the body of Christ together. Here are some blessings leaders and congregations receive through MWC: 1. A mosaic of a growing church: As we meet international Anabaptist sisters and brothers from other traditions and locations, we are inspired by their maturity…
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A Mennonite and Catholic Contribution to the World Council of Churches’ Decade to Overcome Violence
INTRODUCTION An international dialogue between Catholics and Mennonites took place between 1998 and 2003, beginning with the theme “Toward a Healing of Memories”, and concluding with a report entitled Called Together to be Peacemakers (CTBP). In the hope that, on the basis of that dialogue, Catholics and Mennonites may together offer suggestions for the World…
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An Anabaptist Theology of Service
A teaching resource from the Faith & Life commission Some weeks ago, I received a request from Bert Lobe to consider describing and reflecting on how the sixteenth century Anabaptists understood diaconal service, and how that understanding and practice developed historically. The idea was that this kind of study might provide a basis for discussion…
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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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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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AWFS 2023 celebration map
If you plan to participate in Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday (AWFS) in 2023, send us a message (info@mwc-cmm.org) so we can put a locator pin for your congregation as we celebrate and pray along with you:
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2023
Theme Jesus Christ: Our Hope Why this theme was chosen Even in the midst of deep troubles, we come together from around the world to follow Jesus, who gives us hope. This is also the theme for Renewal 2023 in Mennonite World Conference. Biblical texts: Old Testament: Isaiah 40: 28-31 Psalm: Psalm 62:1-6 Gospel: Luke…
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2022
Theme Following Jesus together Biblical texts One Lunch offering In this package Additional resources Multimedia resources Videos
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2021
Theme: Following Jesus together across barriers Why this theme was chosen: This is the theme chosen for the Indonesia 2021 Assembly. As a global Anabaptist faith community our priorities are summarized in these words. Biblical texts: Old Testament: Isaiah 55:1-6Psalm: 27Gospel: John 4:1-42New Testament: Philippians 2:1-11 Relationship between the theme and the biblical texts: We…
