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YABs Fellowship Week 2026 worship resource
Prepared by the YABs Committee for 14–21 June 2026 Theme: Solidarity in action: from fellowship to impact Why this theme was chosen: Solidarity is not merely agreement. It is commitment. It is choosing to remain connected even when we are different so that our unity becomes visible, practical and transformative. Fellowship creates belonging, encouragement, and
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Courier 2026 / 41.1
A messenger Courier: “A messenger … entrusted with the task of bearing messages.”That’s how MWC General Secretary Paul N. Kraybill introduced MWC’snew magazine in its first issue in 1986. “The 1984 Mennonite World Conference Assembly at Strasbourgechoed a cry heard often before and since. We don’t know enoughabout each other. We are a worldwide community,
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Global Anabaptist Forebears
A new biography-based history series “We need a new generation of textbooks… We could gather around these stories in church groups, in seminary classrooms, around campfires. It’s a process of…realizing that many of our forebears in faith come from other continents… We need to recognize them as kin.” Anicka Fast, series editor Many Anabaptists live
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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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Courier 2025 / 40.4
Unity is God’s gift “So that they may be one, as we are one,” Jesus prayed in John 17:22. This prayer for those who follow Jesus has been acutely relevant since the moment he spoke it. The Anabaptist movement whose 500th anniversary we mark this year was a “church split” at the time. The many
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Courier 2025 / 40.2-3
This issue of Courier is a taste of the 500th anniversary Inspired by Zwingli’s famous invocation to “do something courageous!”, MWC gave the theme “The Courage to Love” to our 500th anniversary year. We marked it with a registration-free event in the streets of Zurich, Switzerland, on Ascension Day, 29 May 2025. It’s also the
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026
Theme Solidarity Why this theme was chosen Our MWC tagline lists “living out unity” as a core part of our identity. We exercise solidarity with our fellow Anabaptists across denominational lines locally, around the world, with the body of Christ more broadly, and with partners in building peace and pursuing justice. Solidarity is another word
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A weekend of prayer and action against hunger 2025
Liturgy Guide and Resources for the Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger 17-19 October 2025. 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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Following Jesus into baptism
Clothed together in Christ Presented by Thomas R Yoder Neufeld On this 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement, and the 100th birthday of the MWC, we are taking the opportunity to reflect deeply on where we come from, where we find ourselves today, and where we are going.
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Peace Sunday 2025 – Activities
Who is our neighbour? What is the gospel? Enact “Samarital Acts” (Luke 10:25-37) in the community OR Explore the meaning of “gospel” in the story and notice the different practical ways in which it is embodied in Luke 4. 1. Create multi-generational groups to explore the assignment together over four weeks. 2. Within the groups,
