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A Conversation between Mennonite World Conference and the Seventh-day Adventist Church
2011-2012
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This Peace Sunday worship material is provided by the Peace Commission of Mennonite World Conference. We encourage its use by all MWC-related congregations on the Sunday closest to the International Day of Peace, September 21, 2013.
INTRODUCTION
Psalm 23 is a strong image of peace. There we celebrate sitting at the table in the presence of our enemies, and the cup is filled to overflowing. Using this image we respond to God’s call to peace with a ritual of anointing. These peace-worship resources use movement, image, art, and ritual to explore the theme of peace. They begin with the idea that art (construction) is the opposite of war (destruction).
While it is difficult to do art together in a time of worship, there are ways of making art to interact together.
Please use these ideas as guidelines to adapt to your congregation’s context. The children’s worship connects with the prayers of the people through a prayer movement. Please feel free to change, adapt, or print material as needed.
FOCUS STATEMENT
God fills our cup to overflowing with what is needed to work for peace.
MAIN SCRIPTURE
Psalm 23
Supporting Scriptures: Genesis 1; Matthew 6:9-13; 2 Corinthians 5:18
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Young Anabaptists (YABs) Network Terms of Reference
PURPOSE
On the foundation of our Anabaptist identity, through global and local networking, we as young people want to walk together, empower and support each other in fellowship, decision-making, and peace-making initiatives.
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A teaching resource from the Faith and Life Commission
What does it mean for member churches of Mennonite World Conference to share an Anabaptist identity? What is the value of Anabaptist “tradition” – and what does that word mean in a global context? What are our Anabaptist understandings of mission and fellowship?
In 2009, the newly appointed Faith and Life Commission was asked to produce three papers that could be used in helping MWC communities reflect on such questions:
- “A Holistic Understanding of Fellowship, Worship, Service, and Witness from an Anabaptist Perspective” by Alfred Neufeld Friesen of Paraguay;
- “The ‘Anabaptist Tradition’ – Reclaiming its Gifts, Heeding its Weaknesses” by Hanspeter Jecker of Switzerland; and
- “Koinonia – The Gift We Hold Together” by Tom Yoder Neufeld of Canada.
All three papers were approved as a teaching resource by the MWC General Council in May 2012.
The “Anabaptist tradition” is a historical movement, rooted in the sixteenth century Radical Reformation, of contextualizing the Bible’s apostolic and prophetic legacy as lived out by the early church. Tradition is a historic witness of moments of renewal and contextualization, a dynamic in need of permanent perpetuation…
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Report of the International Dialogue between the Catholic Church and Mennonite World Conference 1998 – 2003
