Prayers of gratitude and intercession

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Join the MWC Assembly Online!

Host a “watch party” with your congregation, family or friends.

Register to enter Assembly Hub:

• access live streams of the daily plenaries sessions,
• participate in hybrid and online workshops and discussions,
• follow Assembly on-site through vlogs,
• participate in mixed online and on-site small groups.

Recorded sessions will stay in the Assembly Hub until 30 September 2022, so you can re-visit the sessions at another time.

The Hub is a virtual platform where people can participate in different spaces that enrich the virtual experience.

Indonesia2022.mwc-cmm.org

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Carried by the love of God

“When Jesus came to the world he loved everyone. We are all created in one image, so we need to treat everyone as children of God. When people take their MWC bags with them, they will be able to remember who the people were that made the bags, and that they are beloved by God,” says Pastor Yeanny. Even if you aren’t able to attend Assembly in person, you can find these bags available as souvenirs in the near future.

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For more information and updates, please visit the registration site: indonesia2022.mwc-cmm.org

Latest Update on Assembly on-site

MWC Assembly in Indonesia is welcoming 700 on-site participants with the option of additional Indonesian guests at the opening and closing services based on local government guidelines.

The Assembly will take place in Salatiga, Central Java. Lodging will be possible in the hotels at the Assembly site. Some parts of the program will be streamed from satellite locations and held online for participants to get to know more about Indonesia. Global Youth Summit (GYS) participation will be limited to a maximum of 120 participants, including official delegates from each church, and will not have a virtual component.

Assembly Gathered daily themes

• Tuesday (opening): Following Jesus together across barriers
• Wednesday: following Jesus, learning together
• Thursday: following Jesus, living together
• Friday: following Jesus, caring together
• Saturday: following Jesus, celebrating together
• Sunday (closing): following Jesus together

For more information and updates, please visit the A17 event website.

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Assembly only circles back to the same continent every 25 years, so upon hearing that Indonesia would host the Assembly, she was already planning to come with her husband. “And then Liesa asked if I would like to organize the Global Church Village. I was immediately transported back to my experience in Calcutta, excited about bringing a miniature global village to life once more! I’m thankful for the opportunity to contribute,” Jessica Mondal says.

The Global Church Village will be a celebration of what each Anabaptist culture represents, and will be available to virtual participants.

• Each continent will have a booth to host activities, display photos or videos of their churches, and share their perspective
• A stage will host a multitude of cultural performances
• A storytelling booth will host people who want to share their unique faith journeys
• Everyone will also be able to participate in a mural or collaborative art project

Indonesia as the host will be given its own space to showcase their diversity. “Here, all Assembly participants can learn a little something about other cultures and churches. It will be a multisensory experience: people can taste, dance, sing, watch, listen, feel, and interact with each other!” Jessica Mondal says.

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Assembly Gathered daily themes

• Tuesday (opening): Following Jesus together across barriers
• Wednesday: following Jesus, learning together
• Thursday: following Jesus, living together
• Friday: following Jesus, caring together
• Saturday: following Jesus, celebrating together
• Sunday (closing): following Jesus together

The pandemic has forced churches to find different ways to gather. “Urban churches do virtual services. We also encourage older members to watch the livestream. However, in smaller towns, the internet may not be reliable so we organize socially-distanced service with masks on and sanitizing stations,” said MZ Ichsanuddin from GITJ, MWC executive committee member.

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*UPDATE*

New Date

On 18 August 2020, the Executive Committee has decided to move the Assembly by one year to 5Ð10 July 2022. Indonesia will still be the host country; the Holy Stadium church in Semarang, Central Java, the place for the meeting.

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COVID-19 has had an impact in many areas of our lives. As the Assembly planning team, we are still on target to celebrate with you in Indonesia in July 2022.

Should a change become necessary we will move the Assembly to a later date. Place and program will stay the same.

If we make a change, it will be posted on the MWC website as soon as it is decided. As long as there is no information about a changed date on the website, the planning continues as before.

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GYS: Global Youth Summit 2021

Life in the Spirit: Learn. Serve. Worship.

GYS is a gathering of Young Anabaptists (age 18+) from all over the world. The fourth Global Youth Summit will be held just before Assembly Gathered of Mennonite World Conference, on 2Ð5 July 2021 in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia (about 50 km south of Semarang, location of Assembly Gathered, 6–11 July 2021).

Who will your church send to participate in this once-every-six-years opportunity to learn, serve and worship in one spirit along with youth from around the world?

More than just gathering: Taste & see the LORD is good

MWC Assemblies are reunions of the Anabaptist-Mennonite family worldwide that take place every six years. They began in 1925, when a small group of Mennonite pastors from seven countries gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for several days of worship and conversation. Praise the Lord, after almost a century we continue to gather at Assemblies: a time to share in fellowship, worship, service and witness.

The forthcoming Assembly will be held in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. This will be the second Assembly held in Asia (after Calcutta, India, in January 1997), and the first in South-East Asia.

Come to Indonesia, to Semarang City, where all attendees will taste and see how good the Lord is. Save the date, pray, come, experience the Lord’s goodness!