Our member churches are like the many pieces of a mosaic. Each piece is different, but together we form one beautiful mosaic. Thank you to everyone in our churches supporting MWC.
#mwcmm #followingJesus #livingoutunity #buildingpeace
-
-
Included here
- lyric sheet (includes additional verse and final refrain)
- lyrics, melody notation and chords*
- lyrics, melody notation and piano accompaniment*
*Page with music notation are taken from the forthcoming Voices Together worship and song collection, published by MennoMedia. Used with permission.
Permission granted to MWC member churches for congregational use for Peace Sunday and Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday. For permissions for ongoing use or in larger group gatherings, please contact info@smalltallministries.com.
You’re Not Alone
words and music by Bryan Moyer Suderman.
Copyright © 2005 Bryan Moyer Suderman/SmallTall Music
www.smalltallministries.comRefrain:
You’re not alone, we are one body
You’re not alone, we stand with you
You’re not alone, your time of suffering is our suffering too
And I know the day is coming when we will be rejoicing anew- Many members in this body that we know
Some are great and some are small
Eyes and ears and hands and just a little toe
One God who activates them all… (refrain) - One body, Spirit-formed and Spirit-fed
Different genders, rich and poor
A banquet where the least sit at the head
One body broken for the world… (refrain) - Look close, you’ll see this body’s not a pretty sight
Wounds and blemishes and sores
But with the saints of every place and point in time
We are the body of our Lord… oh Lord… (final refrain)
Final Refrain:
We’re not alone, we are one body
We’re not alone, we wait for You
We’re not alone, our time of suffering is Your suffering too
And I know the day is coming, I know the day is coming,
Yes I know the day is coming when we will be rejoicing anew. -
This workshop offers an overview of New Testament perspectives on the people of God and their relationship to the “promised land” in which they live. We then consider together how these New Testament perspectives might shape our present-day responses to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Please bring your Bible!
Presenter: Dorothy Jean Weaver is professor emerita of New Testament at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA, where she taught full time from 1984-2018. Dorothy Jean Weaver is a member of Community Mennonite Church, within the Allegheny Mennonite Conference and Mennonite Church USA. Dorothy Jean is ordained by Virginia Mennonite Conference to the Special Ministry of Bible teaching.
-
The World Council of Churches called for a “pilgrimage” of justice and peace. Applying a transformative spirituality, local communities have been visited in every region, to celebrate the gifts of life, to touch the wounds, and to transform the injustices. Key-themes have emerged on the way: Truth and Trauma, Land and Displacement, Gender Justice, and Racism.
Presenters: Fernando Enns, Mennonite (born in Brazil, living in Europe), representative of the Association of Mennonite Congregations in Germany at the World Council of Churches; Professor for Peace-Theology and Ethics at the Free University Amsterdam/The Netherlands and University of Hamburg/Germany. Andrs Pacheco Lozano, Mennonite (born in Colombia, living in the Netherlands), Secretary of the Global Mennonite Peace Network (MWC); Lecturer and Researcher at Free University Amsterdam/The Netherlands, secretary.
-
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 in different parts of the world. It is our hope however, to strengthen our sense of shared identity and community in the midst of all the diversity present throughout the Anabaptist body. Young people represent one of the important target audiences.
Find also a study guide for sharing questions about the film in small group or youth groups.
Transmission 2023 Migration
Transmission 2023 – English “How worldwide migration an displaced persons are being supported by loving and caring people.” This global phenomenon is the subject of 2023’s Transmission video.
In this video, young Mennonites in Greece, Lebanon, Colombia, USA and DR Congo share about their work of welcoming displaced persons.
Transmission 2022 Latin America
Transmission 2022 – English The third production in the Transmission series focusing on creation care is ready for viewing. Ophelia, a Swiss woman, after living and working in Costa Rica, wondered what she could learn from her contemporaries in Latin America on the subject. The production includes stories from Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and Honduras. This production ends with challenge triggered by an enterprise in the Netherlands as a way of inspiring all viewers, young and old to think and act boldly and with vision when it comes to creation care.
Transmission 2021 Indonesia
Transmission 2021 – English In Transmission, Hani and Adi share amazing faith journeys while they relate as Mennonites (a small minority) and Muslims (a large majority) in Indonesia. Hani reflects on how she sees the face of God in the people (both Muslim and Christian) she encounters in the remote village of Tempur, high in the mountains of Jepara. Adi introduces us to the power of interfaith dialogue and the resulting transformation of Solo from a city of violence to a city of peace.
From Indonesia we jump to the Netherlands where the relationship between Anabaptists and Muslims is impacted by a Muslim minority.
Canadians, Europeans, and Indonesians worked together to bring this unique production to life.
Transmission Ethiopia 2020
Transmission 2020 – English Transmission Ethiopia 2020 introduces its audiences to the Meserete Kristos Church through their experience with persecution (and freedom of religion), spiritual maturity, the place of youth in the church, the importance of music and prayer life. In this case, Salom, a French young adult reflects (after her return to France from her visit to Ethiopia), on what she learned from her peers and elders in the church.
We hope to gain a young generation of people who will be involved in making the next in the series and the final 90-minute documentary which we hope to expand to a secular audience in 2025. For the moment, we are targeting the Christian world.
Video in English, Spanish, French, German, Amharic subtitles
–release by Affox AG
Transmission 2020 – Amharic -
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs
True evangelical faith,
Menno Simons/Larry Nickel
© 2013 Cypress Choral Music
Reprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570 -
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 essential. This workshop will highlight the courageous voices of Anabaptist Mennonite communities impacted by environmental challenges and explore possibilities for bold leadership towards a vision rooted in justice and sustainability. The workshop will provide a space for listening and dialoguing together on this crucial peace and justice issue.
Presenters: Wendy Kroeker (from Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; GAPN chair), Andres Pacheco-Lozano (from Teusaquillo Mennonite Church, Bogota, Colombia; GAPN acting coordinator).
This workshop is sponsored by the Global Anabaptist Peace Network (GAPN) and the Mennonite World Conference Peace Commission (PC).Responding to Climate Crisis as a Missional Responsibility -
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs
Sari Srishti Ke Malik Tumhi Ho
Mr Kiran Kumar Pradhan
Reprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570 -
This workshop will study Matthew 2:1-23 and examine the upside-down portrait of power in Matthew’s story of Herod and the child. Participants will then reflect on the significance of this upside-down portrait of power for Christians living in the present-day world of 2022. Bring your Bible and join the discussion!
Presenter: Dorothy Jean Weaver is Professor Emerita of New Testament at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA, where she taught full time from 1984-2018. Dorothy Jean is a member of Community Mennonite Church, within the Allegheny Mennonite Conference and Mennonite Church USA. Dorothy Jean is ordained by Virginia Mennonite Conference to the Special Ministry of Bible teaching.
Seeing power as God sees it Herod and the child -
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs
Segala Puji Syukur / Shout for joy / Zanmei zhu
Niko Njotoahardjo, Fountain of Praise Ministries
© 1987 Niko Njotorahardjo, Fountain of Praise Ministries (contact assistant ilonatumiwa@yahoo.com)
Reprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570 -
The church’s strength and witness are deeply damaged by pastoral sexual misconduct Ð and yet it happens. We look at how to create clear standards about expectations and how to investigate complaints about sexual misconduct by church leaders. We look at healing in a church context where there has been sexual misconduct by the pastor.
Presenter: Arli Klassen is the moderator of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, which has recently managed a number of pastoral sexual misconduct complaints. She also serves as regional representatives coordinator for Mennonite World Conference.
