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A new day to worship together
With hearts of gratitude for the beauty and sustenance that God gives us through creation, we are excited to announce Creation Sunday on 6 September 2026. MWC invites Anabaptist churches to join together to celebrate God’s act of creation on the first Sunday of September every year. It becomes a day when Christians worldwide enter…
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New leaders, new gifts for the global church
Mennonite World Conference has appointed new staff to succeed leaders who are moving on to other roles or retiring. “Each leader who serves MWC has gifts to bless our global communion,” says César García, MWC general secretary. “I am pleased to announce some new leaders on the MWC staff team. I also thank Jeanette and Ron for the gifts they have shared in these roles before.” Commissions Nelson Okanya has been…
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A posture of solidarity
We often hear this biblical passage as a call to service, and that is one way to understand it. Indeed, Jesus does encourage his disciples to seek the role of a servant, humbling themselves through the act of foot washing.
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YABs Fellowship Week 2026 Prayer requests
Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Zimbabwe Angola Malawi Nigeria Uganda Asia India Indonesia Nepal Philippines Europe Germany France Latin America Belize Argentina Peru Costa Rica El Salvador North America Canada
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AWFS 2026: Celebration ideas
Here are some of the ways the churches in Europe worship together, with symbolic actions to demonstrate solidarity.
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AWFS 2026: Liturgies and symbols for gathering and benediction
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026 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 its candle is lit, acknowledging brothers and…
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AWFS 2026: Sermons
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026 Sermons Those who share have more Micah 6:8 I stand in the early summer sun on the Loosli family’s strawberry field on Moron in the Jura and comb through the small bushes for the ripest and finest strawberries. What’s on my mind on this beautiful June morning is the motto of…
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AWFS 2026: Tithes and offering ideas
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026 MWC invites a special offering to be taken for the global Anabaptist church community on Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday. One way to think about this offering is to invite every member to contribute the value of one lunch in their own community to support the networks and resources of our…
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AWFS 2026: Testimonies from Europe
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026 Solidarity on Lesbos “And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.”—1 Corinthians 13:13) What do these three things look like when we put them into practice? They look like loyalty, anticipation and solidarity. And the greatest of these is solidarity. And now faith,…
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What does it mean to be a Peace Church?
Peace Sunday 2025 – Testimony A story of the church in Myanmar What does it mean to be a Historic Peace Church – or, rather, a church dedicated to the ways of Christ’s peace? This is the question that the Mennonite church in Myanmar wrestles with as the ongoing conflict there continues to affect many…
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Redrawing our relationships of proximity
Peace Sunday 2025 – Teaching Resource Sermon on Matthew 22:34–40 “Vecino” or “vecina” (neighbour). This is one of the ways we refer to the different people around us in Bogota, Colombia, whether they live in our building, the house next door, or we meet them in a store or other shared and public places. We…
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A beautiful mosaic, crafted by God’s hand
The first story below is from one of our brothers in Argentina. He chose to be anonymous because the story involves sensitive topics. We share this beautiful story because it shows how God put together people with different colours and background, creating a colourful mosaic of people. Similarly, Elisante’s story is about God drawing people…
