{"id":17159,"date":"2022-11-19T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2023\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T17:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:40:59","slug":"anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2023","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Theme<\/h3>\n<p>Jesus Christ: Our Hope<\/p>\n<h3>Why this theme was chosen<\/h3>\n<p>Even in the midst of deep troubles, we come together from around the world to follow Jesus, who gives us hope. This is also the theme for Renewal 2023 in Mennonite World Conference.<\/p>\n<h3>Biblical texts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Old Testament: Isaiah 40: 28-31<\/li>\n<li>Psalm: Psalm 62:1-6<\/li>\n<li>Gospel: Luke 18:35-43<\/li>\n<li>New Testament: 1 Peter 1:3-6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In this package<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/stories\/suggested-liturgies-gathering-and-benediction\">Suggested liturgies for gathering and benediction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/stories\/biblical-background-sermon-content\">Biblical background for sermon content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/stories\/our-side\">Stories and testimonies from Africa for sermon content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/stories\/how-mennonites-came-be-0\">Anabaptist historical context<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/awfs-2023-ideas-childrens-time\">Children\u2019s story and activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/stories\/tithes-and-offering-ideas\">Tithes and offering ideas from Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/stories\/cultural-suggestions-africa\">Cultural suggestions from Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjA39NA\">Posters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2023-letter\">Invitation Letter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Multimedia resources online<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/awfs-2023-greetings\">Video greetings from Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/awfs-2023-scripture-reading\">Scripture texts read in multiple languages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/node\/4508\">Song videos from the MWC Assembly in Indonesia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mwcmm\/albums\/72177720301330910\">Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/awfs-2023-celebration-map\">Interactive map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/node\/3918\">MWC speaker\u2019s bureau<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/mwc-year-review-2022\">Year in Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/awfs_2023_en_fin.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of awfs_2023_en_fin.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-504059ac-05b3-4e02-91d0-34971ffbd11d\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/awfs_2023_en_fin.pdf\">awfs_2023_en_fin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/awfs_2023_en_fin.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-504059ac-05b3-4e02-91d0-34971ffbd11d\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","network":[],"resourcetype":[381],"language":[171],"resourcecategory":[1365],"resourcetheme":[327,311,328],"eventcategory":[300],"class_list":["post-17159","mwcresource","type-mwcresource","status-publish","hentry","resourcetype-pdf","language-id","resourcecategory-worship-resource-2","resourcetheme-identity","resourcetheme-theology","resourcetheme-unity","eventcategory-anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2023 - Mennonite World Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2023 - Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Theme Jesus Christ: Our Hope Why this theme was chosen Even in the midst of deep troubles, we come together from around the world to follow Jesus, who gives us hope. 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