{"id":17411,"date":"2023-08-19T17:39:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T17:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/peace-sunday-2023-liturgies\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T23:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T23:39:50","slug":"peace-sunday-2023-liturgies","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/peace-sunday-2023-liturgies\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Sunday 2023 \u2013 Liturgies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening prayer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proclaim the Dawn of God\u2019s Reign&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: \u201cLet my people go so that they can hold a festival for me in the desert\u201d (Exodus 5:1).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of the house of slavery, through troubled waters, into the wilderness a new people is born;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are God\u2019s own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put your trust not in power nor in wealth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in the One who is creator, sustainer and liberator on heaven and on earth, and called out to celebrate the breaking of every chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are here to proclaim the dawn of God\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014Taken from Cl\u00e1udio Carvalhaes, Liturgies from Below: 462 acts of worship: Praying with People at the Ends of the World [Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2020], 35. Used with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/sites\/default\/files\/website_files_2020\/20220918silvaniarusdianto2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GKMI Petra-Depok, Indonesia, celebrated being a new creation on Peace Sunday, 18 September 2022, with a special guest. Sadanand Hembrom joined the service from India by video. The congregation\u2019s Global Youth Summit (GYS) participants suggested Sadanand Hembrom, GYS delegate from Brethren in Christ Church Nepal, should speak to the church on Peace Sunday. Ary Rusdianto had interpreted him into Indonesia during the satellite service from GKMI Solo. Photo:&nbsp;Silvania Rusdianto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benediction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benediction for Stepping Out into the Empire<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, even as you step out into the Empire,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be not of this structure, but be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light that liberates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The salt that savours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hand that heals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The water that washes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until all have access to God\u2019s great and beautiful creation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014Taken from Cl\u00e1udio Carvalhaes, Liturgies from Below: 462 acts of worship: Praying with People at the Ends of the World [Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2020], 57. 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