{"id":108224,"date":"2024-12-03T00:35:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T00:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/?p=108224"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:04:49","slug":"celebration-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/celebration-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration ideas\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-green-eyebrow\">Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participate in person or join in online on 29 May 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) will welcome guests from around the world to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anabaptism500.ch\/\">The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500<\/a><\/strong>. The day-long celebration commemorates the birth of the Anabaptist movement in Zurich, Switzerland.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following workshops, concerts, a panel discussion and a self-guided historical walking tour, participants will gather for an ecumenical worship service at the Grossm\u00fcnster church.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an act of peacebuilding and a testimony to recent reconciliation, MWC is inviting leaders of world communions (e.g., Catholic, Lutheran and Reformed) that were once sharply at odds with the Anabaptist movement. All events are within walking distance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final worship gathering will be conducted in English and translated into French, Spanish and German. 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