{"id":8133,"date":"2023-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/awfs-2024-suggestions-for-gathering-and-benediction\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:18:07","slug":"awfs-2024-suggestions-gathering-and-benediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/awfs-2024-suggestions-gathering-and-benediction\/","title":{"rendered":"AWFS 2024 Suggestions for gathering and benediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Show the greeting videos to hear the connections with Latin American sisters and brothers (see multimedia resources)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Show the MWC map to help people see the Anabaptists all around the world <a href=\"http:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/map\">mwc-cmm.org\/map<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the service light 5 candles at the front in different colours, one for each of the 5 continents, and light the Christ candle in the middle. 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