| Greetings Phil & Kelly Horning,
"When you come back in one year, you will find no more discrimination in our church". This confident declaration by a young Indian woman following an MWC workshop is an amazing witness to the power of Jesus Christ in our congregations. Christ has come! We celebrate Christ's presence in the church, as the Body of Christ here on earth. Our global Anabaptist church community reflects the grace and love of Jesus Christ – sometimes with difficulty, and sometimes with great strength. I am asking you to contribute a year-end gift to help strengthen our global Anabaptist church community. In our recent workshop process in India, we started by asking participants to describe their context of ministry and the challenges they face. In southern India they identified issues of patriarchy in the church; the legacy and reality of the caste system creating discrimination and inequality in the church; issues of rich and poor and how they can relate to each other; and leadership and power issues in the church. After our three-day workshop, one of the group evaluation questions was: "If we come back to your church in one year, what will be different as a result of this workshop?" One young woman, with her eyes shining, her smile contagious, and her voice confident, reported from her group: "When you come back in one year, you will find no more discrimination in our church." May God grant strength and wisdom to continue the transformation we all seek in our own context. We need each other to wash each other's hands. This is what grabbed my attention in India. It takes one to bring the water, another to pour the water, and yet another to provide a towel. We are not self-sufficient, but we need each other to receive God's blessings. I encourage you to give what you are able to strengthen our global faith community. Please click here for giving online by credit card, PayPal and other giving mechanisms: http://www.mwc-cmm.org/article/ways-give. Thank you for being part of a church community where we care for each other.  In Christ,
César Garcia, MWC General Secretary
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