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MWC Info September 2020 | | MWC charts course for future operationsPostpones Assembly, adjusts terms of service, financial policies "Like the Israelites in the desert, as recorded in the book of Numbers, we're on a journey together, trusting in God's daily provision and presence," said J. Nelson Kraybill, MWC president, to open the second set of online meetings of...
| | Global team, one focus: planning Assembly 17 in IndonesiaNew staff have begun serving Mennonite World Conference to prepare for the global gathering Assembly 17, now postponed to 5-10 July 2022 in Semarang, Indonesia.
| | New partnership enables global access to Anabaptist theological educationMennonite World Conference and AMBS enter partnership in "sharing of gifts" Mennonites around the globe
yearn for Anabaptist theological education, identity formation and leadership development, but attending an Anabaptist-related college, university or seminary has not been possible for Mennonites...
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response fund helps churches"I have seen entire families in the garbage dumps looking to quench their hunger. I have also watched with sadness as they return the elderly from the hospitals because there are no possibilities to attend them, nor medicines to supply them," said Erwin Francisco Mirabal González, a Mennonite...
| | Can preaching bring peace?The Menno Simons Sermon Prize was established by Dr. h.c. Annelie Kümpers-Greve (1946-2017), member of Hamburg-Altona Mennonite congregation in Germany, in 2008 on her conviction about the spoken word. Each year, the Centre for Peace Church
Theology at the University of Hamburg, Germany, in...
| | Like many Mennonites, I hold close the 16th-century stories of Anabaptist suffering. Like many I'm haunted all the more by the dangerous memory of the Cruciform One – "Take up the cross, and follow me."
| | Season of Creation – prayersThe MWC Creation Care Task Force would like to encourage all MWC members and congregations, to take part in the Season of Creation! From September 1 to October 4, 2020, churches all around the world join together as a family, in prayer and action for the care of the planet, our common home. It is a...
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May God grant us resilience to be good neighbours and to show grace to
others as the pandemic stretches on. May God grant governments wisdom to respond to citizens needs and to make procurement decisions as vaccines become ready for use. May we stand in solidarity with each other around the world as we grieve losses, economic and personal. Pray for those who respond to the pandemic with violence and greed. May God rattle their understanding and may the Holy Spirit turn their hearts to compassion and generosity.
May anger at differences – racial, religious, economic – turn into curiosity to learn. May the power of Jesus bring healing to the wounds that drive their violence. Pray for food supply lines to be efficient and equitable. The combination of factors like poor harvests impacted by climate combined and disruptions to production, transportation and economic activity due to the pandemic could cause widespread hunger in some regions. Pray for a global effort to make food available to all populations. |
Praise God for the generosity of those who gave to the Global Church Sharing Fund COVID-19 response. May God multiply these gifts to make a lasting impact on 27 communities whose
proposals have been approved. May the good news accompany the gifts of food and supplies. May the church's relief efforts improve the physical situations of their neighbours and may the Holy Spirit also bring spiritual transformation. Praise God for the dedicated work of the volunteers on the MWC task force overseeing the COVID-19 response. |
Praise God for 100 years of relief and development around the world in the name of Christ through Mennonite Central Committee. Pray for renewal vision to respond creatively to the challenges of the future in a spirit of humility, and always driven by the love of Christ. |
Pray for peace in Colombia. Evangelical churches in parts of Colombia are suffering from armed conflict, violation of human rights, recruitment of minors in paramilitary forces and restrictions on their ability to gather for worship. In July, one pastor had to relocate after his teenaged daughters were threatened by paramilitaries. Justapaz of Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia (IMCOL) stands in solidarity with these churches and calls for prayer. |
Pray for communities who are suffering religious persecution, especially in India, Pakistan, Vietnam and China. May God strengthen and sustain their faith and give them creativity to peacefully subvert violence. |
Lord of the wind and the rain, your creation is both calm and storm. We pray for those who fall in the path of hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes and tornadoes. May the grieving sense the nearness of your comforting Spirit. May your church be the hands and feet who rebuild and reassure those who experienced loss.
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The Creation Care Task Force requests that you take the creation care survey; we need your input! As the task force begins our work, it is important we hear from you, as a congregation within Mennonite World Conference, about issues of creation care such as climate change. Your feedback is critical as we create a plan to work on creation care issues which churches feel are most important, and as we provide resources for churches who want to engage with issues like climate change and other forms of
environmental degradation which impact our congregations. Please take about 15 minutes individual, or together with other members of your congregation, to fill out this survey. Your input is highly valued; thank you for participating! You can reach the creation care task force at CreationCare@mwc-cmm.org, or visit our website. Click here to fill out the survey
Click here to learn more about the Creation Care Task Force
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