Peace Circles—seminar overview
Peace Circles are a 6-week experience for groups of 6–10 designed to empower participants for acts of peacemaking in their hearts, homes, community and the world while being supported with prayer and spiritual community. Peace Circles works to empower active peacemakers through congregational resources, and small group sessions. Congregational Experience Hosted 6-week circles; could be monthly […]
Centering Prayer: Be still and know that I am God
Rooted in the prayer tradition of the Psalms where we are reminded, “Be still and know that I am God” (Ps. 46:10), centering prayer is a simple, wordless way of praying that makes space for simply being with God and becoming more deeply aware of God’s presence. Just as two people who are truly close […]
Returning to our roots
God at work in spite of the Doctrine of Discovery November is mission month. Help us celebrate what God is doing in the world and how God calls us to share the good news with others. Here are some tools to plan a Mission Sunday celebration. We hope you’ll find them helpful. What is the […]
Be still and know that I am God
There’s always more to do—another committee to serve on, another book to read, another project to complete. Jesus calls us to follow Him on an active, vigorous journey. But what if in the midst of our activity, we miss a critical part of following Jesus? What if in our eagerness to serve, we neglect the things […]
The Jesus prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. The Jesus Prayer is roughly 1200 years old and inspired by two Scriptures: Peter’s declaration that Jesus is the Son of God and the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. This prayer leads peacemaker’s minds back to Jesus. The unadorned acknowledgement […]
Lectio Divina (Praying Scripture)
From the Benedictines of the fifth century comes a way of “praying the scriptures” known as Lectio Divina (literally, sacred reading). The Benedictines were people of God who lived a life of prayer and manual labor. They developed an approach to prayer which encouraged restful silence, waiting, listening, and thoughtful response. The idea behind Lectio […]
What is Mission?
What is Christian mission? Is it verbally sharing the gospel in order to convert non-believers? Is it social justice ministry aimed at realizing God’s shalom on earth as it is in heaven? Is it some mixture of both, or something else entirely? Contributors to the current issue of Anabaptist Witness engage these crucial questions through […]
Taste and See
In the beginning God created. This chef of all things cooked up a feast of earth, plants that grow fruit, and beings to enjoy and care for this abundance. And God called these creations good. We are the custodians of this good earth. Every meal we eat we are connected with those who dreamed up […]
Bubbling over with love
Mennonite Mission Network exists to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ in a broken world. Our goal is to help every Mennonite Church USA congregation connect to what God is doing in the world. By partnering with others, we help equip missional congregations and their leaders to […]
How can we be silent?
Peace Sunday is observed on the Sunday closest to the United Nations’ International Day of Peace on September 21. The Peace and Justice Support Network creates worship materials that congregations may use on this or any Sunday throughout the year. Peace Sunday is an annual opportunity to acknowledge and respond to the violence that continues […]
Anabaptist Identities in a Changing World
Mission has been central to the Anabaptist movement from its beginning in the sixteenth century to its global presence today. This engagement in God’s mission to and for the world continues to be facilitated by and stretched through dialogical missiological thinking and reflection. To these ends, we hope the relaunch of the journal Anabaptist Witness, […]
Transformed by God’s love
Come with us and celebrate God’s transforming love—in our own lives and the lives of Christians around the world! Choose a Sunday in November that fits your worship schedule and join us to celebrate God’s mission. Download these worship materials to plan your own mission Sunday. The sermon starter, children’s story, prayer, song and reading […]