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| Prayers and Petitions: Peace Lamp Reports | 1/5/2008 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Advent 2007: Prayers and Petitions: A Call for Advent, comments from participants
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| Prayers and Petitions: A Call for Advent Prayer and Action | 11/14/2007 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Advent 2007 Worship Resources: Prayers and Petitions: A Call for Advent Prayer and Action
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| Prayers and Petitions: Worship Resources | 11/14/2007 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Advent 2007 Worship Resources: Prayers and Petitions: A Call for Advent Prayer and Action: Worship Resources
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| Peace Sunday 2007: Salvation has come to the house: radical economics and the marginalized | 6/12/2007 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Zacchaeus went far beyond simply sharing his goods with the poor. The story of Zacchaeus provides us with a biblical text with which to reflect in study and worship on radical economic practices and the place of the marginalized in pew, public, and politics for Peace Sunday, November 4, 2007.
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| Worship Resources for Observance of The Fourth Anniversary of the War In Iraq | 3/8/2007 | by Patty Peebles |
- Pre-witness worship: prepared by Patty Peebles for Mennonite groups traveling to the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, March 16, in Washington, DC Worship service
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| Worship Resources for Observance of The Fourth Anniversary of the War In Iraq | 3/8/2007 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Worship Resources for Observance of The Fourth Anniversary of the War In Iraq
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| Then and Now for Advent and Christmas | 9/23/2006 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- This advent, we invite you to join us as we learn about people who lived when Jesus was born and who live in Bethlehem today.
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| Peace Sunday 2006: Loving God and Neighbor | 5/25/2006 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Loving God and Neighbor: A Spirituality of Justice
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| Suggested Outline for Group Session: Relationships Between Muslims and Mennonites in the United States | 1/30/2006 | by Jason Shenk |
- Session objective: As a group, to take concrete, intentional steps toward dialogue/relationship with persons of the Islamic faith.
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| Prayer Practices for Peacemakers | 1/30/2006 | by Marlene Kropf |
- A collection of writings by Marlene Kropf on prayer practices for peacemakers.
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| Peace and Justice Lectionary Advent Readings | 11/24/2005 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Advent and Christmas- Advent is a season of anticipation and hope for the coming of the Christ, the messiah of God's peace.
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| Peace Sunday 2005: The Gulf and the Gate | 10/25/2005 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- The Gulf and the Gate: Worship materials and suggestions for Peace Sunday, November 4, 2005.
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| A time of song, reading and prayer in the wake of Katrina | 9/20/2005 | by Lyne Stull-Lipps |
- Before we, as the church, can actively call on the culture and the government to right wrongs, we need to be sure that our own house is largely in order.
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| Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki Worship resources for Sunday, August 6 or August 9 | 7/18/2005 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Resources for worhship service remembering Hiroshima and Nagasake for Sunday, Aug 6 or Aug 9
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| Citizenship Sunday 2005: Celebrating the Wisdom of God's Time, God's People, God's Peace | 5/8/2005 | by PJSN |
- This year's Christian Citizenship Sunday worship resources for July 3, 2005 are actually THREE SUNDAY's worth of wisdom! And since wisdom is always timely—you may use these fine worship materials whenever it suits your congregation
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| Peace Sunday 2004 | 10/14/2004 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Worship materials and suggestions for Peace Sunday, November 7, 2004.
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| Citizenship Sunday 2004: Sharing Peace as Lambs among Wolves | 5/23/2004 | by PJSN |
- A Sunday's worth of worship weaving together salvation and peacemaking. Christian Citizenship Sunday materials 2004.
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| Citizenship Sunday Worship Ideas | 5/23/2004 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Christian Citizenship Sunday 2004: Biblical Reflections, Sermon Possibilities and Worship Service Elements
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| Worshiping with the Psalms in Time of War | 4/23/2004 | by Perry Yoder |
- Worshiping with the Psalms in Time of WarWe offer the following psalm groupings and their order as a guide for constructing worship services in time of war.
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| Prayers for Bethlehem | 12/7/2003 | by CPT,MCC,PJSN |
- Mennonite Central Committee Palestine Office is asking people from around the world to send prayers for peace to Bethlehem this Advent season. This is a Bulletin Insert to use in worship.
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| Peace Sunday 2003 | 10/13/2003 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- The theme for Peace Sunday, November 9, 2003, is The Peaceable Mission: the interconnection between mission, evangelism, peace, and justice. It is based upon John 20:19-23.
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| Second anniversary remembrance of September 11, 2001 | 9/5/2003 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Some members of our congregations may be grieving the events of September 11, 2001, and some may being focusing more on the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq, or the consequences of the war on terrorism.
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| Life in the Superpower: Then and Now | 6/8/2003 | by PJSN |
- A Sunday's worth of worship weaving together salvation and peacemaking. Christian Citizenship Sunday materials 2003.
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| By the Rivers of Babylon: a Service of Lament | 3/3/2003 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Your congregation may use this service to mourn our nation's state of war making, for Ash Wednesday, or during the season of Lent.
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| Worship on the Eve of War | 2/24/2003 | by Marlene Kropf |
- Because the church should be praying for peace and for the world every time we gather, the challenge for worship planners is not how to introduce a new worship element during a time of threatened war but rather how to intensify what is already present in worship.
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| Look to the Holy One: Candlelight Prayer Vigil On the Eve of War | 12/19/2002 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- In light of the clear and present danger of the United States going to war with Iraq, this prayer service was prepared as a resource for use on the evening Iraq is attacked by U.S. forces.
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| Advent Resources | 12/4/2002 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Devotions, sermons, worship ideas and gift giving ideas for Christmas and Advent.
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| Peace Sunday 2002 | 10/19/2002 | by PJSN |
- Resisting the Powers: In light of our nation's persistent preparations for war, we invite you todesignate Peace Sunday, November 10, 2002, as a Time for congregational discernment through prayer and fasting.
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| Peace Sunday Worship, November 10, 2002 | 10/18/2002 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Resources include sermon themes, sample worship service with litanies and prayers, children's times, possible communion themes, explanation of prayer and fasting, sensual elements, and a resource list.
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| Peace Sunday Worship, November 10, 2002 (PDF) | 10/18/2002 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Resources include sermon themes, sample worship service with litanies and prayers, children's times, possible communion themes, explanation of prayer and fasting, sensual elements, and a resource list.
(112K PDF)
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| Prayer and Fasting: Preparation and Discernment. | 10/16/2002 | by Titus Peachey |
- The outline below is a supplement to the Peace Sunday worship materials, and suggests a process of prayer, fasting, and discernment which a congregation may wish to follow.
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| To become as a watered garden… | 8/12/2002 | by Marlene Kropf |
- Now - a year later - we may want to listen again to Jeremiah's words of warning as well as his reminders of God's loving promise to liberate and renew our world, to transform it into "a watered garden."
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| Preparing for a public prayer service | 7/8/2002 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Suggestions for preparing for a public prayer service for the lifting of Iraq Sanctions.
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| Prayers Prayers and Litanies for Iraq | 7/7/2002 | by Leo Hartshorn |
- Prayers and Litanies suggested for the Iraq August Action, "The Fruit of peace is Security, Terror the harvest of war".
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| Some Resources for Reflection and prayer | 9/11/2001 | by J. Daryl Byler |
- Ideas for reflection after terrorist attack and prayer by the Director of Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office.
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| Example Service for Sept 11 from AMBS | 9/11/2001 | |
- Sample worship service for September 11.
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| Service of Prayer and Lamentation | 9/1/2001 | by Susan Mark Landis |
- Sample worship service for days following Septembe 11.
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| Prayers for the people of Israel/Palestine (PDF) | 8/16/2001 | |
(890K PDF)
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| Peace Sunday: Summer 2002 | | |
- A Sunday's worth of worship weaving together salvation and peacemaking.
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| Peace Sunday 2002, Worship Materials (PDF) | | |
- We are People of God's Peace. Worship materials for Peace Sunday 2002.
(154K PDF)
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| Service of Proclamation and Prayer | 4/1/1999 | by Bob Williamson |
- Bob Williamson prepared the following suggestions for a service of proclamation and prayer for congregational use. This outline and its components should be adapted for local and current use.
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| Peace Sunday 1998 | 6/1/1998 | |
- Peace Sunday 1998: Materials from the Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries
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