Celebrate International Witness this October with our nationwide community of faith
Mennonite Church Canada invites congregations across our nationwide community of faith to celebrate International Witness by participating in a special service on October 24, 2021. This webpage provides worship resources, ideas for promotion, video resources including sermons for your messages, and information on joining Witness Support Networks.
This year the resources focus on Mennonite Church Canada's "Vision: Healing and Hope" statement:
God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ and,
by the power of the Holy Spirit to grow
as communities of grace, joy and peace
so that God’s healing and hope
flow through us to the world.
See how this vision comes alive in the lives and ministries of your siblings in faith around the world and in the Witness workers that you support.
Listen to God’s call as you are invited to be part of these exciting ministries.
Experience God’s healing and hope through stories of faith from around the world.
May God’s Spirit empower and bless you to grow as communities of grace, joy and peace together with your global community of faith.
May you be richly blessed as you give and learn.
If you have questions about International Witness Sunday, you can contact your regional church or Jeanette Hanson, director of International Witness, at jhanson@mennonitechurch.ca.
IW Sunday PDF
Find all the resources you need in one place! This document contains general information about International Witness, suggested hymns, prayers and scriptural texts for your congregation's worship service, information about Witness Support Networks and profile infosheets on our Witness workers.
VIDEO RESOURCES
Shorter videos that introduce you to our ministries and ministry partners.
"Being Sent"
- a two-minute introduction to ministry in Thailand, featuring Witness workers Tom and Christine Poovong
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"Myanmar - Inspiring a Gospel of Peace"
- a five-minute video sharing the vision of an emerging network of Anabaptist congregations in Myanmar and Canada for leadership development and Anabaptist training.
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"Intro to International Witness ministries"
- an eight-minute introduction to International Witness
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"God's path to new creation through reconciliation"
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a two-minute introduction to ministry in South Korea, featuring Witness workers Bock Ki Kim and Sook Kyoung Park
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"What God is doing in Burkina Faso"
- a nine-minute video about Mennonite Church Canada's partnership with the Burkina Faso Mennonite Church
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission: Building a Global Family of Faith"
- a seven-minute video from AIMM. See how Mennonite Church Canada works together with partners in Africa, Europe and North America to build and strengthen a global family of faith.
- Link for streaming and download (YouTube)
"Dedication of the Bagobo Tagabawa Peace Memorial and Hall" - PeaceBuilders Community, Inc.
- PeaceBuilders Community, Inc., a ministry of Lakan and Lakambini Sumulong (Dann and Joji Pantoja), Witness workers in the Philippines, celebrates with the Bagobo Tagabawa tribe on the completion of their cultural village and peace memorial complex. See the whole story of this partnership from 2015 to present here.
- Link for streaming and download (YouTube)
Videos to use for messages
"God Calls Us" sermon by Jeanette Hanson, director of International Witness for Mennonite Church Canada
- a 16-minute sermon based on the theme scripture passage for IW Sunday: Luke 4:16-21.
- Link for streaming
- Link for downloading
"New creation," in collaboration with Bock Ki Kim and Sook Kyoung Park
- a 14-minute message based on 2 Cor. 5: 16,17
- focussed on ministry in South Korea
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"Being Sent," in collaboration with Tom and and Christine Poovong
- a 13-minute message based on Romans 10:11-17
- focussed on ministry in Thailand
- Link for streaming
- Link for download