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 18, 2020, or any other Sunday in October. This webpage provides worship resources, ideas for promotion, video resources including sermons for your messages, and information on joining Witness Support Networks.
This year, on International Witness Sunday, we invite you to celebrate ministry centred around sharing gifts and building relationships; ministry across borders, languages and cultures. We invite you to participate in intentional ways through learning, giving and connecting directly with our Witness workers and partner ministries across the world.
All of the resources on this page are available in the International Witness Sunday PDF Resource. Download here.
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.
May you be richly blessed as you give and learn.
VIDEO RESOURCES
for PROMOTION (For Sundays leading up to event or to post on your congregational website and social media accounts.)
"Intro to International Witness ministries"
- an eight-minute introduction to International Witness
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"Being Sent"
- a two-minute introduction to ministry in Thailand, featuring Witness workers Tom and Christine Poovong
- 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 9-minute video about Mennonite Church Canada's partnership with the Burkina Faso Mennonite Church
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
for the MESSAGE
"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
"Seize the Day" by George Veith, Witness worker in China
- a 20-minute sermon based on the story of Philip from Acts 8:26-39 and Colossians 2-6
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"Following Jesus in a COVID-19 World" by Joji and Dann Pantoja, Witness workers on Philippines
- a 16-minute sermon from the book of Philippians
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
"The Kingdom of God is like a Banyan Tree" by Jeanette Hanson
- a 16-minute message on Eph. 2:17-22
- featuring short videos on International Witness in Thailand and Korea
- Link for streaming
for the CHILDREN'S STORY
"The Banyan Tree" - Children's story for International Witness Sunday
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a three-minute children’s story about how the Kingdom of God like a Banyan tree
- Link for streaming
- Link for download
- Script