September 22 has been designated as Peace Sunday by Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite World Conference.
Peace Sunday is the Sunday closest to the United Nations’ International Day of Peace on September 21, the Peace and Justice Support Network has created 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 to be our culture’s all-too-frequent response to conflict.
The theme of the Peace Sunday resources this year is “Do Not Conform”, taken from Romans 12. The online resources include prayers, sermon seeds, children’s stories, song suggestions, litanies and advocacy ideas.
“The Peace Sunday materials reflect contributions from a number of Mennonite Church USA congregations and partners,” says Jason Boone, Coordinating Minister of the Peace and Justice Support Network. “We need the strength of community to live out the radical call of ‘Do not conform’. Together, we can follow Jesus’ path of peace.”
Peace Sunday resources were produced collaboratively by Mennonite Central Committee U.S. and Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Mission Network, are available online at http://www.pjsn.org
The Peace and Justice Support Network is a partnership of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Mission Network.
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