Celebrate what God is doing in the world and how God calls us to share the good news with others. These guides contain sermon starters and other ideas for shaping worship services that lift up the mission of God.
Love that bubbles up and flows freely for our neighbors is what we are called to, but sometimes it requires us to find common ground in which we can express this love.
Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Psalm 119:1-8; Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 12:28-34
“Make disciples of all nations.” This imperative from Matthew 28:19 was the heartbeat of the 16th century Anabaptist movement.
Matthew 28:16-20, Genesis 12:1-3, Exodus 33:12-16, Psalm 24:1-6, 1 Peter 2:9-12
Mark 4:35-41 is a story about Jesus creating sacred space, or a set-apart time, for his disciples to meet him as he truly is.
Mark 4:35-41, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, Psalm 107:1, 23-32, Jonah 1:1-17
Mennonite Mission Network invites your congregation to explore what it means to experience the hospitality of God in the context of mission. Below, you will find resources to help your congregation plan a worship service, as well as ways to engage and support God’s mission through the workers, partners and ministries of Mission Network.
Isaiah 25:6-10; Psalm 23; Romans 12:9-21; John 6:1-15
Racism harms the body of Christ and God’s reconciling mission. But God has made a way to receive forgiveness — the repentance that leads to life!
Jonah 3:1-10
Jesus encounters Zacchaeus, a “chief tax collector” who was “rich.” Will Zacchaeus answer the call to God’s mission from God’s Spirit-anointed Son?
Luke 19:1-10
Take time to consider how God has called us to love and care for all people, for each one of us is a part of God’s creation and Christ’s new humanity.
We can see God at work everywhere: in the beauty of a community garden or in the welcome of a stranger. Because of that, our role as missional leaders is to invite the Holy Spirit to help us discern where and what God is calling us to—individually and as faith communities.
Mark 4:1-32 and Luke 15:3-32
This story focuses on the relationship of the father and the two sons, and we see the two brothers through the father’s eyes.
Luke 15:11-32
While it is common for the church today to call Jesus our Good Shepherd, the context in which these parables were being told had a very different view of shepherds.
Luke 15:3-10
Mark 4:1-20, Mark 4:30-32
The readings for this worship guide manifest a simple sequence that offers reinforcement for those who seek to flourish and support others on their journey with God. The various elements in the sequence follow the progression of the textual record, and may be encapsulated in four movements: choose, catechize (teach/instruct), cultivate and comfort.
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25; Psalm 78:1-7; Matthew 25:1-13; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
