World Fellowship Sunday is Jan. 27

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STRASBOURG, France—Anabaptists in all parts of the world are invited to join their faith family in celebrating World Fellowship Sunday on Jan. 27.

This year two Africans, Hellen Bradburn and Matiku T. Nyitambe from Tanzania, have created worship material to mark this Sunday. They have chosen the theme “Worship and Serve the Lord Your God.” The materials include suggestions for worship, prayer requests from around the world, sermon prompts and a story. These resources provide a way for churches to enter more fully into fellowship, intercession and thanksgiving with the global faith family.

Mennonite World Conference asks Anabaptist-related churches to remember our common roots and celebrate our worldwide koinonia on a Sunday close to Jan. 21. On that date in 1525, the first Anabaptist baptism took place in Zurich, Switzerland. World Fellowship Sunday materials are online at www.mwc-cmm.org in English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.

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