Players have fun in the first ever Anabaptist World Cup during the Mennonite World Conference Assembly held in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Dale D. Gehman)
Anabaptist World Cup started on July 23, 2015, in at Logan Park in Dillsburg, Pa. This is the first soccer tournament for Mennonite World Conference in Harrisburg, Pa.
Players range from ages 6 to 72.
The teams were intentionally diversified by country, gender and age, said Andrew Good, organizer.
In the Wednesday evening worship Pastor Yukari Kaga reminds those gathered at Mennonite World Conference that, “Jesus’ death has swallowed death in victory,” she said. “This is the work of God’s great power.” (Photo by Dale D. Gehman)
In keeping with the evening’s musical focus on Asia, the Conrad Grebel University College Gamelan Ensemble, from Canada, played prelude music for the Wednesday evening service. (Photo by Dale D. Gehman)
Yukari Kaga, a pastor from Japan, admitted Peter’s praise in his letter to the early church seems “a little strange to me.”
Peter wrote this letter (1 Peter) in such a cruel situation, Kaga said during evening worship July 22, 2015, at Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Harrisburg, Va.
“I have a question, she said. “How can we praise the Lord in such a painful situation?”
Many people have gathered here in Harrisburg, Pa. Many more, I think, than I have been a part of in worship. Being a part of many people gathering, of many people singing can be a moving experience. We place many bodies in rhythm and so can gain a momentum impossible as individuals. As a description this momentum of course is neither positive nor negative.
During Wednesday morning worship time, Deborah, from Indonesia, leads the international music ensemble in the singing of "Nyanyikanlah" (Sing to God a New Song), with gestures typical of worship in her country. The crowd in the big arena joined in with the singing and the movements. (Photo by Dale D. Gehman)
Tigist Tesfaye Gelagle (Photo by Dale D. Gehman)
Three speakers—one each from Kenya, Canada and Ethiopia—shared stories of doubt in their local contexts at Mennonite World Conference’s (MWC) morning worship on July 22, 2015.
A drone (Courtesy of 1040 for Peace)
Participants in Mennonite World Conference Assembly, a global gathering of Mennonites and other related Anabaptist groups in Harrisburg, Pa., will be invited to assemble for prayer, lament and witness focusing on the terror inflicted by weaponized drones on the people of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Palestine, and Lebanon.
Picking up on the assembly theme, MWC general secretary César García called listeners to join with others and—together—walk with God. (Photo by Dale Gehman)
At the beginning of the service, a group of Native Americans from Pennsylvania marched in drumming and singing. They recounted some of the history of Native people in Pennsylvania losing their land to whites. (Photo by Dale D. Gehman)
The 16th Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly opened July 21, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pa., with a parade of Mennonites from across the globe, with confession of past treatment of Native Americans in Pennsylvania, with music and with calls for walking with God together.
Brook Musselman (left), logistics coordinator of the Global Youth Summit, and Howard Good, national coordinator of PA 2015, prepare for the Anabaptist World Cup at Logan Field, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Merle Good)
The first ever Anabaptist World Cup will be played on the afternoons of July 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2015, as an optional recreational event during PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly.
The matches will take place at Logan Field, a community soccer field near Dillsburg, Pa., about a 25-minute drive from the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, where PA 2015 will be held.
Marcy Hostetler of Lancaster, Pennsylvania is leading the international ensemble of singers and instrumentalists at PA 2015, the international gathering of Mennonite World Conference. (Photo courtesy of Mennonite World Conference)
A 19-member international ensemble of singers and instrumentalists will lead the morning and evening worship each day at PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly to be held in Harrisburg at the Farm Show complex July 21-26, 2015.
A trauma healing workshop in Nigeria is held under the shade of trees. (Photo courtesy of MCC/Dave Klassen)
A participant weeps as he shares his story in a trauma healing workshop. (Photo courtesy of MCC/Dave Klassen)
A trauma healing team (Photo courtesy of MCC / Dave Klassen)
Musa* grew up in a close-knit family that did not change even as they became adults. The siblings looked out for each other and their parents. When Boko Haram insurgent activity increased in 2014, the family became concerned for the welfare of their parents and tried to get them to move to a safer place.
Howard Zehr, author, known as “grandfather of restorative justice,” and author of the influential book Changing Lenses. (MennoMedia photo)
The book offers a framework for understanding crime, injury, accountability, and healing from a restorative perspective.
Changing Lenses: Restorative Justice for Our Times, by Howard Zehr, remains the go-to text in the restorative justice field, even twenty-five years after it was first published. Herald Press launched an updated edition in June 2015.
