Peace

Peace Sunday 2009 -- Jesus' peaceful revolution

Peace Sunday is an annual opportunity to preach, teach, reflect and act upon the gospel of peace proclaimed and embodied by Jesus Christ.  Read more...

Peace Sunday 2006 "Cultivating Peace: Courage, Conscience and Resistance to War"

The 2006 Peace Sunday Packet is available for worship, study and action on Canadian Peace Sunday celebrations. Click here to download PDF

Peace Toolkit for Public Witness

What does it mean for Christians to engage in public peace witness? This "toolkit" offers some answers. Click here to download PDF

Pursuing peace

Peace and justice are at the heart of MCC's work. People around the world are building peace, often at great risk to their own lives. Christians are called to model Jesus' example of courageous peacemaking, and MCC workers and projects support people making peace across the globe.

	Books	Peace Buttons
	Curriculum	Postcards, Packets, etc
	DVDs	Prayer and Worship Materials
	Newsletters	Websites

For more information about any of the resouces you see here, contact peace@mennonitecc.ca.

Other Organizations

Christian Peacemaker Teams
Christian Peacemaker Teams is a violence reduction program of Mennonites, Brethren and Friends. It sends trained teams of unarmed peacemakers into conflict situations in various parts of the world.

KAIROS
Ecumenical Justice Initiatives is the peace and justice coalition of the Canadian churches. MCC Canada is a member of KAIROS.

Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA
This site provides numerous suggestions for worship, action and advocacy on a wide range of issues.

Project Ploughshares
Project Ploughshares is a Canadian peace and disarmament organization sponsored by the Canadian Council of Churches. Ploughshares does research on the arms trade, human security and the links between militarism and underdevelopment. MCC Canada is a member of Project Ploughshares.

Mennonite Church Canada
Mennonite Church Canada is one of the member conferences of MCC. Its Resource Centre has an excellent selection of peace resource materials.

The Thirdway Cafe
The Thirdway Cafe is a program of Mennonite Media of the Mennonite Mission Network. It describes why Mennonites are committed to peace, and offers stories about Mennonite peacemakers from around the world.

For more information about any of the resouces you see here, contact peace@mennonitecc.ca.

Twenty years of remembering and working for peace.

This year, the MCC peace button will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Each November, scores of peace buttons appear – on shirts, backpacks and purses. Wear this peace button instead of, or in addition to, a poppy. Wear it at Remembrance Day or year-round. Share a message of peace.

MCC buttons are 4.3 centimeters (1 3/4 inches) in diameter and in three colours (red, yellow and white). They are priced at: 

Buttons are available in English and French.

To order these buttons, contact your nearest MCC Provincial Office.

Shipping charges may apply.

Peace Sunday is an annual opportunity to preach, teach, reflect and act upon the gospel of peace proclaimed and embodied by Jesus Christ. At a time of year when our nation honours military service, Peace Sunday reminds us of Jesus' call to love our enemies, to resist evil nonviolently, and to live as people of peace.MCC Canada encourages Canadian Anabaptist congregations to observe Peace Sunday in early November, just prior to Remembrance Day.

The Peace Sunday Packet is intended to help your congregation plan a Peace Sunday worship service, and to engage in reflection and witness beyond the worship service.

This year we encourage you to plan a public prayer walk as a way of sharing the message of peace with the broader community. The following resource will help you plan such a prayer walk. It has been prepared by MCC Ontario.

Peace Sunday Packet 2009

Peace Sunday Prayer Walk 2009

For more information contact peace@mennonitecc.ca.

Victims' Voice seeks to address the revictimization of victims in the criminal justice system, to create understanding about victims among practitioners who work within the system and to give emotional and informational support directly to victims through victim-centered programs.

Victims' Voice does this by offering training programs about understanding victims of crime and by participating in advocating for victims' rights.

For more information contact victimsvoice@mennonitecc.ca.

The Peace Ministries Program encourages reflection, action and witness for peace and justice in church and society by:

• Providing educational resources that promote peace
• Building a network of people committed to peace
• Mobilizing people to advocate for peace and justice

For more information contact peace@mennonitecc.ca

Conscientious objection – the resistance to participation in war and military service – lies close to the heart of Mennonite Central Committee. As an organization of the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches, MCC regards the gospel of peace as central to the Christian faith. Read more...