International Witness Sunday
October 27, 2024
Welcome to the Banquet Table:
Sharing in God's Global Feast
The Lord "will spread a wonderful feast
for all the people of the world."
(Isaiah 25:6 NLT)
Mark your calendars for International Witness Sunday on October 27, 2024 (one week later than in the past). On this Sunday, congregations across Canada are invited to celebrate the relationships and gifts we have and share with our brothers and sisters around the globe.
IW Sunday Resources
Resources to help you plan your IW Sunday service are being gathered. They will be listed below as they become available.
Promotional Poster and Video:
2024 POSTER Video: Download YouTube
Theme:
Welcome to the Banquet Table: Sharing in God's Global Feast (Isaiah 25:6-9)
Resources for use on IW Sunday
1. Theme Scripture
Isaiah 25:6-9
2. Prayers (click on title to go to resource):
- Litany for Peace
- Offering Prayers:
- Affirming Faith
3. Music suggestions (from Voices Together hymnal):
- Gathering
- VT 225 We Come
- VT 11 Mountain of God
- VT 30 Jesus Calls Us
- Proclaiming
- VT 416 Beyond a Dying Sun
- VT 460 From North and South, from East and West (v. 4 with communion)
- VT 801 I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table
- Praying
- VT 705 For the Healing of the Nations
- VT 710 This is My Song
- Sending
- VT 812 Sent Forth by God's Blessing
- VT 815 We Will Walk With God
- VT 828 There's a Wild Hope in the Wind
4. Children's story ideas
5. Sermon starters / Adult study discussion starters:
- We Have Waited for This - Easter themed but thought provoking for any time as we look at God’s invitation to the banquet. Perhaps could also be paired with Jesus’ Parable of the Wedding Banquet in Matthew 22.
- Encountering the Gifts of a Global Church - Gifts that the global church brings to God’s potluck table are diverse. How do we receive each other’s gifts?
6. Sermon Video (updated)
Giving Catalogue