Celebrate a worldwide worship service in your congregation!
CELEBRATE A WORSHIP SERVICE WITH US
This year, the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity (EMS) celebrates its 50th anniversary. On 18 September 2022, we cordially invite the congregations of all 25 EMS member churches in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe to celebrate this jubilee with us in a globally networked worship service. We have prepared various materials for you for this purpose.
Celebrate a worship service together in faith – in joy – internationally
The EMS Jubilee Song "Together we are Free" is in the centre of the worship service. We have invited music groups in the worldwide EMS network to record their own version of the song and send it to us. Here is the result – a medley of 17 international music videos that you can show in your worship service on 18 September. The 6-minute video illustrates the musical, cultural and creative diversity of the EMS fellowship and what mission means in practice today.
Flyer
Liturgy
EMS Jubilee Service
Song Sheet
EMS Jubilee Service
Sermon Sample
EMS Jubilee Service
Indonesian Worship Materials
EMS Jubilee Service
Printables: E M S – Letters
EMS Jubilee Service
Announcement Text
EMS Jubilee Service
Indian Worship Materials
EMS Jubilee Service
Musical Epilogue
The Evangelical Mission in Solidarity introduces itself with pictures; musically accompanied by the jubilee song "Together We Are Free".
WORSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
The Lord's Prayer is the oldest common prayer of Christians and is said in every church worship service. Jesus himself taught the prayer to his disciples. Do you recognise the Lord's Prayer when you hear it in another language?
Rev. Nii Armah Ashittey
Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG)
Our Father in Heaven...
Romena Gorai
Church of North India (CNI)
Min-Ha LEE
Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK)
Rev. Georgina Kwanima Boateng
Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG)
International Versions of the EMS Anniversary Song "Together We Are Free"
What happens when you send a song around the world and invite 25 million people to make something of their own out of it? The musician and pastor Fabian Vogt composed the song "Together We Are Free" for the 50th anniversary of the EMS. With it he echoes the motto of the EMS jubilee: “Free for the future”.
„...So many different cultures, and I am different too,
but a common longing will change our point of view.
So, let us share our future, and let our hope increase,
let us be ambassadors of peace...“
Home of Imagination-Olyfa, Papua
United Theological College in Bangalore, India
United Theological Seminary in Kerala, India
Moravian Church in South Africa (MCSA)
Theological Seminary in Tamilnadu, India
Theodor Schneller School, Jordan
Children of the Toraja Church, Indonesia
Church choir from Crailsheim at the Regional Mission Festival, Germany
Choir of the Asian Rural Institute in Nasushiobara, Japan
Christian Deaf Community ("Sahabat Tuli"), Indonesia
Staff of the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Germany
Mandelzweigband of the Protestant Congregation of Schönau, Germany
Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera (GMIH), Indonesia
Capronhall Higher Secondary School in Madurai, India
Capronhall Higher Secondary School in Madurai (classical dance), India
Presbyterian Church of Korea
Amity Foundation, China
Youth Network of the Indonesian Member Churches
Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG)
Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG)
YOUR COLLECTION GIVES CHILDREN A FUTURE
In the spirit of the EMS Jubilee motto "Free for the Future", we would like to make the future possible for the children of this world in the Jubilee Year. On the occasion of our 50th anniversary, we therefore appeal for your collection to support the EMS Future Fund for children and young people!
With your help, the EMS is supporting children and young people worldwide. In South India we support children's homes for needy or orphaned girls and boys. In Jordan, we enable visually impaired and blind children to be taught together with sighted children. In Indonesia, young people receive vocational training so that they can earn their own living. In many other EMS projects in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, too, children are given access to a better future through the work of the EMS member churches.
Give children and young people prospects for the future with a collection from your congregation.
Your contribution to the future!
Give children and young people prospects for the future with a collection from your congregation.
Thank you for your interest. If you have any general questions, please use the contact form below. We are also happy to help you personally if you have any questions or require further information – by phone or by E-mail.
