Program schedule

Everyone is welcome to join the variety of workshops, concerts and activities happening around the city centre of Zurich near the Grossmünster church on May 29. No registration is required, and the event is free of charge. Please consider a financial gift to support the event. Donate here.

Please review the program closely as many activities occur simultaneously. Before attending the event, it would be helpful to list the events you wish to attend and note your schedule on paper or save on your mobile device for easy reference.

Upon your arrival in Zürich participants are welcome to pick up a copy of the event program with a city map at one of the information-stands (Zurich Main Station, Grossmünster). Everyone will also receive a sticker so that participants can recognize each other in the city.

For more practical information, visit the “Good to know” page.

All-day
programs

Exhibits

Venue: Predigerkirche
Time: 11:00- 16:00
Venue: Zentralbibliothek
Time: 11:00 - 16:00
Venue: Helferei
Time: 11:00- 16:00

Historical walking tour

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Plan to arrive in Zurich by 10:30.
Events will start at 11:00

Programs are listed below by the hour. Participants can only choose one activity at a time. Workshop details are not yet available.

Activities
from
11:00 to 12:30

Venue: Predigerkirche
Time: 11:00 - 11:45
Venue: Friedenkirche
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Workshop 1

Venue: Friedenskirche First Floor
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speaker: Hans Leaman, N.N.
Workshop 2

Venue: FEG Trittligasse
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speakers:
Danisa Ndlovu,
Amos Chin,
Adaia Bernal
N.N. (Moderator)
Workshop 3

Venue: Maerchensaal
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speakers:
Desalegn Abebe Ejo,
Tigist Tesfaye Gelagle
Workshop 4

Venue: Theologisches Seminar - 1
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speaker:
Stefan Krauter
Workshop 5

Venue: Theologisches Seminar - 2
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speaker:
Tobias Jammerthal
Workshop 6

Venue: Theologisches Seminar - 3
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speakers:
Andrea Strübind,
Astrid von Schlachta,
Danang Kristiawan
Workshop 7

Venue: Theologisches Seminar - 4
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speakers:
Larry Miller, Anne Burghardt, N.N.
Moderation: Anne-Cathy Graber
Workshop 8

Venue: Hirschengraben 50/1
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speakers:
Wieteke van der Molen
Workshop 9

Venue: Hirschengraben 7
Language: English
Time: 11:00-12:15
Speakers:
Andres Pacheco Lozano,
Andrew Suderman
Film Discussion

Venue: Hirschengraben 50/2
Time: 11:00-11:45
Venue: Zwingli-Platz (open air)
Time: 11:30-12:00

Activities
from
12:00 to 14:00

Venue: Predigerkirche
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Venue: Open Air stage - Zwingliplatz
Time: 12:30 - 13: 15
Film Discussion

Venue: Hirschengraben 50/2
Time: 12:15- 13:15
Venue: Predigerkirche
Time: 13:00 - 13:45
Venue: Open Air stage - Zwingliplatz
Time: 13:30 - 14:00
Film Discussion

Venue: Hirschengraben 50/2
Time: 13:30- 14:30

Activities
from
14:00 to 16:00

Venue: Friedenkirche
Time: 14:00 - 14:45
Workshop 10

Venue: Friedenskirche First Floor
Language: English
Time: 14:00-15:15
Speaker:
Ulrike Arnold, Kim Comer
Workshop 11

Venue: FEG Trittligasse
Language: English
Time: 14:00-15:15
Speakers:
David Lapp-Jost
Workshop 12

Venue: Maerchensaal
Language: English
Time: 14:00 -15:15
Speakers:
Brian Wiebe
Workshop 13

Venue: Theologisches Seminar - 1
Language: English
Time: 14:00-15:15
Speaker:
Niklas Langemann,
Deborah Andrist and
Ralph Kunz
Workshop 14

Venue: Theologisches Seminar - 2
Language: English
Time: 14:00-15:15
Speaker:
Marcus Weiand and
Christine Reibenschuh
Workshop 15

Venue: Theologisches Seminar - 3
Language: English
Time: 14:00-15:15
Speakers:
Andrea Strübind,
Michael Martin,
Tom Yoder Neufeld,
Hanns Lessing,
N.N. (Moderator)
Workshop 16

Venue: Theologisches Seminar - 4
Language: English
Time: 14:00-15:15
Speakers:
Doug Graber Neufeld, Juliana Morillo, Sibonokuhle Ncube, David Nussbaumer, Nindyo Sasongko, Jennifer Schrock, Anna Vogt
Workshop 17

Venue: Hirschengraben 50/1
Language: English
Time: 14:00-15:15
Speakers:
Max Wiedmer
Workshop 18

Venue: Hirschengraben 7
Language: English
Time: 14:00-15:15
Speakers:
Darrel Weaver,
Miriam Weaver
Film Discussion

Venue: Hirschengraben 50/2
Time: 14:45-16:00
Venue: Friedenskirche
Time: 115:00-15:45
Venue: Zwingli-Platz (open air)
Time: 15:30-16:00

Worship gathering
from
17:00 to 18:30

Grossmünster Cathedral
(Live event; limited seats)

Predigerkirche
(Livestream in German)

Friedenskirche
(Livestream in French)

Freie Evangelische Gemeinde
(Livestream in English)

Program schedule

Everyone is welcome to join the variety of workshops, concerts and activities happening around the city centre of Zurich near the Grossmünster church on May 29. No registration is required, and the event is free of charge. Please consider a financial gift to support the event. Donate here.

Please review the program closely as many activities occur simultaneously. Before attending the event, it would be helpful to list the events you wish to attend and note your schedule on paper or save on your mobile device for easy reference.

Upon your arrival in Zürich participants are welcome to pick up a copy of the event program with a city map at one of the information-stands (Zurich Main Station, Grossmünster). Everyone will also receive a sticker so that participants can recognize each other in the city.

For more practical information, visit the “Good to know” page.

All-day
programs

Exhibits

Historical walking tour

Plan to arrive in Zurich by 10:30.
Events will start at 11:00

Activities
from
11:00 to 12:30

Activities
from
12:00 to 14:00

Activities
from
14:00 to 16:00

Worship gathering
from
17:00 to 18:30

Farewell at open-air courtyard
(Zwingliplatz)

from
18:30 to 19:30

Program schedule

Everyone is welcome to join the variety of workshops, concerts and activities happening around the city centre of Zurich near the Grossmünster church on May 29. No registration is required, and the event is free of charge. Please consider a financial gift to support the event. Donate here.

Please review the program closely as many activities occur simultaneously. Before attending the event, it would be helpful to list the events you wish to attend and note your schedule on paper or save on your mobile device for easy reference.

Upon your arrival in Zürich participants are welcome to pick up a copy of the event program with a city map at one of the information-stands (Zurich Main Station, Grossmünster). Everyone will also receive a sticker so that participants can recognize each other in the city.

For more practical information, visit the “Good to know” page.

All-dayprograms

Exhibits

Quilting exhibit

Exhibit: "Persecuted - Harassed - Forgotten: 500 Years of Anabaptism in Zurich"

MWC exhibit

Historical walking tour

Plan to arrive in Zurich by 10:30. Events will start at 11:00

Activities from 11:00 to 12:30

TIARA Choir - Indonesia

Panel Discussion

1. What Anabaptist Migration has to tell us Today

2. Courage to Love: Testimonies of Hope

3. Mission and Baptism: The MKC Story in Ethiopia considering 500 Years of the Anabaptist Movement

4. Anabaptist and Magisterial Ways of Interpreting the New Testament

5. What Else Happened in 1525? The Origins of Zurich Anabaptism in Context

6. Culture of Memory Within Religious Minorities

7. The Trilateral Dialogue on Baptism

8. Pentecost Reversed: The Courage to Love in a Secularized Context

9. Seeking to Walk in Solidarity: Exploring MWC’s Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous People

Unexpected Peace

Songs of Peace - Switzerland

Activities from 12:00 to 14:00

EMU Choir - USA

Agape Band - Paraguay

Being a Mennonite in America

EFC Choir - Kenya

TIARA Choir - Indonesia

Trasmission

Activities from 14:00 to 16:00

Songs of Peace - Switzerland

10. Communal Living in the Anabaptist Tradition

11. Love in Action: Justice and Mercy in and for Israel-Palestine

12. Let’s sing together

13. Is the Question of Baptism still Church-dividing? A Reformed-Baptist dialogue!

14. Love Your Enemy: Peace theology in challenging contexts

15: Gifts and Challenges of Inter-Church Dialogue: Testimonies

16. Anabaptists and Creation Care: Responding to the planetary crisis

17. Rencontre Francophone

18. Welcoming Immigrants into the Life of the Church

Kinder des Friedens

Agape Band- Paraguay

EFC Choir- Kenya

Worship gathering from 17:00 to 18:30

Farewell at open-air courtyard(Zwingliplatz)

from 18:30 to 19:30

All-day
programs

Plan to arrive in Zurich by 10:30.
Events will start at 11:00

Activities
from
11:00 to 12:30

Activities
from
12:00 to 14:00

Activities
from
14:00 to 16:00

Worship gathering
from
17:00 to 18:30

Farewell at open-air courtyard
(Zwingliplatz)

from
18:30 to 19:30