All members of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada are invited to participate in a binational People’s Summit for Faithful Living July 8 to 10 on the campus of Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Man. Registration forms are available online at summit.MennoniteUSA.org.

A sense of urgency led planners to name this binational gathering a “People’s Summit for Faithful Living.” The theme will be “At the Crossroads: Promise and Peril,” and participants will focus on the urgent task of being a faithful community of God amidst the many challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Deuteronomy 4:1-9 will be the theme text.

Plenary worship speakers are Tom and Christine Sine of Seattle, Wash., April Yamasaki of Abbotsford, B.C., and Tom Yoder-Neufeld of Waterloo, Ont. A variety of workshops and activities and time for visiting and recreation will round out the two-and-a-half-day event.

The People’s Summit was announced in July 2007 at San José 2007 at the Mennonite Church USA convention and at the Mennonite Church Canada annual delegate assembly in Abbotsford, B.C. The two bodies last met together at a joint convention in Charlotte, N.C., in 2005 where delegates strongly supported continuing to meet together.

Those who are unable to attend the event are invited to participate by praying for God’s spirit to move among those who have gathered and use the event as a way to further enable Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada’s ability to share God’s healing and hope with the world.