Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) has published its roster of equipping seminars for MennoCon21, the denomination’s biennial convention being held online and in-person in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 6-10, 2021. This is the first time that MC USA is offering equipping seminars online. Equipping seminars are interactive learning experiences that introduce practical tools, skills, habits or frameworks that participants can put into practice. “Equipping seminars are designed to nurture members toward spiritual maturity,” said Shana Peachey Boshart, MC USA denominational minister for Faith Formation. “We’re equipping Mennonites to be a contrast society in today’s world.” The roster for in-person attendees... read more →
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another search This feature article is part of Mennonite Church USA’s Cost of War: Learn, Pray, Join initiative By Camille Dager, Mennonite Church USA “I hate doing that stuff,” says Amy Yoder McGloughlin, pastor of Frazer (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Church, describing the time she joined protestors to obstruct the entrances of Philadelphia’s City Hall in 2014 during a... read more →
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA's Cost of War: Learn, Pray, Join initiative. David Lapp-Jost lives in Bammental, Germany, where he works with the German Mennonite Peace Committee and his wife Sophie pastors the local Mennonite church. David and Sophie are also Mennonite Mission Network workers, now for two and a half years. ______________________ In day-to-day life, I do not have to deal with consequences of militarism and war, but I do try to live in awareness of history and work toward peace. My most direct anti-militarism work is supporting a human rights team on the Greek island... read more →
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA's Cost of War: Learn, Pray, Join initiative. Cyneatha Millsaps is a co-pastor of Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana and executive director of Mennonite Women USA. She has previously served with Mennonite Central Committee as a Great Lakes program director for various social justice initiatives and is a community activist and advocate on the needs of women and children in the areas of violence, education and spiritual development. She and her husband Steven have seven children and 22 grandchildren. ______________________ My niece is re-enlisting in the United States Army for... read more →
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Linda Gehman Peachey is a freelance writer living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has a Master of Divinity from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana, and a Doctor of Ministry from Lancaster Theological Seminary. Previously, Linda worked for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) on women’s concerns and also served with her husband, Titus, as... read more →
Register for Oct. 4 webinar featuring the authors of "Liberating the Politics of Jesus" By MC USA staff Women in Leadership (WiL), a ministry of Mennonite Church USA, is presenting “What We Need Is Here,” a series of webinars engaging theological work born out of women’s experiences. The first webinar in the series, “Women’s Wisdom and Experience,” brings together three authors of the new book “Liberating the Politics of Jesus” for a presentation and discussion on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 at 4 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. MT / 6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET. The webinar... read more →
Top row (left to right): Joy Sutter, MC USA moderator; Glen Guyton, MC USA executive director; Camille Dager, MC USA news editor; Shelley Buller, MC USA executive assistant; Michelle Dula, Executive Board (EB) member. Second row (left to right): Phil Rich, EB Executive Committee; Joyce Kusuma, EB Executive Committee and representative of the network for Asian Mennonite congregations; Earl Kellogg, EB member; Kenneth Hochstetler, president and CEO of Everence; Tom Stuckey, interim executive director of Mennonite Education Agency. Third row (left to right): Jim Caskey, EB member; Linda Dibble, MC USA moderator-elect; Wil LaVeist,... read more →
By MC USA staff (Mennonite Church USA) — Mennonite Church USA (MC USA), a historic peace church that actively practices Bible-based peace, justice and nonresistance, has issued a call to white people to engage in anti-racism work in the United States and across the world. In an open letter to the denomination, Michael Danner, MC USA’s associate executive... read more →
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This post is part of a blog series on racial justice where writers reflect on what it means to do anti-racism work in their context. Michael Danner is the associate executive director of Church Vitality for Mennonite Church USA. _________________________________ To my white brothers and sisters across Mennonite Church USA, I’m inviting you to engage in proactive, deliberate efforts to oppose and dismantle racism in all of its forms. Engage the resources provided by MC USA and beyond MC USA to guide these efforts. What you do or do not do will impact your church, neighborhood, town, state and nation.... read more →
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For Families and Children Christian Here’s a wonderful blog post by Christine V. Hides on building an anti-racist children and family ministry. Here's a whole page of anti-racism resources from Forming Faithful Families Children's resources suggested by Woodland Hills Church Picture Books for Antiracists from Virginia Theological Seminary Building Faith newsletter. Secular EmbraceRace.org, resources for parents raising children in a world where race matters. It's Never Too Early to Talk About Race from Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent's Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice from Teaching... read more →
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Shine at Home A new, simple option for families to do at home if congregations are not resuming regular Sunday school this fall. Shine at Home includes weekly mini-sessions, complete with a prayer practice, ideas for sharing the Bible story, questions and conversation prompts, media suggestions, and four activities that help kids and families explore the Bible story. Use with Shine’s storytelling, music, and student resources for a fun learning experience at home. God's Story, God's Song Daniel and Talashia Keim Yoder of College Mennonite Church (CMC) in Goshen, Indiana, have been partnering with Jonathan Reuel to create an all-age, year-long, home-based, flexible faith... read more →
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Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) is the largest Mennonite denomination in the United States with 16 conferences, approximately 530 congregations and 62,000 members. An Anabaptist Christian denomination, MC USA is part of Mennonite World Conference, a global faith family that includes churches in 86 countries. MC USA has many cooperative ministries, including colleges and seminaries, mutual insurance programs, health service and service organizations. Learn more about MC USA here. Mennonite Church... read more →
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Talkin’ Bout a Revolution: Dialogue, Practice and the Work of Liberation Nov. 8-10, 2018 Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana Early Registration Deadline: Oct. 12. En Español Registration Download Flier Women Doing Theology (WDT) conferences create space where women’s theological voices are strengthened as we live into a new reality: a time when the theology that forms us is shaped by the Spirit of God manifest in all people. We build upon a history of Anabaptist theologians, ministers, teachers, activists, creatives and many others gathering to do theological work born out of women’s experiences. As Anabaptist, we understand that our... read more →
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ABOUT Power – yes, you’ve got it! Let’s recognize it honor it, share it, celebrate it and transform the way we use it! Mennonite women and women interested in Anabaptism, come. Pastors, academics, activists, students and members of the church, come. Women interested in doing theology — reflecting on God in relation to our lives — come. Come to listen to the stories of your sisters from all across the country and come to share your own. Come to build relationships. Come to nurture your soul, challenge your mind and find rest for your body. It’s important to recognize... read more →
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Who are the Mennonites? What is a Mennonite? Mennonites are Anabaptists, which is a faith stream within Christianity. Anabaptism grew out of the 16th-century Radical Reformation (which followed the Protestant Reformation). Technically, Anabaptists are neither Catholic nor Protestant, although they do share some beliefs of both. The first Anabaptists separated from the state church when they began re-baptizing adults and refusing to baptize infants until they could make an adult decision to... read more →