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Kicking off our Love is a Verb storytelling project, Mennonite Church USA commissioned a litany to be written by Kelly Bates Oglesby, pastor at Parkview Mennonite Church, Kokomo, Indiana. Has your congregation seen and used this beautiful litany in worship? Reader 1: Beloved, let us Love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. Reader 2: In the beginning Love created reality, time and place from nothing. Reader 3: Love created reflections, images of Love, to care for creation and one...
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As Christians, we believe that God is love, and that we are called to participate in the love that God has for the world – the same love that was revealed in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. In Christ, we see that love is something lived, love is active in the world, love is a verb. On February 14, Mennonite Church USA will launch a new communications campaign that will explore the idea of love in action. Through it, we’ll highlight stories of individuals, families, congregations, communities and agencies across Mennonite Church USA who are living...
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English “No amemos de palabra ni de labios para afuera, sino con hechos y de verdad”. —1 Juan 3:18, NVI Como cristianos, creemos que Dios es amor y que somos llamados a participar del amor que Dios tiene por el mundo, el mismo amor que se reveló en la vida, la muerte y la resurrección de Jesús. En Cristo, vemos que el amor es algo que se vive, que el amor está activo en el mundo, que el amor es un verbo. En febrero, la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. iniciará un nuevo proyecto que explorará la idea...
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By Ted Maust “Only the righteous are served at the [traditional church] supper, but all manner of sinners find their way to the coffee house. This situation is distressing to those who have forgotten that they, too, are sinners, essentially no different from the coffee house customers.” “The theoretical goal of all coffee house programming...
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Attendees at MennoCon23 have the opportunity to bid on a one-of-a-kind t-shirt quilt by Marie Harnish of Indianapolis, Indiana, in a special silent auction to benefit Mennonite Church USA’s Justice Fund. An accomplished quilter with a bachelor’s degree in art education from Goshen (Indiana) College, Harnish donated the quilt as a fundraiser for MC USA. She designed the quilt using “Love is a Verb” t-shirts from MennoCon19. “I really liked the image and words on these shirts and collected as many as I could at that convention,” Harnish wrote in her letter to MC USA Executive Director Glen Guyton in...
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Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) has introduced a new way to contribute to its peace and justice work. The denomination launched a T-shirt fundraiser this week to support its Justice Fund, a mutual aid fund that assists MC USA congregations engaging in their communities to dismantle racism and build peace. “The T-shirt fundraiser is a fun and tangible way for individuals and families to connect with and support the social justice work of the church,” said MC USA Event Services Coordinator Sarah Chase, who helped organize the fundraiser. “Our goal is to raise $30,000 for the fund, which can...
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Español Relevant News Here you can find a recap of resources from the Mennonite Church USA Convention that took place in Orlando, Florida in 2017. Orlando 2017 Program Book Worship Resources Song lists (Coming soon) Ingrid De Sanctis has granted permission for her script FIRST FIVE, adapted by Lisa Cameron for the YOUTH CONFERENCE to be downloaded for church use. Love is a Verb—Written by Rachel Gerber Psalm 139—Written by Rachel Gerber and Heidi Miller Delegate Assembly Resources: Orlando 2017 Schedule and Agenda for Orlando 2017 Delegate Sessions Orlando 2017 Delegate Assembly Minutes KC2015 Delegate Assembly Minutes Resolutions Seeking Peace...
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(Mennonite Church USA) — Mennonite Church USA’s Executive Board (EB) staff announces current staff transitions: Scott Hartman has been promoted to director of Building Operations for the Elkhart, Indiana, offices of Mennonite Church USA effective Aug. 1. Hartman has been a long-time staff member, working with convention planning, building issues and other projects. “We wanted to recognize and compensate Scott for his excellent work and the leadership he has shown in the Elkhart building,” said Glen Guyton, chief operating officer and director of Convention Planning for Mennonite Church USA. “Scott did an excellent job...
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Adult Worship When you’re in the stomping grounds of Mickey and Minnie, surrounded by palm trees in the heart of the Sunshine State, you might forget that Orlando history also has its share of despair. That’s something that Sarah Bixler of Princeton, New Jersey, pointed out early in last night’s adult opening worship service. “We are meeting in the space of the Seminoles,” she said. “We acknowledge and honor the people on whose land we meet today. We lament how most of these peoples were exterminated and displaced by the United States.” Bixler, along with worship co-leader Shannon Dycus of...
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Melody M. Pannell currently serves as assistant professor of social work and chairperson for the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Eastern Mennonite University. She also serves as the chairperson of the Religious Affairs Committee for the Harrisonburg-Rockingham, Virginia, local branch of the NAACP. It is her life mission to embody practical theology through the values and ethics of social work and encourage those that she serves to engage in a transformative journey of emancipatory hope in action and empowerment through holistic, therapeutic and restorative ministry. Melody is the founder and executive director of The Destiny’s Daughters Empowerment Ministry LLC and the assistant...
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A joint message from the Mennonite colleges and universities Swarming excited youth clamoring to get into the exhibit hall on the first night of convention…it is one of our favorite times of the week. That moment captures much about convention: the energy and enthusiasm of our denomination’s young people, the eagerness to make connections, the fun of being together. This year, the five Mennonite colleges and universities (Bethel, Bluffton, Eastern Mennonite, Goshen and Hesston) will await the swarm in a new way with one joint booth with all of us collaborating to let you in on the value of a...
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ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA) – The Mennonite Church USA biennial convention comes to Florida this summer, taking place July 4-8 at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center with the theme “Love is a Verb.” More than 3,000 delegates, staff, youth and others from across the country are expected to attend. The convention is one of the high points of community life for the church as well as its highest legislative gathering. The event brings together representatives from the church’s congregations in 19 area conferences spanning the United States to make decisions for Mennonite Church USA. “I believe there is great value when...
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Hannah Chappell-Dick grew up in Bluffton, Ohio. She graduated from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in 2016 and is currently doing a year of voluntary service with DOOR Atlanta. An avid runner, Hannah competes on the track for Atlanta Track Club Elite. This piece originally appeared on Hannah’s personal blog, Dwelling in Motion, and on Mennonite Church USA's convention blog. I joyfully received a call from my good friend and fellow EMU grad, Tyler Eshleman, last fall, asking if I was interested in helping him organize young adult events at the upcoming Mennonite Church USA convention in Orlando. Convention was a...
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ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA) — Women’s ministry programs will be the beneficiaries of the special offerings at this summer’s Mennonite Church USA Convention in Orlando. Youth and adult offerings during the July 4-8 event will be shared between Mennonite Women USA, the Women in Leadership Project (WLP) and Sexual Abuse Prevention initiatives. With Mennonite Women USA celebrating its centennial this year, it was an especially appropriate time to recognize and support women’s ministry in the church. The funds will help Mennonite Women USA to expand its reach, according to Mennonite Women USA executive director Marlene Bogard. “As Mennonite Women...
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Tim Blaum lives in Goshen, Indiana and is technical director at River Oaks Community Church. He is a 2010 graduate of Goshen College and is serving as technical director for youth worship at Orlando 2017.This post originally appeared at The Gathering Place. Orlando 2017 will be my eighth convention in a row. That will make 16 years of my life that I’ve been participating in, serving at or planning for a convention in some capacity. One doesn’t just do something for 16 years if it doesn’t mean a lot to them. The first two conventions that I participated in were...
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