Top row (left to right): Margie Mejia-Caraballo, EB member and representative of the Iglesia Menonita Hispana; Duncan Smith (MC USA staff), director of The Corinthian Plan; Tom Stuckey, interim executive director of Mennonite Education Agency; Michelle Dula, EB member; and Jon Carlson, EB member.Second row (left to right): Joy Sutter, moderator; Amy Gingerich, executive director of MennoMedia; Camille Dager (MC USA staff), news editor; Iris de León-Hartshorn (MC USA staff), associate executive director of Operations; Kenneth Hochstetler, president and CEO of Everence.Third row (left to right): Jim Caskey, EB member; Shelley Buller (MC USA... read more →
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another searchThe Executive Board (EB) of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) voted during its Jan. 22-23, 2021 meeting to hold its biennial Delegate Assembly online due to uncertainty around COVID-19 gathering restrictions. Originally scheduled to meet in person on July 6-10, 2021, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Delegate Assembly will meet virtually on Saturday, July 10 from 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. ET. The online 2021 Delegate Assembly will feature a limited agenda, addressing simple and organizational resolutions. Decisions regarding church statement resolutions, such as those related to the Membership Guidelines, will be postponed until a future in-person delegate gathering. The virtual 2021... read more →
By Camille Dager, Mennonite Church USA When Shana Peachey Boshart began studying with the Vibrant Faith Coaching School in the fall of 2019,... read more →
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As I reflect on the year 2020, Jeremiah 29:11 comes to my mind: “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NRSV) To say 2020 has been a difficult year would be an understatement — from the eruption of violence and racial unrest that our country has never completely overcome, to the worst life-claiming pandemic the world has seen in nearly 100 years, to the nation’s political divisions that have unveiled how divided we’ve long been as Americans.... read more →
English version available here. Por el personal de la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. El Concilio de Líderes Constituyentes (CLC) de la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. (MC USA) se reunió el 16 y 17 de octubre del 2020 por videoconferencia para abordar un orden del día completo que incluyó una presentación sobre “Raza y poder”, informes de los miembros del CLC y novedades de las actividades denominacionales y de MennoCon21, además de varias horas de conversación sobre la idea de retirar los Lineamientos de Membresía de la denominación. A la primera reunión virtual del CLC, presidida por... read more →
By MC USA staff The Constituency Leaders Council (CLC) of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) met on October 16-17, 2020, via videoconference to address a full agenda that included a presentation on “Race and Power,” reports from CLC members and updates on denominational activities and MennoCon21, as well as several hours of discussion on retiring the denomination’s Membership Guidelines. Chaired by MC USA Moderator-Elect Linda Dibble, the CLC’s first virtual gathering was attended by leaders from the 16 area conferences, several denominational agencies, constituency groups,... read more →
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Curt Weaver is the pastor of children and youth at Portland Mennonite Church in Portland, Oregon. Previously, he attended Eastern Mennonite University, served in Swaziland with Mennonite Central Committee, and received an MA from Anabaptist Mennonite Theological Seminary. He also served as a leader for Service Adventure, a program of Mennonite Mission Network. Curt lives in Oak Grove, Oregon with his wife Karin and their two teenage children. _______________ I have been going to Mennonite youth conventions for a long time, first as part of planning teams and in later years as a youth pastor. It is these later... 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 →
“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Luke 10:2b By Cami Dager (Mennonite Church USA) – In January 2016, Zion Mennonite Church (Zion), a Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) congregation in Souderton, Pennsylvania, started providing 20 students at a local elementary school with backpacks of food for the weekend. This began The Bean Bag Food Program, an outreach ministry to address childhood hunger. Today, the program has expanded to serve almost 200 students at six elementary schools and one middle school – and inspired... read more →
By MC USA Staff DALLAS, Texas (Mennonite Church USA) — The success of MennonCon19, improving MC USA communications and discernment over the Membership Guidelines process, were among the issues the Executive Board discussed during its meeting Sept. 5 - 7 in Dallas, Texas. Executive Director Glen Guyton reported that MennoCon19, July 2-6 in Kansas City, Missouri, was a phenomenal success despite a $112,000 loss because of fewer attendees. There were 2,839 registrants compared to 3,200 at the 2017 convention in Orlando. Fewer attendees caused concern, but ultimately didn’t dampen enthusiasm or satisfaction among conventioneers, Guyton said. The lively joint youth-adult... read more →