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Youth and Young Adults Equally Encouraged and Challenged by Climate Summit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Mennonite Church USA) – Approximately 300 youth, young adults and their sponsors gathered in Kansas City at the Kansas City Convention Center on July 7, 2023, for... read more →
  • July 19, 2023
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  • Convention News, News

“If you pray for peace, why pay for war?”

Following peace prayers with action   Sylvia Shirk has been a Mennonite pastor since 1990. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she works as a district pastor and court interpreter... read more →
  • June 23, 2020
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  • cost of war, Menno Snapshots, Peace and Justice

An epidemic that complicated Mennonite Church plans a century ago

As the global Covid-19 pandemic upends schedules and assumption in often unprecedented ways, we remember disruption caused by a local epidemic in 1917.   Steve Nolt is a professor of... read more →
  • April 17, 2020
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A beginners’ guide to political advocacy

Jennifer Halteman Schrock is the leader of Mennonite Creation Care Network (MCCN) [MC USU'S Climate Justice Ministry's predecessor] and the communications manager for Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College. She lives... read more →
  • March 4, 2020
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  • climate justice, Menno Snapshots, Transformational Peacemaking

MC USA leaders visit Capitol Hill to advocate for peace in Palestine and Israel

Charissa Zehr, legislative associate for international affairs with the MCC U.S. Washington Office, and Jonathan Brenneman, coordinator of Israel/Palestine Partners in Peacemaking for Mennonite Church USA,... read more →
  • June 26, 2018
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Anabaptist faith leaders advocate for better immigration policies

en español Danielle Gonzales, MCC Washington Office; Hyun Hur, co-director of ReconciliAsian, and Samuel Resendez, Iglesia La Roca, speak with California Rep. Judy Chu’s staffers, Krystal... read more →
  • March 12, 2018
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  • Immigration, News

Of Bombs, Treaties and Moral Obligation (part four)

In a culture wired for instant results, we often forget that meaningful change may take persistent action over a long period. This is a 35-year story of education and advocacy... read more →
  • August 28, 2017
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  • Menno Snapshots, Peace and Justice Support Network