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MC USA launches Menno Makers Market at Follow Jesus ’25 Convention

Mennonite Church USA is excited to introduce a new addition to the exhibit hall at the Follow Jesus ‘25 national convention, July 8-12, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The inaugural Menno... read more →
  • June 30, 2025
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MC USA releases Follow Jesus ’25 seminar line-up

MC USA will provide a diverse offering of seminars, led by people and organizations across the denomination, at the Follow Jesus '25 convention next week. By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite... read more →
  • June 30, 2025
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Community gun safety event brings Ohio churches together

In September, several Mennonite churches from Northwest Ohio worked together to host a community event about gun safety. Several organizations, such as RAWtools and Mennonite Central Committee, also helped make... read more →
  • October 25, 2023
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  • gun violence, Menno Snapshots

Toledo pastor provides tangible peace witness with an anvil

Joel Shenk, pastor of Toledo Mennonite Church, describes how he learned blacksmithing as part of his personal peace witness and how his conference and congregation have joined him in this... read more →
  • October 12, 2023
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  • gun violence, Menno Snapshots

A gift card and a … support system?

After researching the experiences of women in ministry, Amy Zimbelman argues that the best gift many congregations can give to their pastor this Pastor Appreciation Month is support through a... read more →
  • October 3, 2023
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  • Menno Snapshots

Creative, simple efforts can reduce violence

This blog is in recognition of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, June 3. Krista Dutt is currently the Mennonite Central Committee Chicago (Illinois) program coordinator. Most of her work is... read more →
  • June 2, 2023
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  • gun violence, Menno Snapshots
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Justice grows in the garden

  Mandy Martin is an award-winning emerging artist whose acrylic paintings feature vibrant floral and landscape imagery. She resides... read more →
  • September 22, 2022
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  • Menno Snapshots

Guns to garden tools

This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series.  Participate in the RAWtools art auction to support the MC USA Justice Fund. Mike Martin is the executive director of... read more →
  • June 17, 2022
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  • gun violence, Menno Snapshots

Call to prayer and action in response to the violence in Uvalde, Texas

Lord, hear our prayer. We pray for the lives lost in Uvalde, Texas, that join the climbing number of those lost to gun violence in America. Comfort the... read more →
  • May 25, 2022
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  • Menno Snapshots
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Demonstrating peace for my children and me

Rev. Amy S. Zimbelman is the conference minister for Mountain States Mennonite Conference.  _____________ On October 28, the Southeast Armed Services YMCA in Colorado Springs hosted a community conversation... read more →
  • November 3, 2021
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  • cost of war, Featured Blogs, Menno Snapshots, Peace and Justice, Uncategorized

Be transformed

This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Sue Park-Hur is the denominational minister for Transformative Peacemaking for Mennonite Church USA, overseeing the peace and justice related issues.... read more →
  • July 23, 2021
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  • Menno Snapshots

Mennonite Church USA launches “Defund the Police? An abolition curriculum”

Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) has released a new, multimedia, online curriculum to help congregations and individuals understand and address issues of systemic police brutality.  Entitled “Defund the... read more →
  • April 19, 2021
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Mennonite Church USA announces collaboration with RAWtools, Inc.

MC USA and RAWtools both seek to #BringThePeace through restorative justice. The organizations are partnering through RAWtools’ guns-to-garden-tools program and MC USA’s Justice Fund. By Jessica Griggs for... read more →
  • February 16, 2021
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  • gun violence, News
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Call to prayer and action in response to the tragedies of gun violence

By Mennonite Church USA Staff with Michael Martin, director of RAWtools Lord, hear our grief… We pray for the lives lost in Gilroy, California, El Paso, Texas, Dayton, Ohio and... read more →
  • August 5, 2019
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  • gun violence, Menno Snapshots

How now do we speak?

Jason Boone is the coordinating minister of the Peace and Justice Support Network, a joint project of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Mission Network. A friend of mine asked me... read more →
  • October 29, 2015
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  • Holistic Witness, Menno Snapshots, Peace and Justice Support Network