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  • Like a tree planted

    Anabaptist Educators from around the world gather for the Global Education Conference  Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA — Like a Tree Planted: Anabaptist Spirituality in Education, the Global Education Conference of Mennonite World Conference attracted more than 100 Anabaptist educators and leaders from 13 countries around the world. Anabaptist spirituality is “a pedagogy of transformation,” said John…

    Like a tree planted

  • We Cry (A prayer of lament)

    We cry with those whose lands are ravaged from war. We cry with those who, because of war and violence, have already lost their home. We cry with those who leave behind what they know in search of a better life for their children and families. We cry with Abdullah, the father of Aylan and…

    We Cry (A prayer of lament)

  • First ever Anabaptist World Cup set for PA 2015

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – The first ever Anabaptist World Cup will be played on the afternoons of July 22, 23, 24, and 25, as an optional recreational event during PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly. The matches will take place at Logan Field, a community soccer field near Dillsburg, PA, about a 25-minute drive from…

    First ever Anabaptist World Cup set for PA 2015

  • Dutch group awards MWC Deacons Commission chair

    Anne Zernike was the first Mennonite woman ordained in the Netherlands, possibly in Europe and “even maybe in the world,” said Christien Duhoux-Rueb. She and Coot Winkler Prins, pastors from the Netherlands, highlighted Zernike at a workshop and with an award at PA 2015. Ordained at the Mennonite church in Bovenknijpe in 1911, Zernike was…

    Dutch group awards MWC Deacons Commission chair

  • Registration to stay open until Assembly; several options change after July 1

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – Organizers for the 21-26 July Mennonite World Conference Assembly announced recently that registration will remain open until Assembly, but only the following options are available online beyond 1 July: full time/shared registration without the meal plan for clusters 1 and 2, and part time registration. After 1 July, online registration for…

    Registration to stay open until Assembly; several options change after July 1

  • Blessings and challenges for the PA 2015 Visa process

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – The need for many to get visitor’s visas to the USA, to attend the Pennsylvania 2015 MWC Assembly in Harrisburg, has long been a concern for many planners and participants. For more than a year, the MWC Visa Task Force (VTF) has been making preparations. Now that it is April 2015, and…

    Blessings and challenges for the PA 2015 Visa process

  • PA 2015 will be green!

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – “PA 2015 will be green,” says Howard Good, National Coordinator of the Mennonite World Conference Assembly, to be held July 21-26 at the massive Farm Show Complex (FSC) in Harrisburg. Good had just received word that expenses for the green endeavour will fit the projected budget for the global event. Owned by…

    PA 2015 will be green!

  • Departing staff and volunteers recognized at dinner event

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – At a dinner event immediately following the 21-26 July 2015 Assembly, Mennonite World Conference general secretary César García expressed appreciation to a number of staff members who are ending their work involvement with MWC. Merle and Phyllis Good were recognized for their service as communication consultants and fundraisers. Over the past…

    Departing staff and volunteers recognized at dinner event

  • Visa efforts continue for PA 2015 hopefuls

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA  – Applying for a visa to enter the U.S. is serious business for many internationals hoping to attend PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly to be held here July 21-26. A Visa Task Force – with two members on the ground in Africa, one who moves between Africa and North…

    Visa efforts continue for PA 2015 hopefuls

  • Walking in Receiving and Giving: Judit Menéndez

    Economic hardship in Spain strengthens faith Judit Menéndez, MWC Global Youth Summit delegate from Spain, shared her church’s story of Walking in Receiving and Giving as her country experiences its worst economic crisis since the civil war in the 1930s. She belongs to the Comunidades Unidas Anabautistas in Burgos, about two hours north of Madrid.…

    Walking in Receiving and Giving: Judit Menéndez

  • PA 2015 goes on and on

    Harrisburg, PA, USA – A dedicated team of staff and volunteers captured images, videos and stories during Mennonite World Conference’s 16th Assembly in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, 21–25 July 2015. Visit pa2015.mwc-cmm.org to re-live your PA 2015 participation or to experience it for the first time. Meet people like Sushant Nand, a man who tried his…

    PA 2015 goes on and on

  • Leadership changes announced for three MWC commissions

    Bogotá, Colombia – In meetings prior to the 21-26 July Assembly, Mennonite World Conference announced changes in the leadership of three of its commissions. “Transitions are a very important part of living organisms,” commented MWC general secretary César García. “Our human body, for example, needs to renew its cells in order to keep healthy. In…

    Leadership changes announced for three MWC commissions

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