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COP 30 blogs by a Dutch Mennonite
Updates from COP 29 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) This year, Marijke van Duin was once again an observer at the annual United Nations Climate Summit as a delegate of the World Council of Churches. This 30th climate summit, COP 30, was held in Belém, Brazil, in the Amazon rainforest. Marijke…
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Committed to serving people
How do you stay in relationship in a diverse global communion comprised of 110 national member churches scattered across 61 countries, with vastly different economic circumstances and political and cultural contexts, speaking more than 30 different languages? “Mennonite World Conference is an organic community and not a bureaucratic institution. As a global church, we are…
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Faithfulness in action
The environmental crisis and our mandate to care for creation A word of encouragement from the MWC Faith & Life Commission and the Creation Care Task Force. Part 2 of 2 “Creation care” is taking on ever-increasing urgency. The news reminds us daily of alarming changes in our climate. We are witnessing terrible violence against…
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God so loved the cosmos…
The environmental crisis and our mandate to care for creation A word of encouragement from the MWC Faith & Life Commission and the Creation Care Task Force. Part 1 of 2 “Creation care” is taking on ever-increasing urgency. The news reminds us daily of alarming changes in our climate. As the Creation Care Task Force’s…
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Season of Creation – 7
Psalm 19 “The heavens are telling the glory of God,and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.Day to day pours forth speech,and night to night declares knowledge.There is no speech, nor are there words;their voice is not heard;yet their voice goes out through all the earthand their words to the end of the world.” God, when we…
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MWC contributing carbon tax to global projects
In recognition of the environmental impact of their global work, Mennonite World Conference staff and executive committee members are now imposing a simple surcharge on themselves for each mile that they travel by air. The plan, approved in August by the MWC Executive Committee, went into effect October 14 when MWC administrator Karen Martin Schiedel…
