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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6, followed by the Youth & Young Adult Climate Summit, July 7. Sarah Naharis a non-violent action trainer and inter-spiritual theologian. She is the former executive director of Community Peacemaker Teams and is currently a doctoral student at Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York, which is traditional Onondaga land. She is studying ecological regeneration and spiritual activism. ______________________________ Jessica Griggs, blog editor for MC USA, talked to Sarah Nahar about the upcoming Youth & Young Adult Climate Summit....
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Rylee Weishaupt (she/her) grew up in Goshen, Indiana, where she attended Silverwood Mennonite Church. She graduated from Goshen High School, June 2022, and soon after started Mennonite Mission Network’s program Service Adventure, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has since completed her service term, returned to Goshen and is planning to attend Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas, in the fall. Rylee will be majoring in Bible and ministry. ______________________________ Once every two years,[1] this crazy-cool event called MennoCon happens. From a youth’s...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Randy Spaulding is the pastor of Boulder (Colorado) Mennonite Church. He is one of the leaders of Inclusive Mennonite Pastors and a co-writer of the Resolution for Repentance and Transformation. Previously, he was a minister at Bahia Vista Mennonite Church and Covenant Mennonite Fellowship, Sarasota, Florida. He served as the project editor for Sing the Journey and Sing the Story. He is married to his husband, Gary, and they live in Boulder. ______________________________ In March, a group of queer, transgender and...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Mariah Martin (she/her) is a pastor at Faith Mennonite Church and the host of the Called to be Bad Podcast. She received a B.A. in religion from Hesston and Goshen College and an MDiv from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. She and her spouse, Nick Bouwman, live in Goshen, Indiana, with their bunnies, Peppa and Eugene, as well as their backyard chickens. She is always ready to talk about animals and books, especially if there is coffee involved. ______________________________ “Okay, let’s go...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Lisa Longacher loves building relationships as a development officer for Hesston College. She is an alumna of Hesston College and Eastern Mennonite University and is a member of First Mennonite Church of Denver (Colorado). Along with creating fiber art, she loves reading, running trails and spending time with her family. Lisa will be co-leading the "Art for Change: Exploring Your Creativity" youth seminar with Dr. Joseph A. Manickam on Tuesday, July 4. ______________________________ “Give peace a chance!” “Protect children, not guns!”...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Anthony Khair is the international fellow at Mennonite Central Committee's National Peace and Justice Ministries, a part of MCC’s international volunteer exchange program. Anthony is working on advocacy issues related to Palestine and Israel, Syria, Latin America, and migration. He is from Palestine but was born in Honduras, where he lived for 10 years before his family moved back to Palestine. Anthony has a two-year diploma of theology from Bethlehem Bible College. He was part of the model United Nations, a...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Anthony Khair is the international fellow at Mennonite Central Committee's National Peace and Justice Ministries, a part of MCC’s international volunteer exchange program. Anthony is working on advocacy issues related to Palestine and Israel, Syria, Latin America, and migration. He is from Palestine but was born in Honduras, where he lived for 10 years before his family moved back to Palestine. Anthony has a two-year diploma of theology from Bethlehem Bible College. He was part of the model United Nations, a...
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Jewel Gingerich Longenecker is dean of Lifelong Learning and co-director of the Doctor of Ministry in Leadership program at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. She attends Kern Road Mennonite Church in South Bend, Indiana, where she co-teaches the young adult formation class and leads the gifts discernment team. She is married to Fred Longenecker, and they are the parents of two adult children, Jenae and Jace. ______________________________________________ When I was in my mid-thirties, one of my pastors, Mag Richer Smith, played a pivotal role in my leadership formation. One day, she...
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. J. Denny Weaver graduated from Hesston College, Goshen College, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Duke University. He taught in the religion department of Bluffton University for 31years. He interrupted seminary study for a term of service with Mennonite Central Committee in Algeria and, later, went to Haiti with three Community Peacemaker Teams (formerly Christian Peacemaker Teams) delegations. His writings include “Becoming Anabaptist,” “The Nonviolent Atonement” and “God Without Violence.” He and his wife, Mary, live in Madison, Wisconsin, and attend Madison Mennonite Church. ______________________________________________ The continuing presence — even worship...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Robert Brenneman is the director of criminal justice and restorative justice and professor of sociology at Goshen College. A graduate of Eastern Mennonite University and former service-worker with Mennonite Central Committee, Rob is the author of “Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America” and teaches courses in sociology, criminal justice, and peace, justice, and conflict studies. At MennoCon23 he will deliver separate seminars called “Gang Violence and the Global Church” and “Help! My phone is stuck to my face!” ______________________________ The first time...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Nelson Okanya is the Global Missions President for the Center for Serving Leadership in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also the chair of the Global Mission Fellowship, a support network for Anabaptist-related churches and mission groups, facilitated by Mennonite World Conference. Previously, Nelson served as a pastor and the president of Eastern Mennonite Missions. He holds a Master of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary and a doctorate in intercultural studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He attends James Street Mennonite Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania....
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By Kayla Berkey for Mennonite Church USA When Seattle Mennonite Church (SMC) purchased a house in what a member of the church property team described as “a pretty undesirable part of town” about 45 years ago, the Mennonite Church USA congregation never dreamed it would accrue a worth of $2 million. But that’s what happened. While the house served as a home base and community for many Mennonite Voluntary Service (MVS) workers and other volunteers since then, its Capitol Hill neighborhood changed with urban gentrification, developing into one of Seattle, Washington’s defining nightlife scenes. By 2020, the property was...
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Marc Smithers lives in Western New York with his wife, Ailie; their two kids; and their border collie, Fly. He attends the Sojourner’s Mennonite Fellowship in Belfast, New York, and serves on its leadership team, as the coordinator of the Service Team. ______________________________________________ I traveled a little over an hour to Clarence Center-Akron Mennonite Church in early February with a sense of apprehension. Though I have not had much experience with church conflict from which to draw, I had been selected as one of three delegates from our church to...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Dianne Garcia is the pastor of the Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Refugio in San Antonio, Texas, a church centered in the immigrant community and focused on creating a place of belonging through God’s love for those that have been told they don’t belong. She will be speaking at MennoCon23 on Wednesday morning, July 5. ______________________________ We live in a fragmented society. Most of us have grown accustomed to spending the vast majority of our time alone and apart, even if we...
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Jon Carlson is the current moderator-elect for Mennonite Church USA and will step into the role of moderator following the conclusion of the July 7 Delegate Assembly. He has served on MC USA’s Executive Board since 2019 and is on the board of directors for Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Schools. He is the lead pastor of Forest Hills Mennonite Church in Leola, Pennsylvania. Jon is completing his Master of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He will be speaking at...
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