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This blog is part of our Special Session of the Delegate Assembly Open Call for Blogs series, which will run throughout May. This blog is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board or the resolution writers. Readers are encouraged to consult other resources related to the Special Delegate Assembly, engage the writers of the resolutions and discern within their own context. James Rissler lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Christina, and two sons. Until recently, he served as pastor of Atlanta Mennonite Church, and currently serves as...
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by Jordan Waidelich for Mennonite Church USA Tyler Eshleman is hopeful. He’s not just hopeful because nearly 270 young adults attended this year’s convention, up from 75 in Kansas City. He’s hopeful because they enthusiastically joined in the conversation. “It’s exciting to me because young adults are engaged and involved,” said Eshleman, the young adult coordinator for Mennonite Church USA, “whether that’s coming as a youth sponsor, Future Church Summit participant, delegate, co-presenter of a presentation or with an organization to help...
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Hyun Hur, is co-director of ReconciliAsian, a peace center in Los Angeles that encourages local Korean immigrant churches and other ethnic churches to explore what it means to participate in God’s ministry of reconciliation locally and globally. He is also co-pastor of Mountain View Mennonite Church, a small multi-ethnic church located in Upland, California. The first time I encountered Anabaptism was in a church history class almost 30 years ago. I learned about the 16th century Anabaptists and was immediately drawn to their radical commitment to Jesus and their faithful pursuit in following the Spirit. These radical reformers realized that...
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[Español] By Wil LaVeist LEESBURG, Va. (Mennonite Mission Network / Mennonite Education Agency / Mennonite Church USA)—More than 60 Racial/Ethnic leaders in Mennonite Church USA gathered Jan. 25–27 in Leesburg to encourage unity, celebrate the denomination’s multicultural progress, and begin outlining specific...
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Sarah Werner, climate justice intern for Mennonite Church USA (MC USA), presented a seminar focused on climate anxiety on July 5, 2023, during the denomination’s national convention, MennoCon23. The seminar, titled “Got Climate Anxiety? Strategies for Hope and Resilience”, centered around ways to live rooted in hope and gratitude in a time of great uncertainty, while also addressing the phenomenon of climate anxiety. Werner began the seminar with a time of sharing, and attendees broke out in small groups to introduce themselves and discuss questions about how anxiety...
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This blog is in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Andi Santoso is from Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. He is an ordained minister of Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (GKMI), also known as the Muria Christian Church of Indonesia. He came to the U.S. in August 2019, after completing a term as general secretary of the GKMI Synod. He earned a Master of Arts in theology and peace studies from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, April 2022. Currently, Andi is serving as Mennonite Mission Network's regional director for Asia and the Middle East. He also serves on the Deacons Commissions of Mennonite...
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Shannon W. Dycus is the vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Eastern Mennonite University. She, along with two current students and EMU's vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, attended Mennonite Church USA’s (MC USA) Hope for the Future Conference. The group celebrated and learned with other cherished leaders of color in MC USA. ______________________________________________ [Editor’s note: Shannon wrote this litany based on what she heard while attending the Hope for the Future Conference at the beginning of February.] Bienvenidos. To such a time as this. This began with four of us and a dream for hope. How do...
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After 20 years in congregational ministry, Susan Janzen was called to serve Central Plains Mennonite Conference as Conference Minister for Ministerial Leadership in 2019. Her family includes seven nieces and nephews and three daughters-of-the-heart and their five little ones who call her grandma. A native Kansan, Susan has lived in Iowa for the past 18 years. She currently resides in Tiffin, a growing community just outside Iowa City, with an 11-year-old feline named Maxine. This is part of a series of blogs reflecting on the Pastors & Leaders | Deep Faith 2022 conference. The weekend before the Pastors & Leaders |...
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Mennonite Church USA’s 2021 Advent at Home devotional, “Dare to Imagine,” was written by Talashia Keim Yoder, pastor of Christian Formation at College Mennonite Church in Goshen, Indiana. We invite you to wait for Jesus as we share weekly reflections and activities for all ages. Download the full Advent At Home worship guide. Week one: God's hopeful goodness! Week of November 28 Focus Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Additional Lectionary Scriptures: Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36 Weekly worship ritual Connect to the “big story” God created a good world. We were created to live peacefully, but we often miss the mark....
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By Camille Dager for Mennonite Education Agency Susan Schultz Huxman, president of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Harrisonburg, Virginia, predicted that spring 2020 would go down in history as “a semester like no other.” The sudden closure of schools, colleges, universities and seminaries amidst the stress and disorientation of a global pandemic had a profound impact on all those involved in education. Carmen Schrock-Hurst, an instructor at EMU, gave voice to the lament that many experienced during this difficult year...
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en español By MC USA and Mennonite Mission Network staff DALLAS (Mennonite Church USA/Mennonite Mission Network) — At this year’s Hope for the Future (HFF) gathering, attendees celebrated the legacy of Stanley W. Green, one of the event’s original organizers, and discussed ways to press forward for peace and justice throughout the church. The Jan. 23-26...
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This post is part of our Joureny Forward series. We’ve invited folks from across Mennonite Church USA to reflect on our Journey Forward and consider how they’ve seen Renewed Commitments at work in their lives, their congregation or community. If you’d like to contribute to this series by highlighting stories that bring our shared values to life, email JenniferC@MennoniteUSA.org. Clyde Kratz is the Executive Conference Minister of Virginia Mennonite Conference. He has served in pastoral assignments in Franconia, Lancaster and Virginia Conferences prior to his current role. He values the relationships that he has with conference and denominational leaders of MC USA. His aspiration for MC...
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Denise Reesor is program director at Anabaptist Disabilities Network (ADN). ADN serves to nurture communities and congregations into becoming more inclusive to families and individuals touched by disabilities. She also studies school psychology where she loves learning about how to support the learning and emotional needs of children. Denise can be contacted at Denise@adnetonline.org. She lives in Goshen, Inidiana with her husband and attends East Goshen Mennonite Church. The despair of depression has left my ability to hope, wounded and fragile. As we gather in advent to celebrate the hope of Jesus's incarnation, I wrestle to understand my own experience...
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(Mennonite Church USA) — At its first meeting of the 2017-2019 biennium, the Executive Board (EB) of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) affirmed a proposal outlining the next steps in a new, two-year visioning process called Journey Forward — to discern and embrace God’s hope for MC USA in the 21st century. Journey Forward grows out of the work of the Future Church Summit (FCS) body in Orlando, opening up the outcomes of that conversation to an even broader level of engagement across the church. According to the proposal brought by MC USA staff, the goal of the Journey Forward...
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