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(Appeared first in April 2011, The Mennonite. Reprinted with permission.) By Ervin Stutzman I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you.—Ephesians 1:18 (TNIV) There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.—Ephesians 4:4 (TNIV) God intends that the church be a hopeful place. The Apostle Paul often spoke of that hope and made great effort to help others comprehend it. Paul’s...
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(Appeared first in March 2011, The Mennonite. Reprinted with permission.) By Ervin Stutzman We know that suffering produces ... hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.—Romans 5:3b-5 (TNIV) We ... groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all.—Romans 8:23-24a (TNIV) Since we live in a country committed to...
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(Appeared first in Mennonite Mission Network's Beyond Ourselves, February 2011. Shared with permission.) By Ervin Stutzman The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. – Nelson Henderson I’ve always liked the name of this mission journal, which reminds us of God’s call to reach “beyond ourselves.” In the same way, the foregoing quotation by Nelson Henderson captures the essence of the faithful church in mission. God calls us to think beyond our own life times in order...
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por Adriana Celis En tiempos de reconexión humana y de un creciente desarrollo tecnológico, existen muchos interrogantes por los desafíos presentes y venideros que las comunidades enfrentan. La iglesia no es ajena a estos retos; por tal razón, desde la iglesia Menonita de los Estados Unidos se conmemora la reunión anual de Hope for the Future (en español Esperanza para el Futuro). Con ella se busca rendir honor a líderes que han marcado un impacto emergente en sus comunidades negras, indígenas y personas de color (BIPOC). Adicionalmente, tiene como objetivo...
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Lea la versión en inglés aquí. By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA ELKHART, Ind. (Mennonite Church USA) — Mennonite Church USA has named the worship planning committee for the Follow Jesus ‘25 biennial convention, which will take place at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, July 8-12, 2025. The committee, made up of Will Eichelberger, Abby Endashaw, Randall Koehler, Ryan Rohrer, and worship leaders Melissa Florer-Bixler and Caleb McClendon, met for the first time last month to begin preparations for next year’s convention. The Follow Jesus '25 worship planning committee met for the...
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In February, Chialis Thuan Santoso attended MC USA's Hope for the Future 2024 conference. In this blog, she reflects on what she learned and how it applies to her life as a sojourner in Christ. Chialis Thuan Santoso is originally from Indonesia. She is married to Andi Santoso, and she is the mother of two daughters: Phoebe Liem and Chloe Liem. Chialis is a reflective practitioner in Christ, who is currently working on earning a Master of Arts in Christian Formation at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. She enjoys listening to Christian songs and loves teaching and working with women, youth...
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By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA) — Mennonite Church USA is pleased to announce that the 2025 MC USA biennial national gathering and leading faith formation event, Follow Jesus ‘25, will take place July 8-12, 2025, at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Follow Jesus ’25 will be held in a smaller, more intimate setting, so as to provide a more convenient and economical location for convention-goers. Despite the change of venue, the schedule of events during the four-night convention will remain largely the same as previous years, with daily worship, hymn...
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"¿Sabemos lo que significa quitar las cadenas?", preguntó Joanne Gallardo, ministra de la Conferencia Menonita de Indiana-Michigan, en la 11ª Conferencia Esperanza para el Futuro de MC USA, celebrada del 9 al 11 de febrero. Reunidos en Dallas, Texas, 70 negros, indígenas y personas de color consideraron el tema, "Rompiendo cadenas, reparando muros", centrado en Isaías 58. "Cada año, intentamos ver dónde estamos como iglesia. Interpretando los tiempos y tratando de encontrar un mensaje de esperanza para nosotros", dijo Sue Park-Hur, directora de compromiso racial/étnico de MC USA. Park-Hur compartió cómo el pasaje "resonó" en los miembros del comité de...
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Abby Endashaw, MCC young adult program coordinator, reflects on the life-giving aspects of the Hope for the Future conference. This blog is part of MC USA’s Hope for the Future series. Abby Endashaw is a featured speaker at MC USA’s 2024 Hope for the Future gathering in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 9-11. She works for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Central States as the young adult programs coordinator. Born and raised in Aurora, Colorado, Abby has recently relocated to Dallas, Texas, the ancestral lands of the Wichita, Tawakoni, Kickapoo and Jumanos Indigenous Peoples. Her MCC work emphasizes community-centered programming, antiracism education and supporting local...
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After researching the experiences of women in ministry, Amy Zimbelman shares how women have used sass as a means to deal with inequality in ministry. This blog contains continued findings from a study of women in ministry. View the first blog in this series here. Rev. Amy Zimbelman is the conference minister of Mountain States Mennonite Conference. She holds a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School, and has also served in Zambia through Mennonite Central Committee and in South Dakota with Mennonite Voluntary Service. In South Dakota, she met her husband/best friend, Matt Zimbelman, and they live in Colorado...
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This blog post is in honor of Juneteenth, June 19. Wilma A. Bailey, Ph.D., is a retired pastor and professor. She was the first Black woman to be licensed for ministry by Indiana-Michigan Conference and served as the assistant pastor of Grace Chapel Mennonite Church in Saginaw, Michigan; the summer pastor at Lee Heights Community Church in Cleveland, Ohio; and the assistant director of the Black and Urban Leadership Program at Goshen College. Dr. Bailey earned a Master of Divinity from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana, and both a Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She attends Shalom...
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Josué Coy Dick was born in Guatemala and grew up in North Newton, Kansas. He is currently a student at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. He is majoring in peace and conflict studies and music performance. He is a member of the Bethel College Community for Justice and Peace, the Bethel College orchestra and serves as a student chaplain. He has long attended Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas, and remains an active member. ______________________________________________ I was recently given the opportunity to attend the Hope for the Future conference as a representative for Bethel College, in North Newton, Kansas,...
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Kiron Mateti attends Plains Mennonite Church in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, and lives in Telford, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Rachel, and three kids. He also serves on the Mosaic Mennonite Conference Board. He spends his days on Zoom, as a robotics engineer, developing software for autonomous semi-trucks, and will talk for hours about robots, if you let him. He enjoys playing guitar, throwing frisbee and building Legos with his kids. ______________________________________________ I didn’t grow up Mennonite, or even Christian for that matter. My introduction to the Mennonites came from meeting a woman named Rachel while in campus ministry at Penn State in...
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Frank Scoffield Sánchez (he/him) will be a speaker at the Hope for the Future conference, organized by Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). He is a Guatemalan, living on occupied Tongva/Chumash territory, who studied philosophy and theology in undergraduate and graduate schools. Frank is an organizer. He is a member of Pasadena (California) Mennonite Church. ______________________________________________________ I was raised in an upper-middle class Guatemalan church. Lawyers, doctors, businessmen and university deans sat around me, as we sang praises to God. As I grew older, I started noticing more of the contradictions between the words and deeds of our church. We had elaborate justifications for...
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ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA) — Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) has created a new role focused on racial/ethnic engagement and announced several other staff transitions. Sue Park-Hur, the denominational minister of Transformative Peacemaking, will become director of racial/ethnic engagement. This new position was created to work with the various racial/ethnic entities within MC USA, support the program agencies in this work and help denominational leaders to define MC USA diversity, equity and inclusion goals, standards, and desired outcomes. “I hope we can live deeper into the Renewed Commitments for MC USA...
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