Relationships — Michael Oyer on Service Adventure
Anchorage Service Adventure unit leader Michael Oyer talks about the relationships that form during the 10-month program. These friendships are deep and long-lasting, even after participants have moved on.
Opportunities — Michael Oyer on Service Adventure
Anchorage Service Adventure unit leader Michael Oyer talks about the opportunities participants have to widen and enrich their worldview, as well as the skills gained during the 10-month gap year of Service Adventure.
Be a leader — Michael Oyer on Service Adventure
Anchorage Service Adventure unit leader Michael Oyer talks about the incredible opportunity that being a Service Adventure leader is. Whether you’re in your 20s or 60s, it’s never too late to be a Service Adventure leader.
Changes and God moments — Michael Oyer on Service Adventure
Anchorage Service Adventure unit leader Michael Oyer speaks on the changes that he sees participants go through. The participants have concerns and questions at the beginning that often end up being answered through incredible "God moments" throughout the 10-month program.
Growth — Michael Oyer on Service Adventure
Anchorage Service Adventure unit leader Michael Oyer has watched participants grow and mature over the 10-months that they’re in Service Adventure. "It’s an incredible way to prepare yourself for whatever comes next in your future."
MVS director to lead Mission Network’s new Ventures division
ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) — After an open national search, Mennonite Mission Network has filled the first of two new senior executive positions with a familiar face. Executive director and CEO Mike Sherrill announced July 29 that Marisa Smucker will be the senior executive for the newly formed Ventures division of Mission Network. Smucker, […]
Meeting face to face with peers from faraway
NEWTON, Kansas (Mennonite Mission Network) –— Because of an online Mission Seminar, hosted by Mennonite Mission Network, Argentine mission associates José Oyanguren and Maria Alfonsina Finger were invited to gather face to face with mission colleagues who are serving far away. The couple, who serves in the Argentine Chaco, joined 33 other workers from around […]
Vision-casting missiologist and family man mentored many
NEWTON, Kansas (Mennonite Mission Network) — Up until the last several months of his life, the late missiologist and professor Wilbert Ray Shenk, 86, who died July 13, continued to teach. This fall, there will be a group of Korean students in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, in Pasadena, California, who […]
Reflecting on Mandela Day evokes a sense of grace unto justice
Editor’s Note: Joe Sawatsky, a church relations representative for Mennonite Mission Network, was asked to reflect on Nelson Mandela, who is celebrated on July 18, an international holiday set aside to honor the leader who helped topple apartheid in South Africa. Nelson Mandela, who would have turned 103 July 18 —which is now an international holiday […]
Living out commitment to peace
MennoCon21 was the first Mennonite convention I attended. I had heard stories about my church’s past youth groups basking in worship. I had heard colleagues tell of the experiences of connecting people with service opportunities. As always, a lived experience brings a greater understanding. The lived nature of peace became the focus for me this […]
Sharing our stories; Shaping our faith
Video transcript My name is Eric Frey Martin from Mennonite Mission Network. This seminar is about our stories, how we tell them, how they get shaped and how we can join our stories with God’s story. In my mind, you might be watching this seminar together as a youth group or in a small group. […]
Breaking a Mission Mold in Africa
Joe Sawatzky, Church Relations representative for Mission Network, leads a seminar titled "Breaking a mission mold in Africa" as part of MennoCon21. He interviews James Krabill, Jonathan Larson and Thomas Oduro who are editors of a forthcoming book titled "Unless a Grain of Wheat." The book covers the 60+ year relationship in mission between North American Mennonites and […]