RAICES raises awareness and millions of dollars to support immigrants
Mennonite Mission Network has a long-term partnership with RAICES, a refugee and immigrant support center in Texas, through MVS. Berlin, OHIO (Mennonite Mission Network)—Katrina Kniss, a Mennonite Voluntary Service participant, works with Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES). RAICES and Mennonite Mission Network’s MVS program have partnered together for 11 years. Seven MVS volunteers have served there; many have gone on to […]
Experiencing God in the jungle
Karina, Shannon, and I, along with a group from Goshen were led by the Ross Richer family as they introduced us to their life in Tena and Zábalo. Our trip was an incredible experience in the jungle getting to know the indigenous community, the Cofán, and some of the richest biodiversity in the world. The nearly two-week […]
“God’s mission lost a good friend”
GOSHEN, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – Barbara Eichorn Bergey served God with compassion, professional excellence, and a commitment to prayer, whether she worked at a church camp in Pennsylvania, in an office in Indiana, or on another continent. Eichorn, 70, died May 16. Stanley W. Green, executive director of Mennonite Mission Network, who benefited from […]
Mennonites in Venezuela share faith through food and shampoo
In desperate times, Anabaptist communities find innovative ways to be the church by offering meals, health care, human dignity, and teaching the way of peace. ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – In the midst of constant inflation and economic uncertainty, Venezuelan Mennonites minister creatively in and through their churches, sharing food and supporting their communities. […]
Lamb with a lion’s strength: Anabaptist vision informs response to crisis in Venezuela
Erwin Mirabal, president of the Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Oriente (Evangelical Mennonite Church of the East), reflects on how reading the Bible from an Anabaptist perspective guides the church’s response to an economy that leaves more than half of the population under-nourished. Today in Venezuela, food can’t be purchased. Commerce is paralyzed, and medicine is […]
Service Adventure volunteers help rebuild after Texas hurricane
For the first time in the history of the program, all Service Adventure participants met together to serve and worship in South Texas with Mennonite Disaster Service from March 26-30, 2018.
God’s promise to sustain in South Texas
God’s Promise to Sustain (GPS) as seen from my perspective last week in Coastal Bend at the MDS [Mennonite Disaster Service] work site was a grateful blessing. Grateful to have Ike and Priscilla lead the site as project managers, Helmut and Karin to organize and cook all meals for all diverse nutritional needs, and grateful […]
SENT 2018: Peace churches for the 21st century
SENT conference taps into the Anabaptist historic peace position. ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – There’s a movement building in Mennonite Church USA. It’s diverse, multicultural, and energized to take the church to new places. Nearly 100 leaders from across Mennonite Church USA gathered at Living Water Community Church in Chicago for the third annual […]
Making a difference together
Upon driving the last few minutes to reach Bloomington, Texas, nobody really knew what to expect of our calling to help out with Mennonite Disaster Service [MDS]; none of us had been to Bloomington before and weren’t too aware of the damage there. As we entered the town, however, we noticed debris and several abandoned […]
Coming together to serve
From Mar. 25-30, our Service Adventure unit, along with all other units, traveled to Texas to help in restoring homes for those who lost theirs due to major hurricanes that hit nearly a year ago. Serving with MDS [Mennonite Disaster Service] was a new experience for most of us, and not knowing fully what to […]
How the legacy church opens up to the missional church
Madeline and David Maldonado are both ordained, and have been active in Southeast Mennonite Conference leadership. They also have held leadership positions in Mennonite Church USA. Each has preached at a Mennonite Church USA convention. They each served on the Mennonite Church USA Iglesia Menonita Hispana board of directors, but at different times. Madeline is […]
New energy—An interview with Hendy Stevan
Hendy Stevan received an unexpected invitation from his senior pastor—to pack his bags, leave his Indonesian home and bring new energy to a congregation in New York City.