Videos from Ecuador workers highlight ministries
We are sharing two videos developed by workers in Ecuador, Delicia Bravo and Peter Wigginton, and Jane and Jerrell Ross Richer, who serve with Mennonite Mission Network through the Ecuador Partnership. We also encourage you to read an article that features Jaden Hostetter, a new worker in Ecuador. The two primary priorities of the partnership […]
A conversation with Kate Widmer
Sharon Norton, co-director for Africa and Europe ministries for Mennonite Mission Network, interviews Kate Widmer about her experience during this time of COVID-19 and social distancing. Kate serves alongside La Prairie Mennonite Church in Montbéliard, France, in their community outreach programs.
Amidst a world pandemic, the work of God continues
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the world, prompting both isolationist practices and panic as the world attempts to quell the virus. The world is changing before our eyes. Places of worship lay empty as congregations meet in the virtual world. Without active clientele, small businesses close, unable to maintain their expenses in the wake […]
Peek into Service Adventure — Faith development
Curious how Service Adventure connects with faith? Let Risa Fukaya tell you! Risa was a participant with the 2019-2020 Service Adventure unit in Jackson, Mississippi.The Jackson unit is supported by Open Door Mennonite Church, which welcomes participants into their church community each year through services, outreach activities, and frequent invitations to Sunday dinner!
Kansas City MVS unit celebrates a 43-year history
The MVS unit in Kansas City has closed its doors. On May 9, 2020, alumni, local leaders, and church members gathered virtually to share in the celebration of the Kansas City unit’s history. Gatherings have been canceled all around the world, but a global pandemic wasn’t going to stop alumni, local leaders, and supporters across […]
Peek into Service Adventure — Jackson, Mississippi
Curious what a Service Adventure placement looks like? Let Risa Fukaya show you! Risa was a participant with the 2019-2020 Service Adventure – Jackson, Mississippi unit, and served with Stewpot Community Services, Inc. Clothing Closet and the Education Learning Station afterschool program.
Omnibus Edition
The image on the cover of this issue of Anabaptist Witness is a painting by our designer, Matt Veith, of a medieval church in Italy from a travel advertisement. The architecture—with the colonial-era buildings that bear resemblance to styles elsewhere in the world, particularly in the Americas—reminds me of a form of Christianity, and of Christian mission, […]
A conversation with José Oyanguren and Maria Alfonsina Finger
Alfonsina Finger and José Oyanguren and their family live in Castelli in the Argentine Chaco where they work with indigenous churches and communities. Their sending church is Iglesia Menonita Bragado in central Argentina, and two Ohio congregations, Sonnnenberg (Kidron) and Pike (Elida), partner through Mennonite Mission Network. This video emerged through an initiative from Sonnenberg […]
A conversation with Juliet Kilpin
Sharon Norton, co-director for Africa and Europe ministries for Mennonite Mission Network, interviews Juliet Kilpin about the effects of COVID-19 on refugees in the United Kingdom. Juliet is a co-founder of Peaceful Borders, an organization that supports refugees coming to the United Kingdom.
Become a Service Adventure leader
Cynthia and Roger Neufeld Smith share about their experience of being Service Adventure leaders in Jackson, Mississippi. Anyone ages 24+ may apply. Service Adventure leadership is a great opportunity for those who are ready to live out their faith in a unique, intentional setting that is structured for authentic Christian discipleship and living. Contact Susan […]
Migration, empathy and welcome
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning epic, Grapes of Wrath (1939), John Steinbeck recounts the harshness of the Great Depression and gives us a glimpse into the struggles of migrant farmworkers. In it, he tells the heart-rending stories of people who loaded up their vehicles with all they could fit and moved from a devastated and ravaged […]
Full Circle
This is the story of Anna Melinda (Hallman) Byler, daughter of Eli S. and Melinda Hallman. She married B. Frank Byler, and together they joined the great missionary expansion of Mennonites in the 20th Century, which took them to Argentina and Uruguay. There they raised their family of five children: Stanley, Marjory, Dennis, Carol, and […]