Service Adventure + supporting churches = faith community!

​Every Service Adventure unit has a supporting church community that invites participants to play an active role in worship, both in and out of the church building! The invitations for Sunday dinner are a nice bonus, too! 😋  Go to the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings in places across the United States. Apply by […]

Grow through a gap year with Service Adventure!

​A gap year with Service Adventure is a chance to learn the things they don’t teach in college – all while living in community and serving with a local non-profit!  Go to the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings in places across the United States.   Apply by January 31… before the […]

What’s it like to be a Service Adventure leader?

​What is being a Service Adventure leader like? Just ask Shelby and Travis! Together, they’re the unit leaders for the Colorado Springs, Colorado, team. Go to the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings in places across the United States.  

Community living takes work!

​Service Adventure confession: living with other people takes work! 👷‍♀️ Check out the video to learn how Service Adventure participants Anna and Neeltje have made living in community with other participants and unit leaders happen! Go to the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings in places across the United States.

Tap a shoulder for service leadership!

Service Adventure

​👉Shoulder-tapping👈 isn’t just for service participants! Rachel wanted to do something that would reach out beyond herself. Her friends knew that being a Service Adventure leader would be a great fit for her. The rest is history! Check out the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings.  

What makes a good Service Adventure leader?

Service Adventure

​A leader doesn’t have it all "figured out."🙅‍♀️ Instead, they’re willing to keep growing and learning with others! Find out how Rachel has grown through being the leader of a Service Adventure unit. Check out the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings.

Service Adventure leaders help units grow!

Service Adventure

​What does being a Service Adventure unit leader look like? For Rachel, it’s cultivating a space where participants can grow and ask questions. 🌻 Check out the Service Adventure website for current participant and leadership openings.

Unforgettable? That’s Service Adventure!

Service Adventure

​Fun?✅Challenging?✅Unforgettable?✅ Being a Service Adventure unit leader is a chance to forge community with young adults by walking alongside them as a mentor in a shared house. Interested? ✅ out the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings.  

Service Adventure is all about community!

Service Adventure

​Service Adventure = community. It’s built into the program’s foundation. Why is that important? Just ask Rachel, one of the Service Adventure unit leaders! Check out the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings.

All are welcome at the Lord’s table

Bread and wine on a table

This blog first appeared on the Mennonite Church USA website.  And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.” — Matthew 8:11 (NLT) In June 2017, I was in transit from […]

Mennonite Mission Network announces new SOOP locations

Three SOOP locations

Mennonite Mission Network Service Opportunities with Our Partners (SOOP) offers flexible service terms for individuals ages 25+ and families of all ages. Mission Network added new locations to the 66 existing United States and international locations. Looking for a different kind of family vacation? Feeling called by God to serve? Wanting to use your skills […]

Mission Network seminars at MennoCon23 for all ages

From top left: Naomi Leary

Mennonite Mission Network will host five seminars at MennoCon23, the biennial convention of Mennonite Church USA, in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3 – 6. Towards the May/June 2024 South African General Election Presented by Oscar Siwali, Director, Southern African Development and Reconstruction Agency How do church leaders and community mediators in South Africa help the electoral community […]