New Mexico church calls first openly LGBTQ lead pastor in MC USA

Sep 19, 2017 by and

Erica Lea

Albuquerque (N.M.) Mennonite Church has called an openly LGBTQ person to be their lead pastor, becoming the first congregation to do so in Mennonite Church USA. The church of about 150 attenders announced...

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Relief and gratefulness after Hurricane Irma

Sep 18, 2017 by and

Students from Academia Menonita Betania (Bethany Mennonite Academy) in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, collect relief supplies for Hurricane Irma victims in the Virgin Islands and surrounding areas. The school was spared and is operating after losing power for five days. — Alex Gonzales

Unlike the 40-day flood Noah prepared for, members of Iglesia Menonita Arca de Salvacion (Ark of Salvation Mennonite Church) in Fort Myers, Fla., took refuge from Hurricane Irma in their church building for...

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Potentially disputed land in Colombia attracts Low German Mennonites

Sep 18, 2017 by and

David Fehr, left, and Klaas Wall in the middle of a rice field not too far from Puerto Gaitán, Colombia. — Kennert Giesbrecht/DMP

Despite warnings from Mennonite Central Committee, Low German Mennonites from drought-prone regions of northern Mexico have bought more than 49,000 acres of land in Colombia. Kennert Giesbrecht, editor of Die...

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Tons of clothes await fun-loving volunteers

Sep 18, 2017 by and

Rod Franz of Manhattan, Kan., holds a pair of donated shoes at the MCC Central States Material Resource Center. — Carol Duerksen for MWR

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — The payoff for a four-hour weekly round-trip to volunteer with Mennonite Central Committee comes in the joy of service, fun and fellowship. Every Wednesday, some of the volunteers get up...

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Muted voices in World War I, and today

Sep 12, 2017 by and

Kauffman Museum curator of exhibits Chuck Regier works on a display component of the “Voices of Conscience” traveling exhibit. The exhibit, which centers around a recreation of an Alcatraz jail cell that held Hutterite men who refused to wear a military uniform, will be featured at a symposium on conscientious objection Oct. 19-22 at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. — Tim Huber/MWR

An unsuccessful effort to locate artifacts related to World War I conscientious objection was an unexpected blessing for developers of an exhibit that will be featured at a symposium on the topic this October...

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MCC responds to Hurricane Irma devastation in Cuba, Haiti

Sep 12, 2017 by

Community health organizer Osa Jonmarits received a comforter, a Mennonite Central Committee relief bucket and water purification tablets after his home and property were damaged by flooding from Hurricane Irma. — Annalee Giesbrecht/MCC

Osa Jonmarits and his family were awakened in the middle of the night as water rushed into their mud and stone house on the mountains of La Chapelle, Haiti, and covered them in their beds. The flash flooding...

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