Step Up is primed to go a step further

May 27, 2019 by and

Oesch

Lorren Oesch recalls a moment at the 2017 Mennonite Church USA delegate assembly in Orlando, Fla., when her table group encouraged her to go onstage and share her perspective at the microphone. She...

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MC USA to hear voices of youth in convention business sessions

Jan 16, 2017 by and

At the 2005 Mennonite Church USA convention in Charlotte, N.C., about 130 youth took part in meetings patterned after the adult business sessions and then joined the adult delegates for part of a day. — Paul Schrag/MWR

At the Mennonite Church USA convention in 2015, high school student Leah Wenger questioned the role of youth after noting how separated the youth convention was from the delegate sessions. “My youth group...

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