LaPosada Immigration Aid

After more than two years of preparation, La Posada Immigrant Aid, a new faith-based immigrant legal aid center located in Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana, is open for business, largely due to the support and collaboration of several Mennonite Church USA affiliated churches, conferences, schools, organizations and individuals. Read the story here: mennoniteusa.org/news/county-immigrant-aid

The third Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival will bring together Mennonite practitioners, artists and theologians from around the world to learn, share and discuss their work for peace. Join this international gathering June 15-18 at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia on the theme “Coming Together: The Journey of Faith and Peace.” Learn more and register here: mennoniteusa.org/emu-peacebuilding-conference

#MennoCon23
Mennonite Church USA is hosting a collaborative Youth & Young Adult Climate Summit, July 7, 2023, at the Kansas City (Missouri) Convention Center. The event will bring together experts in climate change, spiritual activism and social justice to explore the ways that young people ages 14 to 25 can put their faith to work to address the spiritual and human crisis caused by climate change. Register here: mennoniteusa.org/news/climate-summit

Menno Snapshots
Linda Gehman Peachey, a member of Mennonite Church USA’s Women in Leadership steering committee, is haunted by a question asked in Chanequa Walker-Barnes’ book, “I Bring the Voices of My People.” She asks: “What does it mean to know that a system is evil and to participate in it anyway?” Read her Menno Snapshots blog here: mennoniteusa.org/haunted-question

After attending Mennonite Church USA’s Hope for the Future Conference as a representative for Bethel College, in North Newton, Kansas, Josué Coy Dick had an enriching experience. He observed that the conference gave him an optimistic energy about the future of the Mennonite church. Read more about his time here: mennoniteusa.org/we-are-the-church