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Europe: Building leadership and offering hospitality

Placements

The English Channel
England
Christ at the Borders in Calais, France
Just Peace Pilgrimage
Ages 18+ Family Groups Friend Groups
France
Prai lude Cafe Volunteer
Eglise La Prairie Mennonite Church
International Ministries
Ages 21+
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Mission Workers

Joseph and Rachel Givens
France
Katherine Widmer
France
Christy Harrison and Peter Sensenig
France
Robin Gingerich
Lithuania
Ben and Laurel Woodward-Breckbill
France
Austin Roberts
Northern Ireland

Partners

Mission Mennonite
Burkina Faso
Maria Skobtsova Association
France
Burgos (Spain) Mennonite Church
Spain
Anabautistas, Menonitas y Hermanos en Cristo
Spain
Christliche Dienste
Germany
Youth With a Mission
India

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A person on a wooden footbridge.
Building bridges of welcome at the border
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While on a tour of Calais, the pilgrimage stopped to say a prayer while touching one of the many walls put up throughout the city to keep migrating people out. Photo by Roger Farmer.
Pilgrimage in photos: Christ at the Borders in Calais
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In March 2026, 22 peacemakers from across Europe connected at the European Peacebuilders’ Roundtable at the Paris Mennonite Center. 
European peacebuilders hold roundtable in Paris
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Hospitality house in France offers refuge for migrants on the move
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The famous white cliffs of Dover, as seen by the pilgrimage team from the ferry they rode from Calais to the United Kingdom. Photo by Shelby Rudy.
Walking humbly with migrating people, part 2
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The participants in Chapter 2 of the Christ at the Borders Just Peace Pilgrimage. Front row (left to right): Weldon Martens, Arloa Bontrager (Mission Network’s regional director for North America, short-term service), Rachel Givens. Second row (left to right): Shelby Rudy, Marlinda Beachy, Barbara Thurma, Joseph Givens. Back row: Lane Miller (Mission Network’s regional director for Africa and Europe), Matthew Yoder.
Walking humbly with migrating people, part 1
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