Leadership development

Stories from 2025
Participants on a Just Peace Pilgrimage to the lands of Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation were greeted by Pahto (Mt. Adams), a sacred mountain at the center of Yakama cosmology. Photo by Bruce Kuhns.
Stories from 2025
During a South Africa Just Peace Pilgrimage, the group met every day for reflections and Bible studies. Photo provided.
Favorite stories of service from 2025
By Zachary Headings
South Africa
Stories from 2025
Sawatzky and Teguh Karyanto, STAKWW professor and Sawatzky's host, share conversation over a meal. Photo provided.
MVS and Service Adventure
The 2025-26 Anchorage, Alaska, Service Adventure unit . Left to right: Ian Unzicker, Ruben Veigel, Adriana Duerksen and Mir Knego (unit leader). Photo by Michael Oyer.
MVS
While some units have access to a vehicle, every group gets well accustomed to local public transportation and biking as means of getting around. The 2023-24 MVS Tucson unit on a weekend biking outing around the city. Left to right: Hannah Nuest, Deborah Yoder, Magdalena Wenger, Nely Cotuc, and Ally Weaver. Photo by Hanna Nuest.
Service Adventure
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Mennonite Voluntary Service
Hannah Lehman, Lleyton Stutzman and Juan Witmer are participants in the 2025-26 Tucson, Arizona, Mennonite Voluntary Service unit.
Colorado Springs Service Adventure participant Shawna Hurst shares at church in 2024.
Bokgoni Sporting Club
Febiana Attie Moseki, Lemo Kabelo, Kedi Dipatane, and Joy Lerole, members of the Bokgoni Sporting Club’s Women’s Netball team, combine their love of the game with witnessing to God’s love. Photo provided.
Follow Jesus 25
From left, Oscar Siwali, director of Southern African Development and Reconstruction Agency, and ​​Sibonokuhle Ncube, Co-Regional Director for Africa and Europe.
Service Adventure
Northern lights in Alaska
Mending Wings
Mending Wings youth dance their prayers. Photographer: Stephanie Weaver.
Mending Wings helps Yakama People fly again
By Dewy Bill
United States