Outreach

Peacebuilding
Twenty-two peacemakers from across Europe connected at the European Peacebuilders’ Roundtable at the Paris Mennonite Center. 
European peacebuilders hold roundtable in Paris
By Ben Woodward-Breckbill
France
Church planting
Chris Scott
Make peace
Peter Sensenig, right, in Qom, Iran, in 2024 with Positive Global Ethics conference participants, from left, Mohammad Kashani, Mohammad-Taghi Eslami, Hamid Makarem and Mohammad Suri.
Dignity is the only way
By Peter Sensenig
Asia ministry
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International ministry
The segundo basico students pose for a photo in the avocado grove on the Q’eqchi’ Bezaleel Mennonite Educational Center campus.
Receiving and giving the gift of language
By Stephany Rudeen
Guatemala
VIDEO
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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.
Service Adventure
Miriam Offe volunteered at a head start preschool in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, during her time in Service Adventure in 2023.