Peace and justice

South Africa Just Peace Pilgrimage
During a South Africa Just Peace Pilgrimage, the group read and discussed the Parable of the Talents.
Unlearning a parable
South Africa
Africa overview
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Update from Côte d'Ivoire
Toni and Matthew Krabill
MVS
Joanna Lawrence Shenk (far right), with the 2024-25 San Francisco MVS participants: Conrad Liechty, Sav Roth Walter and Ana Esperanza Neufeld Weaver. Photo by Milo Jones.
MVS = community commitment
By Travis Duerksen
United States
Here with Purpose webinar series
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Just Peace Pilgrimage
Pahto, a sacred mountain at the center of Yakama cosmology. Photographer: Bruce Kuhns.
Learning to walk Creator’s good road  
By Lynda Hollinger-Janzen and Janet Shoemaker
Washington
Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples Pilgrimage
Mt. Adams
The 2013-14 MVS Alamosa unit from left: Anna Woelk, Emma Regier, Laurel Woodward, Heather Driedger and Roxanne Reimer. Photo provided.
South Africa Pilgrimage
South Africa’s national flower, the King Protea. Photo by Jennifer Murch.
Here with purpose
Alexander Mace
Prayer Request
Youth from Portoviejo, Pacoche, Montecristi and Manta, representing Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Ecuadoriana (conference most impacted by the violence), recently participated in a 10-day discipleship workshop at La Paz Mennonite Church in Manta, A day of peacebuilding training was led by four members of the peacebuilding team. Front: Silvia Guaman (middle) and Patricia Abarca (far right), and back: Peter Wigginton (far left) and José Giler (far right). Photo provided.
South Africa Pilgrimage
Muizenberg Beach
Working through South Africa’s complex layers
By Jennifer Murch
South Africa