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Stories from the year

Favorite stories of service from 2025

By Zachary Headings
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Gift guide
This Christmas, change a life
By Jane Morrow
Bob Tolle
Obituary
Beloved donor representative, Service Adventure leader enters heavenly home
Peacebuilders has been leading workshops on peacebuilding tools in different parts of the country. As we continued this work, we began to sense a deeper need: to reflect more intentionally on what Scripture teaches us about peace. In response, we launched a new course that is currently running virtually, with some in-person sessions as well. Our goal is to help Anabaptist congregations—and others interested in the work of peace—build a biblical theology of peace. Throughout the course, we are using various academic texts alongside Scripture-based reflections.
Peacebuilding
Responding with Integrity in Times of Darkness
By Peter Wigginton
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Advent reflection
Advent calls for belief, revolutionary courage and community
By Christy Harrison 
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.
MVS
MVS: Where volunteering leads to a vocation
By Travis Duerksen
First Mennonite Church of San Francisco
50 years of MVS
MVS celebrates 50 years in San Francisco
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Stories from the year
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
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Stories from the year
Sawatzky and Teguh Karyanto, STAKWW professor and Sawatzky's host, share conversation over a meal. Photo provided.
Merry Christmas
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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.
Just Peace Pilgrimage
The group spent Saturday afternoon on Chapman’s Peak, a mountain with a sheer western face overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Steve Schallert, Director of International Solidarity at Iziko Lamaqabane, had the pilgrims reflect on the trip and create a roadmap for themselves for one week, one month, and one year after they return home to their normal lives.
Service Adventure
Miriam Offe volunteered at a head start preschool in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, during her time in Service Adventure in 2023.
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