Just Peace Pilgrimage

 

 

 

 

​"Pilgrims return home as new people. Changed by their journeys, they change the world where they live."*


Mennonite Mission Network invites you and your congregation or group on pilgrimages that explore what God is doing to bring about justice and peace in the world and ways in which we can participate in such movements. Mission Network invites your Sunday School class, youth group and friends to join us as we learn together how to walk in solidarity and celebration of life. 

Pilgrimages assume a different posture.

The idea of a pilgrimage has a strong foundation within Christian scriptures. In addition to numerous physical journeys and trials, fifteen of the Psalms were written specifically about pilgrimage to Jerusalem (Psalm 120-134). 

"Pilgrims are slowly confronted by a different world that begins to interrupt "their own."*


*From The Reconciling All Things" by Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice, 2008. 

Mission Network invites you to embark on one of the following pilgrimages:

​Christ at the Borders Pilgrimage

 

 

Christ at the Borders Pilgrimagehttps://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/placements/just-peace-pilgrimage/United States/10/Christ at the Borders PilgrimageChrist at the Borders Pilgrimage<p>Learn about the realities and implications of migration, including the reasons causing it and how churches or communities of faith are responding to it.<br></p>8 days

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Racial Justice Pilgrimage

 

 

United States Civil Rights PilgrimageChapter 1https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/placements/just-peace-pilgrimage/United States/10/United States Civil Rights PilgrimageUnited States Civil Rights Pilgrimage<p><span>Explore the history, significance and ongoing implications of the civil rights struggle in the United States.</span><br></p> <br>8 days
South Africa PilgrimageChapter 2https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/placements/just-peace-pilgrimage/South Africa/10/South Africa PilgrimageSouth Africa Pilgrimage<p><span>Focusing on the social constructs created around race and how they so thoroughly defined, and continue to define, South African society.</span><br></p>13 days
Underground Railroad PilgrimageChapter 3https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/placements/just-peace-pilgrimage/United States/10/Underground Railroad PilgrimageUnderground Railroad Pilgrimage<p>Explore the role of faith and faith communities that helped enslaved people escape their bonds. Coming in 2025.<br></p>8 days
West Africa PilgrimageChapter 4https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/placements/just-peace-pilgrimage/Africa/10/West Africa PilgrimageWest Africa Pilgrimage<p>Participants will head to the font of the slave trade and learn about its history and context. Coming in 2026.<br></p>10 days


Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples Pilgrimage

 

 

Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples Pilgrimagehttps://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/placements/just-peace-pilgrimage/United States/10/Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples PilgrimageSolidarity with Indigenous Peoples Pilgrimage<p>​Become better acquainted with Indigenous Peoples, their connection to the land upon which we live, and the consequences of settler colonial history.<br></p>8 days

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Just Peace Pilgrimage—Group tours explore peace and justice issuesVideohttps://www.mennonitemission.net/video/4932/Just-Peace-Pilgrimage-videoJust Peace Pilgrimage—Group tours explore peace and justice issues

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Assembly Mennonite youth group Just Peace Pilgrimage in photosPhoto Essayhttps://www.mennonitemission.net/blog/5090/Assembly-Mennonite-youth-group-Just-Peace-Pilgrimage-in-photosAssembly Mennonite youth group Just Peace Pilgrimage in photos
Redefining the future of serviceBloghttps://www.mennonitemission.net/blog/5047/Are-service-programs-dyingRedefining the future of serviceBy Eric Frey Martin
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