Mennonite Peacemakers

06/02/2020

http://mennoniteusa.org/menno-snapshots/more-costly-peacemaking/

Glen Guyton is the executive director of Mennonite Church USA.   It does not happen often, but I am at a loss for words as cities across the United States burn, and as I have endured several weeks of seeing black bodies sacrificed in the name of order and discipline. I am torn between being […]

06/02/2020

http://mennoniteusa.org/news/mc_usa-statement-on-racial-injustice/

Amid the recent events surrounding the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the latest fatal violence against African Americans, Mennonite Church USA joins in mourning and lament.

09/17/2018

Stephen Penner introduces Sue Park-Hur and Hyun Hur to speak about ordinary citizens doing peacemaking in Korea. ReconciliAsian

08/23/2018

Our web site has been brought up to date. http://peacemaking.us/mennos/

02/16/2018

Sarah Augustine speaking on dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery tonight.

09/27/2017

Reedley Peace Center is inviting you to participate in a Nonviolent Action Workshop on Friday evening, November 3 (at Reedley Peace Center) and Saturday, November 4 (at North Hall on the campus of Fresno Pacific University).

The lead trainer for this workshop will be Sarah Thompson. Sarah is from the Great Lakes watershed, currently living in Chicago. She is a 2006 graduate of Spelman College and received her MDiv in 2011 from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Over the last five years she has trained people of faith and moral courage in nonviolent direct action preparation. Most recently she was the Executive Director of Christian Peacemaker Teams. She is now transitioning to the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.

This training is co-sponsored by Reedley Peace Center, Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies at Fresno Pacific University, and Central Valley Partnerships.

The workshop will begin Friday evening at 6:30 (potluck meal) with program to follow (at 7 PM) at the Reedley Peace Center in the Fellowship Hall of First Mennonite Church, 1208 L Street, Reedley. (There is no fee for the evening event.)

Saturday's training will be from 9 AM until 5 PM. It will be held at North Hall (formerly called BC Lounge) on the Fresno Pacific University campus on the south-east corner of Butler and Chestnut Avenues. (See map below.)

The fee for the training is $20 for adults and $5 for students. A noon meal will be provided at the Saturday event.

Preregistration is encouraged. You may obtain registration forms at this email address: [email protected]

06/28/2015

On Sunday evening, August 2, Mennonite Peacemakers is sponsoring a seminar on "Peacemaking in an Age of Water Scarcity." The program will feature a presentation by Tom Frantz, Kern County farmer, three-term MCC development worker, math teacher and environmentalist. A panel will respond to Tom's address and space will be given for audience participation. The program will be held at Mennonite Community Church (Willow and Olive) in Fresno, and will begin at 6 p.m.

08/18/2014

Sarah Thompson spoke at an event hosted by Mennonite Peacemakers at Mennonite Community Church in Fresno.

08/09/2014

Sarah Thompson, the executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, will be speaking on the Middle East and CPT involvement at Mennonite Community Church on Sunday evening, August 17, at 6 p.m. This Mennonite Peacemaker event provides an excellent opportunity to learn more about the complicated dynamics of the region and what a Christian peace witness can look like "on the ground" in the middle of strife and conflict. Mennonite Community Church is located at the northeast corner of Willow and Olive in Fresno.

06/04/2013

Here is an image of our May 27 ad as it appeared in the Fresno Bee on May 27, 2013.

05/28/2013

You can find our Fresno Bee statement and petition at http://findnsave.fresnobee.com/Local-Ads/a-486438/Mennonite-Peacemakers/29326758

Mennonite Peacemakers Ad - 5/27/2013 - Announcements & Corrections Ad in Fresno | Fresno, CA