Citizens of God’s Kingdom

March 7, 2013

Kansas2 Over 100 people gathered this past weekend in Wichita, Kansas, for a two-day workshop on immigration issues titled “Citizens of God’s Kingdom.” Hope Mennonite Church hosted the event on March 1-2, 2013, with planning and logistical support from the MC USA Western District Conference Reference Council.

Kansas3Staff from MCC U.S. and MC USA led discussions around various topics, including:  the theology of immigration, our own immigration stories, root causes, immigration history and law, problems and profits of immigration enforcement, and Christian advocacy. Those in attendance also heard stories from recent migrants in the Newton-Wichita community, helping them to think about what it means to truly be Citizens of God’s Kingdom.

For more information about this workshop or how to bring a similar workshop to your region, contact Tammy Alexander, TammyAlexander@mcc.org.

MCC Washington Office immigration page

Workshop presentations and resources:

PPTs:  Quilting our stories | Root causes | Law & enforcement | Advocacy

Action:  5 action steps | My family migrated from…

Immigration reform proposals:  U.S. Senate | White House

Law:  Flow chart | Scenarios

Other resources:  Scripture reflections | 4 facts about border enforcement | Fall immigration update

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November 12, 2012

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Election resources

September 28, 2012

Looking for resources on the upcoming election?

Check out the list of recommended resources compiled by the MCC Washington Office, available online.

 

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Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach

Washington Memo: Give us this day our daily bread: U.S. food and farm policy.

May 29, 2012

The Spring/Summer Washington Memo focuses on the upcoming U.S. farm bill. Every five years Congress renews the farm bill, comprehensive legislation that sets most U.S. food and agricultural policies including SNAP (formerly food stamps). The farm bill is also the primary legislation that determines the country’s international policies on agriculture and food, including trade, farm subsidies and international food aid.

This edition of the Memo includes articles on food and farm policy, stories from farmers, worship materials, principles for a faithful farm bill and facts about the role of U.S. policy in combating hunger both domestically and around the world.

Mennonite Central Committee seeks to bring the voices of our partners around the world into food policy discussions and speaks from the conviction that God has called us to be stewards of the earth (Genesis 1:26) and a blessing to our neighbors (Jeremiah 29:5-7).

The Washington Memo can be found on the tab at the top of this page, or can be viewed as a full pdf here.

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Lectionary reflection for Christmas Sunday

December 19, 2011

Melissa Engle/MCC

Monica Scheifele of MCC’s Ottawa Office reflects on joy in this Christmas season, mixed with longing:

The waiting of advent is finally over and at last we can let our joy break forth as we celebrate the gift of God coming among us. We’ve kept awake in anticipation of the unexpected. We’ve felt God drawing near to us as we trusted in the new thing being done, and now we’re ready to celebrate.

We can lift our voices with the sentinels in Isaiah 52:8 who sing for joy as they see the return of the LORD to Zion. With the Psalmist we can sing a new song and make a joyful noise to the LORD for the marvelous things He has done. It feels good to let loose and celebrate after feeling as if the waiting would never end.

However, for many the waiting doesn’t end as they continue searching for a job, hoping for a home, suffering through an illness, enduring a violent conflict, or longing for freedom…

Read the entire reflection.

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Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach

Reflection for third Sunday of Advent

December 5, 2011

Melissa Engle/MCC

Earl Zimmerman reflects on John the Baptist and recommends a “wonderful Advent exercise”:

I recently accompanied Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach, from the MCC U.S. Washington Office, to the office of a Kansas senator. We were delivering a big stack of postcards from Mennonite congregations in Kansas asking the senator to support a just federal budget…

Read the entire reflection.

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Reflection for Second Sunday of Advent

November 29, 2011

Melissa Engle/MCC

Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach reflects on the lectionary texts for this Sunday, the second Sunday of Advent:

Even though I’ve lived in Washington, DC many years, it still makes an impression on me when I see the presidential motorcade go by, with Secret Service and police escorts and all remaining traffic brought to a halt. The sheer scale of it all declares that someone important is passing by….

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