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Are you interested in learning about why the United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world? Do you want to better understand racial justice in this country? Do you want to examine a Christian approach to criminal justice? If so, then we invite you to participate in Mennonite Central Committee's New Jim Crow project, which offers Anabaptist study groups, churches and Sunday school classes the opportunity to learn about mass incarceration in the United States. Using The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander and a Christian study guide, groups are led through educational materials provided free of charge from MCC. Download this bulletin insert to share about this project with your congregation. |
Beyond Ourselves concert: Sunday, February 28 For their ninth annual concert benefiting MCC, Lancaster's Beyond Ourselves chamber ensemble is teaming up with Lancaster Mennonite School's Campus Chorale and Sopa Sol. The concert will be held on Sunday, February 28 at 3:00 p.m. at James Street Mennonite Church (323 W. James St., Lancaster, PA). The entire freewill offering will benefit MCC's Global Family education programming in Nepal. We hope to see you there! |
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The MCC East Coast Material Resources Center in Ephrata, PA, needs your help! Our stock of sewing kits is running low, and we need to collect more to fulfill requests from our global partners. In many places where MCC works, sewing skills open the door to additional income that can help a family make ends meet. These kits are often given through MCC-supported programs that teach sewing or tailoring and provide the tools to make and mend clothing or to begin a business. For information on sewing kit contents, please visit mcc.org/kits. |
You're invited to the 2016 MCC East Coast annual celebration Join friends, board members, and staff of MCC East Coast for an evening of worship and fellowship at Landis Homes Retirement Community on Friday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. Together, we will hear stories of MCC's work in the name of Christ at home and abroad, offer prayer for MCC workers and volunteers and enjoy refreshments and fellowship. The Mennonite Children's Choir of Lancaster will offer music during the service. The celebration will be hosted by Landis Communities at Landis Homes, 1001 East Oregon Rd Lititz, PA. |
Syria and Iraq crisis response Leave or stay? Many Syrian families face that question as international humanitarian assistance dwindles and the patchwork of resources they used to rely on wears thin. Your gift of money helps Mennonite Central Committee continue to provide food, water, rent assistance and winter supplies so families that decide to stay in the region can survive the cold weather. Please give online at mcc.org/syria-iraq; by phone at 1-888-563-4676; or by check, sent to MCC U.S., P.O. Box 500, Akron, PA 17501. Thank you! Please download this bulletin insert to share information about MCC's response to the crisis in Syria and Iraq with your congregation. |
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