Mennonite World Conference is calling on its members to love their neighbours by donating to UNICEF's campaign to share coronavirus vaccinations around the world. Canadians have a time-sensitive opportunity to see their gift multiplied: The Government of Canada will match every donation made by individual Canadians, up to a maximum of $10 million, until Sept. 30.

“No place was safe in Gaza; the shelling was everywhere from sky, sea and land.” Mennonite Central Committee is providing emergency food, hygiene items and psychosocial support after 11 days of bombing in Gaza.

Mennonite Church U.S.A.’s smallest and first hybrid convention, “Bring the peace!” drew more than 1,000 people over five days in July. Church revitalization was a goal of the event, shifting Mennonite Church U.S.A.’s attention from organizational development to fulfilling its calling as an inclusive body amid a trend of membership decline.

Dona Park, a young Korean-Canadian artist, is one of the first recipients of Mennonite Church U.S.A.’s #BringthePeace Award, which recognizes the work of denominational peacemakers. “I think we need to redefine peace as actively participating and dismantling abusive and oppressive systems,” Park says.

“Somehow the Mennonite heritage has proven fertile ground for people who respond to this pandemic with a focus on personal freedoms and a preference for conspiracy theories over medical advice.” Senior writer Will Braun wondered about the extent of pandemic-induced division in churches, so he talked to representatives of 10 Mennonite Church Canada congregations.

Ryan Dueck (Lethbridge, Alta.), Moses Falco (Winnipeg, Man.) and Carrie Lehn (Ottawa, Ont.) are the hosts of The MennoCast, a new podcast that launched in June. “I’m really hoping in the next years that this can be a platform to engage with the nationwide church in an ongoing way that connects and enriches us,” Falco says.