The Trail of Death: A Pilgrimage of Remembrance, Lament and Transformation: May 11–21. Participants in this pilgrimage will trace the route of the U.S. military’s 1838 forced removal of Potawatomi people from their ancestral homeland in northern Indiana to present-day Osawatomie, Kansas. This intensive graduate-level course of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary can be taken for credit, audit or no credit (trip only). Limit: 15 participants. Sign up by April 1. Register and find more information here
Rich Meier, who attends IMMC congregation Benton Mennonite, serves as the trip navigator. Rich shares: “This class has particular relevance for our conference, since the 1838 forced removal of Indigenous people from northern Indiana cleared the way for us and our forebearers to settle here (and to claim ignorance – “we never saw any Indians, we bought the land fair and square”).” Many congregations in our conference are members of the Repair Network Consortium, and this journey is highly recommended as an opportunity to seek paths of repair with Potawatomi peoples today.
From Mennonite World Conference:
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026. January 25, 2026. Theme: Solidarity This resource includes liturgies and symbols for gathering and benediction, sample sermons, testimonies from MWC congregations in Europe, children’s colouring pages, tithes and offerings suggestions, celebration ideas, and posters.
From Mennonite Church USA:
Advent at Home 2025. Advent 2025-Epiphany 2026. Theme: Be Amazed The At Home series is intended for all ages and life stages to deepen the experience of the season. This year’s guide was written by Talashia Keim Yoder, a pastor at IMMC congregation College Mennonite.
Mennonite Mission Network is offering anti-racism grants for underfunded ministries and agencies in the United States managed by Asian, Black, Hispanic, Indigenous or other People of Color groups who are engaged in peacebuilding, social justice and anti-racism efforts. Apply by January 31 at MennoniteMission.net/Peace/Anti-Racism-Grants.
Navigating Ministry Transitions Mennonite Church USA invites you to a 90-minute webinar on navigating pastoral transitions led by Rachel Ringenberg Miller, denominational minister for Ministerial Leadership, on Monday, January 12 at 7 pm EST. This session will offer guidance for congregations navigating or anticipating a pastoral change, with practical tools for discernment and visioning. This session is ideal for congregational leaders, search committees, and church members looking to reflect, learn, and prepare together. Register here
Cultivating Generous Congregations Everence is offering a six-week interactive seminar demonstrating how pastors and ministry leaders can unearth and energize congregational generosity by exploring the significant and necessary steps to creating lasting cultural change within a congregation. The seminar will be held online every Tuesday for six weeks, starting Feb. 3, 2025. Space is limited to 12 congregations. We recommend a group of 3-5 people from each congregation. $30 per participant is due at registration to cover the cost of the CGC workbooks. Everence covers the program, staff, and mailing costs. Limited scholarships are available upon request. Registration open through Jan 15, 2026. Learn more and register here
Mennonite Church USA is seeking a Human Resources/Finance Assistant (.5 FTE) to support a wide range of HR and financial functions for the MC USA Executive Board. Experience and knowledge in accounting are preferred, with a minimum of a two-year Business degree or equivalent experience. Location: Newton, KS (preferred), or Elkhart, IN. The application deadline is January 5, 2026. Learn more here: https://www.mennoniteusa.org/employment
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary has openings for:
Director of the Church Leadership Center (full time; Elkhart, IN)
Development Associate for Canada (half time, with an anticipated start date of January 2026 or Spring 2026)
