Atlantic Coast Conference

Thrive recipients, Brooklyn Peace Center and Piedra Viva Mennonite Church, provide updates on progress despite the pandemic. Read the full story, learn how to apply for Trive Grants or donate to the church planting here: https://www.mennoniteusa.org/news/thrive-grants/

Join Mennonite World Conference - MWC CMM to celebrate Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday! Pin your congregation here!

The Spring issue of ACC Currents is here! You'll find updates on the local, national, and international church. https://atlanticcoastconference.net/currents

"Today, like many other days, is a time for MC USA to live into its witness as a peace church." https://www.mennoniteusa.org/glens-blog/attack-on-capitol/

Join this great online concert this Sunday to benefit Mennonite Central Committee - MCC! WATCH THE CONCERT: charityauction.bid/Concert2020

Mennonite Church USA has introduced a new way to contribute to its peace and justice work. The denomination launched a T-shirt fundraiser this week to support its Justice Fund, a mutual aid fund that assists MC USA congregations engaging in their communities to dismantle racism. https://www.mennoniteusa.org/news/t-shirt-fundraiser/

Saturday's webinar on "anti racism in the church".

Join us here tomorrow morning at 10 am for a live webinar on Anti-racism in the Church. The conversation will feature panelists from around ACC sharing about ways to work at anti-racism in your congregation.

All are welcome to join ACCL's dedication service. Attendees will be asked to maintain distancing practices and wear masks.

Watch MC USA's live broadcast of Race, CHurch, and Change Part Two

The Summer edition of CURRENTS is now available! Read it online at atlanticcoastconference.net/currents

Don't miss our next FREE Adaptive Church Webinar: Expanding our Witness Equipping Ministry for Anti-Racist Change... Next Thursday, July 9th at 2 p.m. ET Moderator Dennis R. Edwards will be joined by panelists Chantelle Todman, Leah Fulton, Jerrell Williams, Johise Namwira, and Delonte Gholston. Register now: bit.ly/ExpandingOurWitness

When Mennonite Mission Network church-planting coach Mauricio Chenlo attended the 60th anniversary of Primera Iglesia Menonita de Brooklyn in New York City last... August, it did not take long for him and others to catch God’s vision for planting a renewed peace witness there. After the anniversary celebration, Chenlo and leaders from Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA and pastors from the New York City Council of Mennonite Churches listened to the Spirit’s promptings. Their discernment led to the birth of Brooklyn Peace Church, a plant of ACC and Brooklyn Peace Center. The two entities are partnering to develop their ministries and vision together.

Watch Mennonite Church USA's live panel conversation on Race, Church, and Change

Join MCCL singers for An Unexpected Song! next week, June 8 - 12. Each day will focus on ways MCCL impacts singers' lives. There will be videos of music (past and present), choral games and activities, sharing from the MCCL choir community, and more. Although our spring concert series and summer tour were canceled, we desire to share music and the heart of MCCL with you! Visit https://bit.ly/MCCLblog for more details.

Join Mennonite Children's Choir of Lancaster singers for An Unexpected Song! next week, June 8 - 12. Each day will focus on ways MCCL impacts singers' lives. There will be videos of music (past and present), choral games and activities, sharing from the MCCL choir community, and more. Although our spring concert series and summer tour were canceled, we desire to share music and the heart of MCCL with you! Visit https://bit.ly/MCCLblog for more details.

Glen Guyton, MC USA Executive Director, on the denomination's work on racial justice.

Leadership and staff of Atlantic Coast Conference invite our congregations to stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of color. We share the Mennonite Church USA Statement on Racial Injustice, our affirmation for it’s content and the call to prayer and lament. Additionally, we suggest embracing the starting points shared by Glen Guyton, Executive Director of Mennonite Church USA, who invited us to engage in more costly peacemaking in a recent reflection. May we continue to pray for, seek out and lend our voices and bodies to God’s healing, justice and peace.

Many people are asking how best to help those who are truly in need. New York Mennonite Immigration Program has partnered with five NYC shelters to offer services for undocumented residents. To make a gift go to www.NYMIP.org and click Donate.

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