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Mennonite Central Committee is a relief, community development and peace organization with some 1000 workers in 53 countries. MCC is sponsored by Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. Go to http://mcc.org/acp/ to see examples from their magazine of the work they do. Click on “Involved” at the bottom of the page to find service opportunities.




Christian Peacemaker Teams joins local partners to reduce violence through biblically based peacemaking and non-violent direct action in Iraq, Palestine, Colombia , and other places. Their address is http://www.cpt.org.




Pray (or as some say, “Lift to the Light”) friends, enemies, government leaders, situations from local to global. Most days I spend over an hour daily interceding by just reading names of people and concerns I wrote in my prayer book. I have sensed that a real connection with these people takes place in this simple practice. It has become a time of meditation for me as well.



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Programs You Might Be Interested In:

Jubilee Partners, a rural Christian community, has a volunteer program teaching English and the basics of western life to refugees. They are on the internet at http://www.jubileepartners.org



a 50 year old Mennonite community in Chicago, has an internship that seeks to provide a hands-on experience of their community life. Their address is http://www.rebaplacefellowship.org .



Plow Creek is a 38 year old Mennonite rural community in Illinois with an internship that seeks to provide a hands-on experience of community and farming without chemicals. Explore this at http://www.plowcreek.org

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