The distance between Region 1 churches has always been a challenge. Recently we have met somewhat centrally in the Best Western Plus in the beautiful “Gateway to the Rockies” town of Hinton, Alta.

A year ago in April, fear was lurking in Achokia. As OGC’s Civil War raged into its fourth year, disturbing news was filtering up to the remote mountaintops of Achokia.

Breaking a cycle of revenge through training and example, these church planting teams are multiplying in East Africa.

A five-person work team from Canada together with national workers experienced with brick construction worked on a church ministry building despite the language barrier.

I grew up with Bible camp songs, VBS crafts, and youth group nights filled with laughter, learning, and late-night snacks but in Peru, children’s ministry is still emerging.

♪Early Anabaptists, highly committed to missions despite the danger, employed security measures similar to our own.

Citizens of heaven: Abundant Springs 2025 in photos.

♪One of the tasks when I began my job here at the EMC office was to examine our external partnership: which were beneficial and which should change.

♪Peace is your portion. Grace is your gift. Love is your language. Son or daughter is your identity. Heaven is your home. You are a citizen of heaven!

♪As I struggled socially and intellectually in the church and with faith, I felt there was some other category that might better anchor me.

I gave up trying to make it look “correct,” fiddled with it a little longer to try and make it look intentionally impressionistic and—failing at that, too—walked away from the easel, defeated.

Hope and grace abound in this edition. Thank you for reporting on the MCC litigation resolution, indicating that their policies exceed legal standards, that people in charge remain people who need grace as well, and that they are aiming to improve.