Missions: Around the World

First Mennonite Church strives to be agents of healing and hope within the world through our…

• Annual support of Mennonite Mission Network (http://www.mennonitemission.net/)
• Global Mission Partner in Lithuania (Robin Gingerich)
• Annual support for Corinthian Plan (Health Ins. for uninsured pastors) (http://www.mennoniteusa.org/executive-board/the-corinthian-plan/)
• Central Plains Mennonite Conference Mission Partnership in Ecuador (http://www.centralplainsmc.org/story-of-the-ecuador-partnership.html)
• Annual commitment to Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the promotion of above budget requests for special assistance (http://www.mcc.org/)
• Participation in the MCC International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP) (https://mcc.org/get-involved/serve/volunteer/ivep
• Work with ministries to migrant families near the southern U.S. border (http://borderhope.org/) (http://sacredheartchurch-mcallen.org/)
• Sending young adults and others into service in the US and abroad, including Nepal, Lithuania, Ecuador, Laos, Vietnam, Egypt, Haiti, India, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Switzerland, Malaysia
• Annual commitment to Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) (http://www.cpt.org/)
• CPT active members/reservists, participants from our church
• Annual support of Johnson County Crop Walk (http://www.crophungerwalk.org/iowacityia)
• Special speakers on peace, mission and justice issues
• Children’s Sunday School projects
• Adult classes focusing on peace, mission, service
• Worship – preaching, weekly prayers, selection of music and focus on mission