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Reunions

Upcoming Reunions


East Africa MCC alumni
are invited to a reunion May 24-26, 2013. It will be held at Conrad Grebel University in Waterloo, Ont. Deadline for registration is April 30. For more information, see this pdf. Or contact Loretta Snider at lmsnider@golden.net to register, or Miriam Frey at mfrey@sentex.ca for general inquiries. And on Facebook, check out https://www.facebook.com/EastAfricaConnections2013?ref=hl.

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You and your family are invited to the 2013 South Florida MCC alumni barbecue at Greynolds Park, 17530 West Dixie Highway, N Miami Beach, FL  33160 on May 27, 2013, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. R.S.V.P. requested. For more information, see this pdf.

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Are you attending Phoenix 2013, the Mennonite Church USA convention this summer?  We'd love to have you join us for an MCC alumni/friends event on Wednesday evening, July 3, from 8:30 - 10:00 p.m.  Come for informal conversation, refreshments and a short time of sharing by Dan and Jeanne Jantzi, MCC area directors for southeast Asia. I'll also provide a brief update on MCC's current work.

Sign up when registering online for the convention at convention.mennoniteusa.org/registration/forms-and-information/.

If you have registered for convention and signed up for the MCC event, thanks!  You're one of more than 100 people already planning to come.

If you registered for convention but didn't sign up for the MCC event, go to regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1152861, click onto "View or Change your Existing Registration," and indicate your plans to attend.

And if at the last minute you are able to come but didn't sign up, no problem - come anyway.  We hope to see you there!

Stay up-to-date with MCC by visiting mcc.org.  And check out MCC's seminars at Phoenix!

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MCC alumni and friends are invited  to a potluck picnic at the West Shore Brethren In Christ Church, 1085 Orrs Bridge Road, Mechanicsburg, Pa. from 5:00 -7:00 pm on Saturday, July 6, 2013. This event will focus on Brethren in Christ stories in MCC. Joe and Wanda Manickum, Area Directors for Northeast/South Central Asia, will be sharing from their experiences. If you plan to come, please RSVP to Curtis Book at CurtisBook@mcc.org or call 215-535-3624 and ask for Curtis. Potluck supper: if your first name begins with A-P please bring a main course or salad dish. If your first name begins with Q-Z, bring a dessert.

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Please note the change of venue for the following event, which will take as place as scheduled, but in a different location nearby. Alumni and friends of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) are invited to a gathering from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 2, during Conservative Mennonite Conference's annual conference at Locust Grove Mennonite Church, Belleville, Pa, in Room 106. Hear stories of MCC's work in both local and overseas contexts and share some of your own stories. Connect with other friends of MCC and enjoy refreshments. MCC East Coast executive director Bruce Campbell-Janz and Linda Geissinger, MCC East Coast thrift shop coordinator, will both share a story. Former MCC workers, past or present volunteers with meat canning, relief sales, thrift shops, those who contribute financially, those who pray for the work of MCC - all are welcome to fellowship together!

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A reunion for MCC Bolivia alumni will be held July 4-6, 2014, at Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp in Divide, Colo.  Planners would like to hear from alumni by June 30, 2013.  For more information, please see this pdf.

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Southern Africa MCC alumni in British Columbia will hold a reunion in 2014 in Abbotsford, B.C.  The reunion is for all workers who have ever worked in southern Africa with organizations like MCC, AIMM, and others.

Dates: Friday, July 25, starting with supper - Sunday, July 27, through lunch.  Again, 2014 is the year the reunion is taking place.
Location: Summit Pacific College, Abbotsford, B.C.
 
For more information, contact Ruth Thiessen at s.a.reunion2014@gmail.com.
Or check out the Facebook page, Mcc-AIMMSouthern Africa Reunion2014.

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Do you have an MCC reunion planned? We'd love to know about it! Pass along the pertinent information to . Thanks!