We hope that each of you are finding meaningful ways to celebrate Christ’s birth. In order for staff to enjoy time with family in the midst of celebrations and gatherings, the PNMC Office will be closed between December 24 and January 2. We look forward to connecting with you again in the new year.

If you missed seeing the Voices of Conscience Exhibit in Portland, take advantage of a second-chance opportunity! The exhibit will be in Ritzville, Washington, November 3-5. Menno Mennonite will be hosting the traveling exhibition Voice of Conscience from the Kauffman Museum.  The congregation is looking for opportunities to share this with its neighbors. The exhibit will be available to be toured 7 PM – 9 PM Friday, 1 to 8 PM Saturday, as well as Sunday Morning. If these public times do not suit, appointments can be made. If this would be of interest to you or friends you know, please spread the […]

The PNMC 2023 Conference Communication Council will be held on Saturday, February 4, 8:30am—12:30pm (Pacific) on Zoom. In addition to our PNMC board, staff, district pastors, team chairpersons and representatives from PNMC related organizations, we ask for representation from each of our member congregations and church plants and invite all who wish to take part to attend! Registration information is available at pnmc.org. Malinda Berry, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Ethics at AMBS has agreed to join us and offer input on the practice of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and nurturing empathic connections within our interpersonal relationships and the communities we […]

Our conference gathering in June was meaningful and rich; and also a time of transition. We welcomed new members to our board, released others, and most notably said goodbye to Katherine Jameson Pitts with a deep gratitude and wonder at the uniqueness of her gifts that we have been greatly blessed to experience over the past decade. Meanwhile, the PNMC board and the dedicated search team has been steadily working toward hiring someone to serve in the now vacant role of Executive Conference Minister (ECM). We are excited to announce to all of you that Eric Massanari has accepted the […]

As part of Mennonite Village’s 75th anniversary celebration, there will be a Quilts in the Garden Walk on Saturday, July 30 from 9:00 – 2:00. The walk begins at the Pavilion next to Quail Run Assisted Living located on the Mennonite Village campus. The quilt show features 35 beautiful quilts on loan from the following Mennonite churches: Albany, Fairview, Portland, Salem and Zion.  We hope you can join!

As we remember the young lives lost tragically in Uvalde, TX, consider this:

On March 10, 2022, Iris de Leon-Hartshorn shared the following at Lawrence Hart’s memorial: “Betty, family, and friends, I bring greetings from Mennonite Church USA. May you feel God’s love during this difficult time. I have so many things I want to say about Lawrence today. When I posted the loss of Lawrence on my FB page, I received many responses from across the church. Lawrence’s legacy has touched a sea of people. People’s words were from their interactions with Lawrence in many capacities like Mennonite Indian Leaders Council, Native Mennonite Ministries, Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Central Committee, the Center […]

The Idaho Mennonite Churches are planning the 2022 World Relief Festival. This year the Festival will be held as an on-line event only on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Proceeds from the purchased items and donations will benefit Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). Please visit www.idahomrs.org or watch for future information concerning ways to access and register on the auction site. The auction site will be open a week before the event for viewing. Purchased items can be shipped to buyers across the northwest. If you have a unique donation that you would like to include in our festival, please contact Rick Bollman at rlbmenno@gmail.com. by March 15.

Diane & Steve Kimes were named the recipients of the Regional Journey Award from the Everence office in Denver, Colorado. The award was presented to the Kimes on October 3, 2021 at Eugene Mennonite. Created in 2001, the Journey Award highlights what people of faith are doing as stewards of their God-given gifts. Christian stewardship grows out of a relationship with God and recognizes we are all caretakers, not owners, of our gifts. The Kimes made the decision to make their resources available to others. According to Steve, “A goodly portion of our life together is simple redistribution. We take […]

Are you looking for a fun way to celebrate the work of MCC and earn some dough to support that work? Help MCC celebrate National Donut Day, June 4, by making your favorite donut recipe and sharing your goodies with your friends with the invitation to contribute toward the work of MCC!  This is a wonderful, COVID safe small group activity – families, Sunday school classes, home-schoolers, children on vacation, or anyone can participate, especially if your relief sale didn’t happen this spring or won’t happen until the fall. Engage your network to share joy and sweetness and know that the […]