Mennonite Men

05/01/2026

ENGAGE, April 2026 -

03/30/2026

ENGAGE, March 29, 2026 -

A 25-person Mennonite delegation spent 18 days in Palestine planting olive trees alongside Palestinian farmers — an act of solidarity as much as agriculture. Witnessing demolitions, land confiscation, and resilient nonviolent resistance firsthand, they returned transformed. Their message: refusing...

03/07/2026

ENGAGE, March 2026 -

Led by Jerrell Ross Richer, PhD, students in the Economics of Sustainability at Goshen College calculated the economic values of nine JoinTrees projects. They report, “in this research we were able to move beyond general claims about tree planting and more clearly quantify the impact of JoinTrees....

01/30/2026

ENGAGE, January 2026 -

Our JoinTrees campaign targets climate change, an existential threat to life on our planet. By increasing tree and forest cover, one of our goals with tree planting is to help mitigate global warming. Does “existential threat to life” overstate the problem? Not according to what is happening on ...

12/31/2025

ENGAGE, December 2025 -

In mid-November, MCC partnered with Mennonite Men and Let’s Go 1-2-3 to host a creation care event focused on woodland restoration and invasive species removal. Drawing on expert guidance and community participation, the gathering demonstrated how collaboration can bring new life to both ecosystem...

12/02/2025

Support Mennonite Men this Giving Tuesday - https://mailchi.mp/mennonitemen/engagejan22-14768048

12/02/2025

As we finish 2025, we're excited to share updates from our three focus areas: JoinHands, JoinTrees, and JoinMen.

Please consider supporting Mennonite Men this Giving Tuesday at mennonitemen.org/donate

Mennonite Men Board President Jeffrey Graber shares an update and invitation to join the work of Mennonite Men this Giving Tuesday.

11/20/2025

ENGAGE, November 2025 -

We continue to receive inspiring tree-planting proposals from Mennonite communities worldwide. Recently, groups in Indonesia and Kenya submitted plans to address the climate challenges facing their regions. Before we can fund these, however, we must first complete our current projects in Angola, DR....

11/11/2025

THIS WEEK: Join us for PA Woodland Restoration - https://mailchi.mp/mennonitemen/engagejan22-14767656

10/15/2025

ENGAGE, October 2025 -

Steve Ramer of Goshen, Indiana, shared this poem he wrote about the 3-4 acre wood lot he planted in his 20s. Now living at Greencroft Retirement Communities, he continues planting trees each spring. Of his vocation he says, "I tell my family and friends that I will never live to see the mature resul...

09/30/2025

Partnering with Steve Thomas from the organization Mennonite Men, and Lydia Martin, Director of Community Engagement of Let's Go 1-2-3, Mennonite Central Committee invites you to a morning of education and hands-on volunteer work in the MCC Woodland! https://mailchi.mp/mennonitemen/engagejan22-14766938