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MHF 2021-2022 Annual Report Available Now

by Cate Desjardins | Jan 21, 2023 | Announcements, Board, Director's Desk, Membership, MHF Office, SET, Virtual Gatherings | 0 Comments

Please take five minutes to review Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship's 2021-2022 Annual Report. Prepared by Cate and the Board of Directors, the report highlights key accomplishments in the last year and shares the key hopes and plans for 2023 and beyond!

Annual Gathering Recap: Real All About MHF’s 2022 Annual Gathering

by Cate Desjardins | Nov 7, 2022 | 5 Life Standards, Announcements, Annual Gathering, Board | 0 Comments

Annual Gathering 2022 brought over 30 MHF members together to dive deeply into our Five Life Standards for the Healing Professions project through deep discussion, plenary sessions, and confessional Bible Study! It was a wonderful weekend filled with laughter,...

NEW PODCAST: Annual Gathering Sneak Peak with Malinda Berry & Donna Minter!

by Cate Desjardins | Sep 30, 2022 | 5 Life Standards, Announcements, Annual Gathering, MennoHealth Cast | 0 Comments

Episode 20: The Five Life Standards for Healthcare Providers Dr. Malinda Berry and Dr. Donna Minter chat with Joann about the Five Life Standards and their work on Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship’s Nurture Council as they prepare to bring this...

The Anabaptist Healthcare Worker: Pursuing a Call to Nurturing People as a Life Standard

by Cate Desjardins | Jun 10, 2022 | 5 Life Standards, Annual Gathering, Blogroll, Essays, I am MHF, Journal, Mission, Testimonials | 0 Comments

The Anabaptist Healthcare Worker: Pursuing a Call to Nurturing People as a Life Standard What do a cookbook, my work in health care, and following Christ have in common? The answer may be found in Doris Janzen Longacre’s More-with-Less Cookbook. In the book, Janzen...

Introduction to Talking Circles for Building Community Trust and Peace within Mennonite Health Fellowship (MHF) and beyond

by Cate Desjardins | May 6, 2022 | 5 Life Standards, Announcements, Annual Gathering, Chaplains, Events, Virtual Gatherings, Webinars | 0 Comments

Please Join MHF and MN Peacebuilding Leadership Institute for this meaningful virtual event! We held a wonderful Talking Circles training in May and want to hold one again to give more people the opportunity to experience Circles. (And yes - you can come again if you...

Climate Change as a Public Health Issue, Reflections from the Anabaptist Collaboration on Climate Change

by Cate Desjardins | Feb 21, 2022 | 5 Life Standards, Announcements, Blogroll, Director's Desk, International | 0 Comments

Climate Change as an urgent Health-related issue: Takeaways from the Anabaptist Collaboration on Climate Change For over two days in January, the Centre for Sustainable Climate Solutions (CSCS), hosted a gathering of Anabaptist institutional leaders to foster greater...

MHF Receives Grant from Schowalter Foundation for Five Life Standards Project

by Cate Desjardins | Dec 13, 2021 | 5 Life Standards, Announcements, General, MHF Office | 0 Comments

Schowalter Foundation fully funded a grant to support MHF's Five Life Standards project for the year 2022. The Five Life Standards Project MHF's five Life Standards project will convene living testimonies of the integration of faith values into the careers and...

Annual Gathering 2021 Report

by Cate Desjardins | Oct 15, 2021 | Announcements, Annual Gathering, Blogroll, COVID-19, Education, Events, General, Review, Virtual Gatherings | 0 Comments

Annual Gathering 2021 was unlike any other Annual Gathering MHF has held! For one thing, due to ongoing concerns around COVID19 and the Delta surge, it was not feasible to meet in person this year. We could not give each other hugs after a long unprecedented year of...

All Sessions and Speakers Announced for Annual Gathering 2021!

by Cate Desjardins | Sep 10, 2021 | Announcements, Annual Gathering, Events, Virtual Gatherings | 0 Comments

Sessions and Speakers, ANNUAL GATHERING 2021 [All on Zoom, Interactive] *Sessions will be recorded, except Saturday’s STAR Training. Recordings only available to registered attendees at Annual Gathering. Register HERE for Annual...

REGISTRATION OPEN for Virtual Annual Gathering, 2021

by Cate Desjardins | Aug 3, 2021 | Announcements, Annual Gathering, Events, Virtual Gatherings | 0 Comments

Registration is OPEN for Annual Gathering, September 17-19, 2021. Annual Gathering is completely virtual this year, with all sessions happening over Zoom. Annual Gathering is by donation for currently active members of MHF who have contributed in the 2020-2021 fiscal...