Supporting Our Community and Regional Agencies

The Outreach Commission works with a variety of local agencies to provide services to the local community, and throughout the world. Some of these agencies are listed below:

Anabaptist Disability Network
Anabaptist Disability Network has a vision for family members, friends, and persons with disabilities, including mental illness, to establish a permanent national resource and support network for Mennonites and related groups. www.adnetonline.org/

Books Abroad and At Home
Books Abroad and At Home regional center is a book-processing/mailing operation. It serves as a resource center to Mennonite Board of Missions missionaries, Mennonite Central Committee personnel, China Educational Exchange teacher, and other church-related bodies who have limited access to printed materials.
www.mennonitemission.net/work/booksabroad

Campus Center for Young Children (CCYC)
Campus Center for Young Children is a high quality early childhood program dedicated to serving the needs of families from Goshen College, CMC and the greater Goshen community.
www.goshen.edu/ccyc/General_Info

Center for Healing and Hope
The mission of the Center for Healing and Hope is to work together, in the name of Christ, with those having difficulty accessing health care in Goshen and surrounding communities to find effective and affordable solutions to the physical, mental, social, spiritual and health needs of us all.
Phone: 574-534-4744

Chicago Mennonite Learning Center
Chicago Mennonite Learning Center is a private, non-profit Mennonite school grades K-8.
http://www.chicagomennonite.org

Christian Peacemaker Teams
Christian Peacemaker Teams offers an organized, non-violent alternative to war and other forms of lethal inter-group conflict.
http://www.cpt.org

Church Without Walls/Women’s Emerge Ministries
Church Without Walls/Women’s Emerge Ministries empowers mostly single, economically disadvantaged women in south central Elkhart to gain better parenting and job skills as well as insights on Christian discipleship.

Elkhart County Jail Chaplain
http://www.elkhartcountysheriff.com/clergy.htm

Faith House
Faith House is used to provide transitional housing for families in the network of Faith Mennonite Church.

Goshen Ministerial Emergency Fund
Goshen Ministerial Emergency Fund sponsored by the Goshen Ministerial Alliance is a fund to assist families with financial needs and is complementary to CMC’s Jubilee Fund.

Habitat For Humanity of Elkhart County
Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian housing organization. They welcome all people to join in building simple, decent affordable housing in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter.
http://www.habitat.org www.goshen.edu/virtualgc/
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04_Habitat4Humanity/index.htm

Interfaith Hospitality Network
Interfaith Hospitality Network provides temporary housing for local families who are homeless.

JustaPaz
JustaPaz is the justice and peace arm of the Mennonite Church located in Bogotá, Colombia.
http://www.justapaz.org/

La Casa
LaCasa works with individuals and community partners to create opportunities for personal growth, family stability, housing and neighborhood improvement through a community economic development model.

Maple City Health Center
Maple City Health Center's mission is to provide and promote affordable and quality health care and to make sure that care is accessible to all members of the north, east, and central Goshen neighborhoods.
Phone: 574-534-3300

MDC Goldenrod
MDC Goldenrod recognizes the gifts of individuals with disabilities by acting on its belief that all persons are created in God’s image, therefore, every human life has equal value. It provides housing and a variety of other holistic services.
http://www.goldenrodonline.org

Menno-Hof
Menno-Hof is a non-profit information center that teaches visitors about the faith and life of Amish and Mennonites.
http://www.mennohof.org

Mennonite Central Committee Great Lakes
Mennonite Central Committee Great Lakes reports the work of Mennonite Central Committee to the local congregation. It helps the local congregation maintain awareness of Mennonite Central Committee programs and concerns.
http://www.mcc.org/greatlakes

Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)
Mennonite Economic Development Associate has identified the following four objectives: To support balance and integration in life-faith, family, work, and play; to support persons who are starting businesses or starting careers in business and the professions; to strengthen supportive relationships among persons in business and the professions; to build understanding between business persons and other parts of the church.
http://www.meda.org

Meserete Christo Bible Institute
Meserete Christo Bible Institute (Ethiopia) trains Anabaptist church leaders in Ethiopia.

The Window
The Window is a Christian non-profit volunteer community service agency sponsored by Church Women United of Goshen. They provide services to meet physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of persons of all ages, but particularly those who are elderly, are pre-school age, have limited incomes, or are otherwise disadvantaged. It operates Meals on Wheels, noon meals, a food pantry and various forms of advocacy.

Walnut Hill Early Childhood Center
Walnut Hill Early Childhood Center is a nonprofit, community-supported program whose mission is to provide professional, developmentally appropriate activities and care for preschool-aged children at affordable prices. Those quality services are provided with an emphasis on the well-being of each child within the larger scope of family and community.

Witness for Peace
Witness for Peace offers educational tours for North Americans to conflictual areas of the world and provides avenues for follow-up advocacy.