by Joe Gatlin from Hope Fellowship and NCN leadership team

reflection about the October gathering by Steve Krout, Koinonia Farm

by Chico Fajardo-Heflin, who along with his wife Tatiana, is a member of Reba Place Fellowship and lives in Ford Heights, Illinois, known as the poorest suburb in the United States.

They will be leading a workshop, “An Alliance of Front Stoops,” at the Revolutionary Peacemaking retreat

Reflection on the theme “Revolutionary Peacemaking” for our October Gathering by Debbie Baumgartner, Jesus People Chicago

Reflection on the theme “Revolutionary Peacemaking” for our October gathering by Joe Gatlin, Hope Fellowship

A reflection on the theme “Revolutionary Peacemaking” for our gathering in October by Sam Durgin, Bruderhof

Sally Schneider Youngquist from Reba Place Fellowships shares some reflections from Josh McCallister’s Celebration of Life.

Joe Gatlin, a member of Hope Fellowship in Waco, Texas, wrote this piece for the Shalom Mission Communities newsletter in October, 2021. Just as the newsletter was published, Virgil Vogt, and elder and leader for Reba Place Fellowship in Evanston, Illinois, passed away after a long bout of Parkinson’s. Virgil visited and ministered to many Christian communities for some 50 years. He served as a mentor to Joe and many others.

Nurturing Communities - Mid-Atlantic Regional Gathering was hosted at Lilies and Sparrows community in Harrisonburg, VA. 51 adults and 24 children from 10 communities and many towns in 9 states gathered on Saturday September 18, 2021.