If you are among the 20,000 people who have served with MCC since it was formed, we hope you feel like you are coming home as you explore the website and this page (these pages). Whether you served internationally or in Canada or the U.S., we invite you to stay in touch with MCC and with other alumni:
You and others, who have with MCC are the foundation of today's continuing work in the name of Christ. Thank you!
Dwight Moody Wiebe Scholarship
This fund is available to any former MCC service workers who are enrolled in a graduate program. Download the application form, submit the form by September 30th 2017 to be eligible for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Upcoming MCC re-entry retreats
Anyone who has completed at least a one-year term with MCC and has returned within the past two years is eligible to participate. Send an email to alumnirelations@mcc.org for more information or to register.
February 23-26, 2017 Mount Hermon Conference Center, Mt Hermon, California
August 3-6, 2017 Black Rock Retreat Center, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania (co-sponsored with Mennonite Mission Network and Eastern Mennonite Missions for people returning from international assignments only)
Upcoming MCC alumni reunions
MCC encourages alumni reunions and is inviting alumni groups to hold reunions at the MCC Welcoming Place in 2020, during our Centennial year. For more information, to add a reunion to this list or to update reunion information, contact Tina Mast Burnett: alumni@mcc.org; 717-859-1151 or 888-563-4676.
Akron Service workers, 1976-86 – September 4-7, 2020, at MCC Welcoming Place, Akron PA. Host: Veg Weber. Email: rossveg@gmail.com
Akron Service workers 1986-96 - May 22-26, 2020, at MCC Welcoming Place, Akron PA. Host: Char Cober. Email: charcober@mcco.ca
Bangladesh –July 5-8, 2019, at Crieff Hills Retreat and Conference Centre, west of Toronto, Ontario. Hosts: Tom and Bette-Ann Bruulsema. Ilene and Karl Bergen. Nora Marten and Steve McInnes. Email: betteann@rogers.com
Burkina Faso – October 9-12, 2020, at MCC Welcoming Place, Akron PA. Hosts: Paul Brallier, Karen Metzler. Email: pabrallier@gmail.com
Congo – October 2-4, 2020, at MCC Welcoming Place, Akron PA. Hosts: Ray & Margaret Brubacher, Howard & Gloria Good, Paul & Judy Classen, Marilyn and Ken Langeman (and others). Email: alumni@mcc.org
Ethiopia – August 21-23, 2020, at MCC Welcoming Place, Akron PA. Hosts: Cath & Peter Woolner. Email: cathwoolner@gmail.com
Greece – April 29-May 2, 2020, at Blue Gate Garden Inn, Shipshewana, IN. Hosts: Virgil Claassen, David Gerber. Email: vclaassen62@gmail.com; davidgerber$0@gmail.com
Honduras – 2020 at MCC Welcoming Place, date to be decided. Host: Luke Schrock-Hurst. Email: LukeSchrockHurst@mcc.org
Indonesia – July 30-August 2, 2020, Refreshing Mountain Retreat Center, Stevens (Ephrata), PA. Hosts: Mark and Janice Bauman. Email: msbauman57@gmail.com
Korea – June 19-21, 2020. Location to be confirmed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.Host: Lyle Troyer. Email: lyletroyer@gmail.com
MCC kids – MCC is exploring plans for a 2020 reunion of now-adults who spent part of their growing up years with families on MCC assignments. We are seeking persons interested in planning such a reunion. Email: alumni@mcc.org
Philippines: August 2-4, 2019, near Athens, Ohio. Host: Earl and Pat Martin, Patty Wagner. Email: patearl@aol.com
Salzburg PAX reunion – September 24-27, 2020, at MCC Welcoming Place, Akron PA. Hosts: Lowell & Verna Bender, Dick Boshart, Ervie & Mary Glick. Email: acrsbosh@hotmail.com; erviemary@gmail.com; lowellvernabender@gmail.com
Southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe) – August 28-30, 2020, at MCC Welcoming Place in Akron PA. Hosts: Bob Herr and Judy Zimmerman Herr. Email: alumni@mcc.org
Vietnam: Currently exploring a gathering for summer of 2020. Contact: Earl & Pat Martin. Email: patearl@aol.com