November 9-16, 2025
Join Central Plains Outreach and Service Committee on a Mennonite Mission Network Just Peace Pilgrimage. Mennonite Mission Network will lead CPMC pilgrims in exploring what God is doing to bring about justice and peace in the world and the ways in which we can participate in such movements.

The idea of a pilgrimage has a strong foundation within Christian scriptures. In addition to numerous physical journeys and trials, fifteen of the Psalms were written specifically about pilgrimage to Jerusalem (Psalm 120-134).
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This one week opportunity allows participants to better understand the realities of migration at the US-Mexico border as they experience how communities of faith are responding to it.
Costs
Due to a generous New Ministries Grant from CPMC, cost of participation in the pilgrimage is only $650 + airfare per person. CPMC will collect the trip costs. 

​Cost should not be a problem for anyone hoping to participate. The conference is committed to supporting any person who is interested in this opportunity. We encourage individual congregations to set up a fund for someone in their congregation who wishes to go but cannot afford the cost. 
The deadline to sign up for this trip is October 1, 2025. 
For more information on Just Peace Pilgrimages, and the Border Pilgrimage in particular,  visit the Menno Mission Network website.
If you have any questions about the tour, please contact Rhonda Brubacher ([email protected]) or Tara Stahl ([email protected]) from the CPMC Outreach, Service and Formation Committee.
Sign up here to be put on the "short list" for this pilgrimage. 
Downloadable flyers
Sample itinerary:
Sunday
  • Travel day to Tucson
  • Begin with dinner together
Monday*
  • Activities in Tucson with leaders from Shalom Mennonite
Tuesday
  • Drive to Douglas, AZ
  • Prayer vigil for those who have died in the Arizona desert
  • Connect with Frontera de Cristo
Wednesday, Thursday
  • Activities in Douglas, AZ hosted by Frontera de Cristo
  • Optional travel to Agua Prieta, Mexico
Friday
  • Morning with Frontera de Cristo
  • Drive to Tucson
Saturday
  • Activities in Tucson
Sunday
  • Travel day home
  • Optional: stay for morning worship at Shalom Mennonite
*Morning prayers and evening check-in each day

A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler who is on a transformational journey, often to a holy place.
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A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person searches for a new or expanded meaning about themselves, others, nature or a higher good. It leads to a personal transformation.