News from Mennonite Church USA http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/BlogId/4/Default.aspx en-US chrisr@mennoniteusa.org chrisr@mennoniteusa.org Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:14:10 GMT Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:14:10 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.3.0.16726 New Book Aims To Help People Avoid Church Planting Mistakes Of The Past WATERLOO, Ont. and SCOTTDALE, Pa. – In 1992, churches in Great Britain launched a plan to plant 20,000 new churches by 2000. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/238/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/238/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=238 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:34:52 GMT 1 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=238 MOUNT PLEASANT, PA—Pastors, science teachers and environmental advocates convened for a weekend retreat at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center. Creation Care: Stewards of the Earth, a program jointly sponsored by Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA), the Church of the Brethren and Laurelville, aimed to encourage participants to persevere in the face of a culture that, in spite of warnings from the science community and pleas from the world’s marginalized peoples, has been slow to change its habits of consumption. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/237/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/237/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=237 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:56:58 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=237 Newton, KS—March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD), a day designated for global celebration of the economic, political, and social achievements of women in the past, present, and future. International Women’s Day is a national holiday in many countries throughout the world, and in some countries, March is designated as Women’s Month. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/236/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/236/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=236 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:54:33 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=236 Newton, KS—The 2011 Mennonite Women Bible Study Guide, Seek Peace and Pursue It: Women, Faith, and Family Care, by Elizabeth Soto will be available in May from Mennonite Publishing Network. The Bible Study Guide focuses on families becoming more peace oriented and less violent as indicated in Scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments. Soto developed an interest in reducing family violence through her work with families suffering from violence. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/235/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/235/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=235 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:53:12 GMT 1 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=235 Elkhart, IN—The month of February brought staffing changes in Executive Leadership. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/234/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/234/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=234 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:47:53 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=234 "Where there is a promise, there is a tragedy": Cross border bombings and shellings of the northern village peoples of the Kurdish regions of Iraq by Turkey and Iran http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/233/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/233/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=233 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:20:55 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=233 Some events to be available in Spanish Newton, Kan.—Megan Ramer will be the keynote speaker at the 2010 Women in Conversation Retreats co-sponsored by Mennonite Women USA and Laurelville Mennonite Church Center. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/232/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/232/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=232 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:18:00 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=232 WATERLOO, Ont. and SCOTTDALE, Pa. -- After 27 years of working in the area of Christian education, Eleanor Snyder will retire this summer from her position as Director of Faith and Life Resources at Mennonite Publishing Network (MPN). http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/231/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/231/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=231 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:16:42 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=231 WATERLOO, Ont. and SCOTTDALE, Pa. -- Wendy Hammond is doing it to discover simple ways of preparing local, healthful foods. Emily Welty is doing it to get a break from her studies, and to honor her grandmother. Valerie Showalter is doing it to learn more about being a Mennonite, and to connect with her mother. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/230/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/230/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=230 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:13:06 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=230 Pittsburgh convention to focus on “Bridges to (the) Cross” http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/227/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/227/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=227 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:27:54 GMT 2 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=227