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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:32 GMT Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:32 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.3.0.16726 "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 Long-time assistant transitions to Mennonite Education Agency http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/226/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/226/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=226 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:02:29 GMT 2 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=226 After a sweeping yearlong study, Mennonite Church USA leadership has received a consultant’s report on how the denomination operates and with suggestions to improve its witness. Consultant LaVern Yutzy’s 22-page “Report on Alignment Opportunities for Mennonite Church USA” puts forth recommendations for 15 different areas of church organization, addressing issues such as the role of area conferences, Executive Board composition and the four churchwide program agencies functions and structures http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/225/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/225/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=225 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:17:06 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=225 NEWTON, Kan.—When Doris Schmidt logged off her computer Dec. 31 at Mennonite Church USA, she concluded 21 consecutive and 27 total years of work at 722 North Main in Newton, Kan. For most of 50 years she filled office positions at the denominational offices and at other places in Newton and North Newton, welcoming some changes and adjusting to others in office technology. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/219/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/219/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=219 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:46:55 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=219 NEWTON, Kan. and ELKHART, Ind.-The Corinthian Plan, the new health insurance plan of Mennonite Church USA, went into effect Jan. 1. A total of 453 congregations and conferences, including 503 credentialed employees and 75 non-credentialed employees, are participating. Also included are employees of MMA, Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership and Mission Network. http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/223/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/223/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=223 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:24:25 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=223 The Fugitive helps people learn about a founder of the Mennonite faith http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/222/Default.aspx chrisr@mennoniteusa.org http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Leaders/Equipping/EquippingAlt/tabid/628/EntryID/222/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.mennoniteusa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=628&EntryID=222 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:24:54 GMT 0 http://www.mennoniteusa.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=222