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November/December 2008
Nominations sought for 2009 George and Pearl Kauffman Urban Leader Award
Nominations are being accepted for the 2009 award. If you know an urban worker whom you believe meets the criteria, please complete the Web form at http://www.mennonitemission.net
/Work/Equipping/Urban/Nomination.asp, or you may download a PDF version of the nomination form and mail or fax it to:
Mennonite Mission Network
PO Box 370
Elkhart, IN 46515-0370
Fax: 574-294-8669
Attn: Becky Tyson
Deadline for nominations is Feb. 28, 2009. The recipient will be announced and honored at Urban Leaders Network dinner/gathering at Convention 2009 on July 1, 2009.
Criteria for selection include: - actively engaged in an Anabaptist urban setting in the United States;
- engaged in urban ministry for a minimum of five years;
- currently making a significant impact on their local community;
- working to holistically integrate evangelism with peace and justice.
Contact Becky Tyson at BeckyT@MennoniteMission.net or 574-523-3076 or toll-free 1-866-866-2872. back to top
Missional Leaders meeting 2009
Mark your calendars for the Missional Leaders meeting May 2 to 4, 2009, in Denver, Colo. Watch for more details in the future. Contact Becky Tyson at BeckyT@MennoniteMission.net or 574-523-3076 or toll-free 1-866-866-2872.
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Urban Leaders Network dinner/gathering at Columbus 2009 (open to all)
Karl and Sally were the church-planting team that established Living Water Community Church in Chicago. Sally is currently senior pastor of Living Water, and Karl is the senior pastor of Northern Virginia Mennonite Church in Fairfax, Va.
Register on the Convention 2009 registration form.Contact Becky Tyson at BeckyT@Mennonite Mission.net or 574-523-3076 or toll-free 1-866-866-2872.
Enjoy an evening gathering/dinner with urban ministry practitioners: hear stories of church planting and church revitalization, witness the presentation of the 2009 George and Pearl Kauffman Urban Leader Award and fellowship with each other.
Keynote speakers Karl McKinney and Sally Schreiner Youngquist will dialogue about their past and present ministries, noting the dichotomy and similarities between church planting, congregational revitalization and missional church engagement.
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Psalms: Believers Church Bible Commentary Series
“This commentary on Psalms is pastoral, reflective, smart, scholarly and canonical. It reflects a lifetime of loving use of the psalm as well as familiarity with recent scholarly insights. James H. Waltner’s Psalms is recommended for the pastor, counselor and interested student.”
—Direction Kivar, 836 pages, $34.99
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Stories: How Mennonites Came to Be
“The title describes both the scope and the method of this book. The scope is the Mennonite Church worldwide from its beginning until today. To provide background, the history of the church from its beginning to the Reformation is sketched. The method is stories that deal with people and incidents.
“This popular book on Mennonite history is well worth reading.
Stories provides a helpful medium for the message and John D. Roth is an excellent storyteller. Chapter summaries provide good wrap-up of the material covered. Highly recommended.”
—Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa, Reflections Paper, 246 pages, $10.99
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Continuing education opportunities from AMBS
Worship planning: A daylong workshop focused on worship planning for Lent is set for Jan. 17, 2009, at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Ind. Lent Planner is a day for equipping pastors, worship leaders and musicians to guide their congregations through the renewal of the Lenten season in anticipation of the new life of Easter. The event is shaped by the Mennonite church Lent 2009 resources in Leader. See more at www.ambs.edu/lentplanner.
Extreme Situations in the Congregation Pastoral Care series: The next event in this series at AMBS is Transitions: The Congregation as Ecology of Care, with Nancy Kauffmann, Lloyd Miller and Daniel Schipani as resource people. The event is set for Jan. 26, 2009, at the beginning of AMBS Pastors Week. See more at www.ambs.edu/transitions.
Prayer book workshop: A daylong workshop will help people explore how to use Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer Book, developed by faculty at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. This event will be Jan. 26, 2009, at the beginning of AMBS Pastors Week. See more at www.ambs.edu/leadershipclinics.
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