| | | Author: | chris | Created: | Monday, September 15, 2008 |  | | News from Mennonite Church USA |
| Mennonite Women USA Board Approves New Mission and Vision Statements -- by Patricia Burdette | |
| By chris onWednesday, November 11, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, KS—Mennonite Women USA board approved new mission and vision statements for the organization at meetings held Nov. 7. The new guiding documents state “Our mission at Mennonite Women USA is to empower women and women’s groups as we nurture our life in Christ, study the Bible, use our gifts, hear each other and engage in mission and service,” and “Mennonite Women USA invites women across generations, cultures and places to share and honor our stories, care for each other and express our prophetic voice boldly as we seek to follow Christ.” |  | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | New Worship Council Holds First Meeting | |
| By chris onWednesday, October 28, 2009 | |
| | WATERLOO, Ont. and SCOTTDALE, Pa. – What songs should be included in a new hymnal for the Mennonite Church? What new resources could be provided for worship leaders? How will the Internet and other technological changes affect the way people get and use music in the future? | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Old Book Continues to Find New Readers | |
| By chris onThursday, October 22, 2009 | |
| | Martyrs Mirror a Top-Seller for Mennonite Publishing Network
WATERLOO, Ont. and SCOTTDALE, Pa. -- The goal of every publisher is to make sure there are new books for readers to buy—books that address current issues, topics and situations.
So it may come as a surprise to learn that one of the most popular books from Herald Press, the book division of Mennonite Publishing Network (MPN), is almost 350 years old. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Mennonite congregation’s 45th anniversary of bombing honors God’s faithfulness | |
| By chris onWednesday, October 14, 2009 | |
| | “Today we still pray for the people who bombed our church.” -Dave Weaver, Jr.
PRESTON, Miss. - More than 120 people worshiped together Sept. 20 at Nanih Waiya Indian Mennonite Church near Philadelphia, Miss., to commemorate God’s faithfulness during tragic events of the 1960s. It had been 45 years since the first of three racially-motivated bombings to the same church facility. Two others occurred in 1966. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | The Corinthian Plan moves forward | |
| By chris onMonday, October 05, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. and ELKHART, IND. - The Corinthian Plan will become a reality Jan. 1, 2010. The health care access plan of Mennonite Church USA reached its revised goal, and project director Keith Harder expects that nearly 70 percent of the denomination’s eligible, credentialed pastors will be on the new plan. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Ruth Lapp Guengerich assumes presidency of Mennonite Women USA | |
| By chris onThursday, September 03, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. - Ruth Lapp Guengerich, Goshen, Ind., assumed the board presidency of Mennonite Women USA during the Mennonite Church USA Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, in July. She replaces outgoing president, Rebecca Sommers, longtime resident of Sarasota, Fla., now living in Goshen. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Submissions wanted for new book on living simply and sustainably | |
| By chris onTuesday, August 18, 2009 | |
| | WATERLOO, Ont. — What are you doing to live more simply and sustainably?
Are you composting? Are you finding ways to harness the sun’s energy to heat your home? Have you found new ways to slow down and improve the quality of your life?
Whatever you are doing to make the world a better and more sustainable place to live, the authors of a new Mennonite Publishing Network (MPN) book, Simply Sustainable, want to know. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Dates set for Convention 2011 | |
| By chris onThursday, July 23, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan.— Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership announced Thursday that Mennonite Church USA Convention 2011 will be July 4 through 9, 2011, at the Pittsburgh Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. | | | Comments (1) | More... |
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| | Mennonite Church USA Convention 2.0 | |
| By chris onTuesday, June 23, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA Convention 2009 will take place in Columbus, Ohio, June 30 to July 5, but people who don’t make the trip physically can still experience convention on the Internet like never before. | | | Comments (2) | More... |
| | A gift for outreach to women: Sister Care | |
| By chris onFriday, June 19, 2009 | |
| | ELKHART, Ind. — Rhoda Keener, executive director of Mennonite Women USA, and MW USA board chair elect, Ruth Guengerich, co-facilitated a Sister Care seminar for 73 women in the Indiana–Michigan and Central District conferences of Mennonite Church USA, May 15 and 16, at Belmont Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Ind. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Search committee reports progress | |
| By chris onMonday, June 08, 2009 | |
| | Members of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Director Search Committee were initially told by some in the church that it would be difficult to find qualified individuals interested in becoming the new executive director of Mennonite Church USA. Some suggested that no one would complete an application without being specifically asked to do so. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Commentary: Same Question, Different Answers: A Study of Exodus 1-2 - By Janeen Bertsche Johnson | |
| By chris onThursday, May 14, 2009 | |
| | A major challenge facing Mennonites as we talk about national identity is our diversity of viewpoints about relating to the nation, its culture and its government. We are not a homogenous people. We have had vastly differing experiences with immigration, assimilation, displacement, war, military service, alternative service, slavery, political power, the civil rights movement and so on. The communities around us have responded to our presence and our faith perspectives in different ways, ranging from admiration to acceptance, curiosity, toleration or even hostility. To varying degrees, we have been shaped by the larger influences of our society, such as media (including popular Christian media), consumerism, patriotism, civil religion and militarism. These powerful influences have shaped our national identity. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Thomas announced as nominee for moderator-elect | |
| By chris onWednesday, May 06, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — The Mennonite Church USA Leadership Discernment Committee announces Dick Thomas of Lancaster, Pa., as its nominee for moderator-elect of Mennonite Church USA. The Mennonite Church USA Delegate Assembly will be presented with the nomination when it gathers this summer as part of Convention 2009 June 30 to July 5 in Columbus, Ohio. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Mennonite Women USA planning urges active advocacy through women’s prophetic voice — by Dr. Patricia Burdette | |
| By chris onWednesday, April 29, 2009 | |
| | STURGIS, Mich. — As the 30 participants of the Mennonite Women USA (MW USA) Strategic Planning Retreat at Amigo Centre March 27 to 28 listened to a “State of MW USA” presentation, including the history of the organization, and reviewed the current mission and vision statements, they endeavored to envision needs of women—both within and outside of the church — that are best met by other women. As they worked at what a new vision statement for the coming three to five years might include, words such as “advocating for women in the church,” “taking risks,” “empowering women,” “working from the margins to the margins,” “valuing our diversity” and “using the prophetic voice of women” emerged as themes. | | | Comments (3) | More... |
| | Photo release: A prayer collage for Congo | |
| By chris onThursday, April 23, 2009 | |
| | GOSHEN, Ind. — Late last year, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary student and member of Eighth Street Mennonite Church in Goshen, Ind., Suella Gerber and a friend decided to meet weekly to pray for peace for a particular place. That first week, they prayed for Congo. The following week, Gerber met with another friend for a three-hour prayer retreat. “We prayed, creating collages of our prayers and at the end of the retreat we shared our prayers with each other,” Gerber says. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Commentary: Our boys — by Susan Mark Landis | |
| By chris onWednesday, April 22, 2009 | |
| | Monday was the ten-year remembrance of the shooting at Columbine.
Likely you remember that day and the impact it had on your life every bit as clearly as I do. Each spring when my columbine flowers push up in the garden and the Mars-like blossoms burst forth, I pause to remember the horror of kids shooting kids. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Executive Board makes plans for executive director transition — by Marathana Prothro | |
| By chris onWednesday, April 22, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — At its April 16 to 18 meeting in Rochester, N.Y., the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board approved a staff recommendation that, in the event a new executive director has not been named, current associate executive Ron Byler will serve as acting executive director for the denomination beginning Aug. 1. At the same time, current executive director Jim Schrag plans to compile a history of the transformation of Mennonite Church USA, until he retires in November. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Open invitation to Mennonite education symposiums - by Rachel Nussbaum Eby | |
| By chris onThursday, April 09, 2009 | |
| | GOSHEN, Ind. — Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) and Mennonite Schools Council (MSC) invite interested people to a free symposium focused on the theme, “Mennonite Education: Why and How?” The first symposium will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 8, 2009, at the Lancaster campus of Lancaster Mennonite School. The second symposium will be Oct. 23, in Goshen, Ind. These symposiums are the first step of the process to update the 1971 book, Mennonite education: why and how? A philosophy of education for the Mennonite Church, written by Daniel Hertzler. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Mennonite VBS 2009 curriculum selected as a “Top Pick” | |
| By chris onThursday, April 09, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. and WATERLOO, Ont. — Mennonite Publishing Network’s 2009 Vacation Bible School curriculum has been selected as a “Top Pick” by the Center for the Ministry of Teaching of Virginia Theological Seminary (CMT). Catch the Spririt! Join God’s Work in the World was cited for its “upbeat and nonjudgmental tone, and strong message of evangelism.” The Center’s evaluation highlights the curriculum’s focus on worship and the original music by Mennonite composer Bryan Moyer Suderman as particular strengths. Catch the Spirit! uses stories from the book of Acts to help children age 4 through grade 8 learn how the Holy Spirit works in their lives, in the church and with God’s people throughout the world. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | COMMENTARY: Identity and security: Lessons from Mennonite history | |
| By chris onThursday, March 05, 2009 | |
| | For many in the United States, World War II ushered in two decades of glorious national pride. Militarily, the country got rid of fascism and then led opposition to the global communist menace. On the home front, Americans, having survived the austere ’30s and the wartime sacrifices of the early ’40s, were rewarded with unprecedented economic and cultural prosperity. They were confident in their future, watching Milton Berle, reading Life magazine and building bomb shelters in their backyards. In their minds, the United States was the standard for all that was good, not only on this planet but beyond, as a budding space program dreamt of putting men on the moon. It was a heady time to be an American. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Resource Advocates gather for training | |
| By chris onThursday, March 05, 2009 | |
| | BALTIMORE, Md. — Mennonite Church USA Resource Advocates met Feb. 6 to 8 in Baltimore for their third annual training session. The event included Resource Advocates from 16 of the 21 area conferences, and from four program agencies. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Consultation to focus on immigration | |
| By chris onThursday, March 05, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — Western District Conference, Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership and Mennonite Mission Network (Peace and Justice Support Network, Urban Leaders Network) are partnering to plan and convene “And you welcomed me: a consultation of the people of God on immigration.” | | | Comments (1) | More... |
| | Organ transplant gives life to congregation — Debra Sapp-Yarwood | |
| By chris onMonday, February 23, 2009 | |
| | KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City’s oldest pipe organ, now the newest architectural feature of Rainbow Mennonite Church, made its community debut at 4 pm, February 8, 2009, to a standing-room only sanctuary and balcony, as well as an additional 75 people in the fellowship hall, which was wired with closed-circuit TV. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Commentary: Why I am a Mennonite — Michelle E. Armster | |
| By chris onThursday, February 19, 2009 | |
| | Since I moved to Lancaster, Pa., and joined a Lancaster Mennonite Conference church, I have often turned to the book Profiles of Anabaptist Women: Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers1. Along with the Bible, this is one of the few books that remind me why I made and continue to make the choice to remain in the Mennonite tradition. Profiles of Anabaptist Women recounts the limited history of these women who were often arrested, imprisoned and/or executed because they would not recant their faith and understanding of the Scriptures. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Christians petition president Obama to end Iraq War | |
| By chris onThursday, February 19, 2009 | |
| | Members from more than 30 Christian peace organizations to gather in capitol after First 100 Days
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Christian Peace Witness for Iraq (CPWI) submitted a letter to President Obama and his administration following his Inauguration Jan. 20. The letter expressed appreciation for President Obama’s campaign commitments to end the War in Iraq and stated: | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Commentary: Now bunking at Camp Survival: Herod, Zwingli and Me - By Joel Kauffmann | |
| By chris onThursday, February 05, 2009 | |
| | In my story of faith, Herod the Great is a bad man. No question. He killed any and all who got in his way, including wives and children. And, of course, he tried to kill the baby Jesus by brutally massacring all the newborn males in the Jerusalem suburb of Bethlehem. While this story continues to horrify and galvanize those generations who follow Christ, historical records suggest it was just another day at the office for Herod the Great. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Submissions invited for historical essay contest | |
| By chris onThursday, February 05, 2009 | |
| | GOSHEN, Ind. — The Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee invites entries for its 2009 John Horsch Mennonite History Essay Contest. Competition is in three classes: graduate school and seminary, college and university, and high school. All papers should be on a subject related to Mennonite or Anabaptist history. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Open Door Mennonite Church breaks racial barriers in Mississippi | |
| By chris onFriday, January 23, 2009 | |
| | JACKSON, Miss. — Horace McMillon has big dreams for the small church he serves in Jackson, Miss.
“I’d like to see a family resource center, marriage enrichment and counseling, financial training. We want to partner more with the daycare and after school programs that rent from us — to broaden kids’ experience with gardening, drama, a gospel choir. Without a building it wouldn’t be possible to hatch these dreams.” | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Executive Leadership hires consultant for churchwide operations and alignment | |
| By chris onWednesday, January 14, 2009 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership announces the appointment of LaVern Yutzy of Lititz, Pa., as a consultant on churchwide operations and alignment. Yutzy began in the role Jan. 8.
Yutzy will be responsible to help the denomination to live within its means, eliminate duplication and achieve its goals. He will be called to identify ways of integrating churchwide priorities into the programs and practices of the entire churchwide system as well as propose ways for simplifying the system. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Elaine Moyer joins Mennonite Education Agency | |
| By chris onTuesday, January 13, 2009 | |
| | GOSHEN, Ind. — Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) Executive Director Carlos Romero announced that Elaine Moyer, current principal of Christopher Dock Mennonite High School (Dock) in Lansdale, Pa., will join MEA as an associate director with a focus on elementary education, secondary education and research. Moyer, with over 30 years of experience in the arena of Mennonite and public education, will begin working for MEA after the end of the 2008-2009 academic year. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Mennonite Women USA announces new Web site | |
| By chris onWednesday, January 07, 2009 | |
| | By Mennonite Women USA staff
NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Women USA (MW USA) announces its new Web site, which went live Nov. 1. The new Web site can be accessed at www.mennonitewomenusa.org. The site includes a variety of resources for women, ministry opportunities, group resources, Women’s Bible Study Guide information, worship resources and links to contemporary issues such as human trafficking. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Gather ’Round plans for the future | |
| By chris onWednesday, January 07, 2009 | |
| | WATERLOO, Ont. and SCOTTDALE, Pa. — As the Gather ’Round curriculum moves into its third year of use (and fifth year of writing), staff and denominational representatives met to evaluate the materials and make plans for the future. A key resource for a November “summit” was data collected through a major curriculum survey conducted in Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Church Canada and Church of the Brethren congregations across North America. (See related sidebar.) | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Executive Board announces search committee for executive director | |
| By chris onWednesday, January 07, 2009 | |
| | Process anticipated to take between six and eight months
By Marathana Prothro
NEWTON, Kan. — The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board has named its search committee to find a replacement for executive director Jim Schrag. In October 2008, Schrag announced his plans for retirement in November 2009. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Marc Yoder to serve as Faculty Calling Project director | |
| By chris onMonday, December 15, 2008 | |
| | GOSHEN, Ind. — Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) executive director Carlos Romero announced that Marc Yoder of Cotopaxi, Colo., has agreed to serve as the director of the Faculty Calling Project (FCP) beginning January 2009. The project was initiated by the former Mennonite Board of Education (MBE) and continues with MEA. It is a collaborative effort of Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church USA and the Mennonite colleges, universities and seminaries, to establish and maintain a database of candidates who are interested in teaching at a Mennonite college, university or seminary. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Online registration soars for Convention 2009 | |
| By chris onWednesday, December 03, 2008 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — More than 2,600 people registered for Mennonite Church USA Convention 2009 within 24 hours of the opening of online registration for the July 2009 event. It took a month for registration numbers to soar this high for the 2007 convention in San José, Calif. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Belmont Mennonite Church: Transforming to meet changing needs | |
| By chris onTuesday, November 25, 2008 | |
| | ELKHART, Ind. — Like many city churches, Belmont Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Ind., saw the neighborhood around its building change over the years. At the same time, many members were moving to the suburbs and the church morphed into a regional drive-in church, disconnected from the neighborhood in which it worshiped. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Franciscan priest joins Indiana walk to commemorate conscientious objectors | |
| By chris onMonday, November 17, 2008 | |
| | SOUTH BEND, Ind.) — On Oct. 30, Richard Rohr, Franciscan priest and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, carries a wooden cross at the head of the pilgrimage marking the martyr death of Marcellus on Oct. 30, 298. To his left is Janeen Bertsche Johnson, campus pastor at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS). AMBS commemorates the death of Marcellus as a conscientious objector each year with a walk through Mishawaka and South Bend, Ind., ending at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the Notre Dame campus where the relics of Marcellus lie. Rohr and AMBS president Nelson Kraybill spoke to more than 600 people at the basilica as part of a two-day event geared toward “A new consciousness for peacemaking.” | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Howard Keim reappointed as president of Hesston College | |
| By chris onMonday, November 10, 2008 | |
| | HESSTON, Kansas — The Hesston College Board of Overseers is pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. Howard Keim as president of Hesston College for a second term. Keim officially began serving Jan. 1, 2005, and the next four-year term will begin Jan. 1, 2009. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Lehman named director of communication and development | |
| By chris onThursday, October 30, 2008 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership has named Marty Lehman of Goshen, Ind., as its new director of Communication and Development. The new role will take effect Nov. 1 and is part of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board’s plan to improve communication and development functions within the denomination. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Flores cambia enfoque de ministerio | |
| By chris onThursday, October 30, 2008 | |
| | NEWTON, Kansas — El Liderazgo Ejecutivo de la Iglesia Menonita USA y la Conferencia del Distrito del Oeste (WDC, por sus siglas en inglés) anuncian conjuntamente el cambio de ministerio de Gilberto Flores, director del Ministerio Denominacional y de la Iglesia Misional para el Liderazgo Ejecutivo. A partir de febrero de 2009, Flores dejará su puesto en el Liderazgo Ejecutivo para sumarse al ministerio de la WDC como ministro de conferencia adjunto para Texas. | | | Comments (1) | More... |
| | Jim Schrag announces plans for retirement | |
| By chris onMonday, October 27, 2008 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — In an October 9 letter to Mennonite Church USA moderator Sharon Waltner, executive director Jim Schrag made official his plans to retire Nov. 30, 2009. He previously had discussed his plans with the entire Executive Board at its September meeting in Philadelphia. Schrag made the announcement public Oct. 19 at the Constituency Leaders Council (CLC) meeting in Santa Fe, N.M. Executive Leadership staff and agency directors were informed prior to the CLC meeting. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | 2009 Education Leaders Gathering reistration began October 10 | |
| By chris onThursday, October 16, 2008 | |
| | GOSHEN, Indiana — Registration for the 2009 Education Leaders Gathering (ELG) began online October 10 at www.MennoniteEducation.org/ELG2009. Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) invites administrators and board members of Mennonite elementary and secondary schools and Mennonite higher education institutions, and conference and churchwide leaders to register for the 2009 ELG that will be held at The Hilton Pittsburgh (Pa.), January 30 to February 1, 2009. The cost of registration is $115 ($122 CND). Conference lodging rates at The Hilton of $89 plus tax are available to participants. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Convention 2009 gives Holy Spirit center stage | |
| By chris onThursday, October 09, 2008 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — The Mennonite Church USA Convention 2009 is far removed from when Jesus breathed his Spirit on the first disciples. But the planning committees for Mennonite Church USA’s convention next July are risking the theme on the belief he’ll do it again with huge crowds of Mennonites. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Mennonite University Faculty Conference presentations now online | |
| By chris onThursday, October 09, 2008 | |
| | GOSHEN, Ind. — The fourth Mennonite University Faculty Conference, funded by The Marpeck Fund and Mennonite Education Agency (MEA), was held August 7-9, 2008, at Eastern Mennonite University. The keynote addresses and faculty presentations on the Mennonite University Faculty Conference’s theme, “Creation, Christ and the Classroom,” can now be accessed online at www.MennoniteEducation.org/2008MUFC. Presentations are available in PDF version and WMA audio streaming. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Mennonite Men presents grant to Ohio church | |
| By chris onThursday, October 09, 2008 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — On Sept. 28, Mennonite Men representatives Lyle Troyer, Lorain, Ohio, from Ohio Conference, and Joe Graber, Berne Ind., a Mennonite Men board member, presented a $35,000 Join Hands grant to Jubilee Mennonite Church, Bellefontaine, Ohio. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | Flores to transition ministry focus | |
| By chris onThursday, September 25, 2008 | |
| | NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership and Western District Conference (WDC) together announce a ministry transition for Gilberto Flores, director of Denominational Ministry and Missional Church for Executive Leadership. Beginning in February 2009, Flores will leave his post with Executive Leadership to pick up ministry with WDC as associate conference minister for Texas. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Burkholder joins Mennonite Education Agency | |
| By chris onThursday, September 25, 2008 | |
| | GOSHEN, Ind. — Mennonite Education Agency executive director, Carlos Romero, announced that Timothy J. Burkholder of Goshen, Ind., will join MEA as the associate director with a focus on church relations and development. Burkholder, with over 25 years of experience working in this area in a variety of churchwide ministries, will begin working half-time at the Goshen office on October 1, increasing to full-time on January 1, 2009. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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| | 2009 Education Leaders Gathering reistration began October 10 - Thursday, October 16, 2008GOSHEN, Indiana — Registration for the 2009 Education Leaders Gathering (ELG) began online October 10 at www.MennoniteEducation.org/ELG2009. Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) invites administrators and board members of Mennonite elementary and secondary schools and Mennonite higher education institutions, and conference and churchwide leaders to register for the 2009 ELG that will be held at The Hilton Pittsburgh (Pa.), January 30 to February 1, 2009. The cost of registration is $115 ($122 CND). Conference lodging rates at The Hilton of $89 plus tax are available to participants. read more ...
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| | Mennonite Men presents grant to Ohio church - Thursday, October 09, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — On Sept. 28, Mennonite Men representatives Lyle Troyer, Lorain, Ohio, from Ohio Conference, and Joe Graber, Berne Ind., a Mennonite Men board member, presented a $35,000 Join Hands grant to JubileeMennonite Church, Bellefontaine, Ohio. read more ...
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| | Mennonite University Faculty Conference presentations now online - Thursday, October 09, 2008GOSHEN, Ind. — The fourth Mennonite University Faculty Conference, funded by The Marpeck Fund and Mennonite Education Agency (MEA), was held August 7-9, 2008, at Eastern Mennonite University. The keynote addresses and faculty presentations on the Mennonite University Faculty Conference’s theme, “Creation, Christ and the Classroom,” can now be accessed online at www.MennoniteEducation.org/2008MUFC. Presentations are available in PDF version and WMA audio streaming. read more ...
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| | Convention 2009 gives Holy Spirit center stage - Thursday, October 09, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — The Mennonite Church USA Convention 2009 is far removed from when Jesus breathed his Spirit on the first disciples. But the planning committees for Mennonite Church USA’s convention next July are risking the theme on the belief he’ll do it again with huge crowds of Mennonites. read more ...
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| | Interchurch peace gathering to draw Christian leaders - Thursday, October 09, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA and other historic peace churches are inviting U.S. Christian leaders to participate in Heeding God’s Call: A Gathering on Peace, Jan. 13 to 17 in Philadelphia, Pa. read more ...
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| | Denominational consultants examine timing of next hymnal project - Thursday, September 25, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — Results of an online survey completed by individuals representing Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada congregations indicate that many congregations may be ready for a new printed hymnal in 10 to 15 years. read more ...
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| | Flores to transition ministry focus - Thursday, September 25, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership and Western District Conference (WDC) together announce a ministry transition for Gilberto Flores, director of Denominational Ministry and Missional Church for Executive Leadership. Beginning in February 2009, Flores will leave his post with Executive Leadership to pick up ministry with WDC as associate conference minister for Texas. read more ...
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| | Flores cambia enfoque de ministerio - Thursday, September 25, 2008NEWTON, Kansas — El Liderazgo Ejecutivo de la Iglesia Menonita USA y la Conferencia del Distrito del Oeste (WDC, por sus siglas en inglés) anuncian conjuntamente el cambio de ministerio de Gilberto Flores, director del Ministerio Denominacional y de la Iglesia Misional para el Liderazgo Ejecutivo. A partir de febrero de 2009, Flores dejará su puesto en el Liderazgo Ejecutivo para sumarse al ministerio de la WDC como ministro de conferencia adjunto para Texas. read more ...
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| | Burkholder joins Mennonite Education Agency - Thursday, September 25, 2008GOSHEN, Ind. — Mennonite Education Agency executive director, Carlos Romero, announced that Timothy J. Burkholder of Goshen, Ind., will join MEA as the associate director with a focus on church relations and development. Burkholder, with over 25 years of experience working in this area in a variety of churchwide ministries, will begin working half-time at the Goshen office on October 1, increasing to full-time on January 1, 2009. read more ...
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| | Historical Committee announces essay contest winners - Monday, September 15, 2008GOSHEN, Ind. — Mutual aid emerged as a theme of the winning entries in this year’s John Horsch Mennonite Historical Essay Contest, sponsored by the Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee. read more ...
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| | Gather ’Round materials connect generations in summer quarter - Monday, September 15, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — When Mennonite Publishing Network (MPN) integrated its congregational worship resources and Gather ’Round Sunday school materials around a unified theme this past summer, Bonita Howard knew they were an answer to her prayers for connecting the generations. read more ...
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| | New meetinghouse brings peace to Peace Mennonite - Friday, August 22, 2008 LAWRENCE, Kan. — In approaching Peace Mennonite Church in Lawrence, Kan., one sees members tending flower beds in front of their recently-purchased building — a former Odd Fellows Lodge nestled into just under an acre of quiet green space. read more ...
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| | Motorbikes Received - Wednesday, July 16, 2008In a July 7 e-mail to Mennonite Church USA leaders, Reverend Benjamine Mubenga Wa Kabanga, president of the Evangelical Mennonite Church in Congo (CEM), shared photos of local church leaders receiving motorbikes purchased as a gift from Mennonite Church USA members. read more ...
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| | Pastors Day planned for Columbus Convention - Wednesday, July 16, 2008NEWTON, KAN. — Pastors Day will kick off the Mennonite Church USA Convention in Columbus, Ohio, next summer. This is the denomination’s first biennial convention to devote an entire day to resource pastors, according to Gilberto Flores, director of denominational ministry and missional church for Mennonite Church USA. read more ...
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| | Myers, Enns and Roth speak at Interchurch Relations consultation - Wednesday, July 16, 2008AKRON, Pa. — Sixty people from across Mennonite Church USA met July 1 to 3 in Akron, Pa., as part of a consultation focused on the theme Connecting with ‘old’ and ‘new’ Anabaptists. Ched Myers, Elaine Enns and John D. Roth were presenters. read more ...
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| | Executive Board "ready to defer" on one-board concept - Wednesday, June 25, 2008COLUMBUS, Ohio — Following a June 20 meeting of all Mennonite Church USA boards of directors, the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board spent a day and a half discerning how to move forward. After considering the perceived concerns and possibilities shared in the meeting, the Executive Board adopted Sunday a statement of response outlining its intentions for moving forward. read more ...
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| | Long-held dream comes true in Hispanic church plant - Wednesday, June 04, 2008 NEWTON, Kan. — For years, Rosa Flores searched for someone who could
begin a Spanish-speaking Mennonite church in the Newton, Kan., area. It
wasn’t until she recognized herself as that person that the long-held
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| | At the Summit: the church at the crossroads - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 WINNIPEG, Man. — For pastor and teacher Tom Yoder Neufeld, Christian identity and mission go hand in hand — and they are at the heart of the theme for the 2008 “People’s Summit for Faithful Living.” read more ...
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| | New Anabaptist book in Spanish - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 GOSHEN, Ind. — As part of its role to advocate for the vision and mission of Anabaptist-Mennonite education in Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Education Agency announces the publication of a new book on Anabaptism in Spanish by Tony Brun. Siendo Anabautista y Contemporáneo: Contribuciones para una Comunidad local con conciencia universal, translated as Being Anabaptist and Contemporary: Contributions for a Local Community with Universal Conscience, seeks to show how 16th century radical Anabaptism complements the perennial and contemporary wisdom of humanity. read more ...
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| | Commentary: Seeing myself in the face of an enemy by Susan Mark Landis - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Two weeks ago, I was walking the streets of Esfahan, the large city near the disputed nuclear power plant of Iran. Iman Square, the second largest square in the world; Iman Mosque, bright dome colors flashing in sun; and the Persian Palace with the long winding stairway are among the most amazing ancient sites of the world and just miles from the nuclear power plant. Our Fellowship of Reconciliation USA (www.forusa.org) 21-person delegation, ages 21 to 75, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Native American, toured, shopped the bazaar and ate delicious quince/chicken stew at a traditional Iranian restaurant. read more ...
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| | United Church of Canada endorses Gather ’Round curriculum. - Wednesday, May 28, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — The United Church of Canada has become the newest cooperative user of the Gather ’Round curriculum, citing its value for congregations that want to connect with families. read more ...
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| | Churches in Congo and United States learning to work together - Thursday, May 15, 2008WATERLOO, Ont. — When the United States government recently refused to give a visa for Rev. Benjamin Mubenga to visit the United States, Mennonite Church USA leaders decided to go to him instead. Mubenga, president of the Evangelical Mennonite Church in Congo (CEM), was in Canada to meet with Mennonite Church Canada pastors and congregations. read more ...
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| | Mennonite Historical Bulletin announces Mennonite History essentials - Thursday, May 15, 2008GOSHEN, Ind. —
Mennonite church, college and historical libraries have shelves filled with books about the history of the
faith. Choosing which ones to read can be a daunting task. That’s why the
April issue of Mennonite Historical
Bulletin, published by the Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee,
has compiled “The Essential Anabaptist/Mennonite History Reading List.” read more ...
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| | Needles stitch healing into storm-ripped lives - Thursday, May 15, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — “Hammers ring hope” in Mennonite
Disaster Service (MDS) building projects. And since 2005, needles also ring hope
as quilters stitch healing into those same storm-ripped lives through
Housewarming, a Sister Link Project of Mennonite Women USA. read more ...
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| | New Mennonite Women USA editor no stranger to ministry - Thursday, May 01, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — When Patricia Burdette began to serve Mennonite Women USA (MW USA) four years ago on the board of directors, she had no idea she was helping to guide the staff she would someday join as editor.
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| | Editor completes work with Mennonite Church USA - Thursday, May 01, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — Laurie Oswald Robinson of Newton, Kan., resigned earlier this year from her position as editor for Mennonite Women USA.
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| | Conference resource advocates attend training in Baltimore - Thursday, May 01, 2008BALTIMORE — Mennonite Church USA conference resource advocates met March 28 to 30 in Baltimore for a training retreat focused on networking and learning about new resources. Thirteen of Mennonite Church USA’s 21 area conferences were represented at this third annual gathering.
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| | No words big enough for Greensburg Mennonite’s gratitude. - Thursday, April 24, 2008GREENSBURG, Kan. — Jeffrey Blackburn, pastor of Greensburg Mennonite Church, searches for words big enough to convey the gratitude for Mennonite Church USA’s support after a May 4 tornado last year destroyed their church. read more ...
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| | Connie Stauffer hired as interim associate director for MEA. - Thursday, April 24, 2008GOSHEN, Ind. — Connie Stauffer of Lancaster, Pa., began serving as interim associate director for Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) April 21. MEA is the education agency of Mennonite Church USA. Stauffer will be the MEA staff liaison with Mennonite Schools Council (MSC) and will carry these responsibilities until a permanent person has been hired. read more ...
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| | Gather ’Round offers summer supplement for youth and junior high - Monday, April 21, 2008NEWTON, Kan. — In response to requests by congregations, the Gather ’Round Sunday school curriculum is offering a new Youth/Junior Youth Summer Supplement this year. The supplement accompanies either the Summer 2008 Connect guide for parents and caregivers of children or the teacher’s guide for multiage groups.
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| | Commentary: A vision of faith and unity for the church’s future - Monday, April 21, 2008This testimony comes from Mennonite Church USA moderator Sharon Waltner, moderator-elect Ed Diller, executive director Jim Schrag and associate executive director Ron Byler. Additional commentaries from Mennonite Church USA are planned to be released on a regular basis as the Executive Board continues moving toward its vision.
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