| | | Author: | chris | Created: | Monday, September 15, 2008 |  | | News from Mennonite Church USA |
| Church leaders, Christian thinkers address global environmental crisis | |
| By chris onFriday, March 12, 2010 | |
| | 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. |  | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | International Women’s Day to be celebrated March 8 | |
| By chris onFriday, March 12, 2010 | |
| | 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. | | | Comments (0) | More... |
| | Mennonite Women Bible Study Guide available in May | |
| By chris onFriday, March 12, 2010 | |
| | 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. | | | Comments (1) | More... |
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| | FLR director Eleanor Snyder to retire | |
| By chris onFriday, February 19, 2010 | |
| | 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). | | | Comments (0) | More... |
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