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| 2004 |
 December |
Wheelchair
gives chairperson of Seattle Mennonite reflective
perspective.
Bethesda Mennonite
Church in Henderson, Neb., assists in "leaps
of faith."
Sidebar: Memories
make mission experiences invaluable.
Retiring Gracefully.
Lessons of
Ohio farm girl shape her values as Mennonite high
school principal.
Making peace
attractive: reaction to ribbon magnets gives rise
to new business.
Freeman Academy
announces Bold Vision -- Faith and the Arts.
Storyteller,
peacemaker -- or both?
Sidebar: Israeli
occupation delicate subject with Jewish friends. |
| November |
Licensing
marks new juncture in leadership journey with
Mennonite Church USA.
Direct Giving
provides another way to tithe.
The facts
about Direct Giving.
Year-end giving
at Mennonite Church USA provides alternative Christmas.
"Extreme
makeover" nurtures "culture of call"
in Pennsylvania.
Charlotte
2005 to help Mennonites share faith stories with
each other, the world.
Sidebar: Charlotte
2005 logo helps Mennonites to move into new season.
Charlotte
2005 to be a "family reunion" with sister
denominations.
Young adult
sees Charlotte 2005 as prime place to pass on
Anabaptist identity.
Young Pennsylvania
couple moves off farm into city to follow God's
call.
Sidebar: We
are not what we buy but what Christ makes us.
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| October |
CLC grows
in its role of nurturing Mennonite Church USA's
focus on Christ.
Networking
becomes Mennonite Church USA's new way of working.
Seven themes
reveal next steps for Mennonite Church USA's missional
journey.
Young adults
at annual fellowship event discuss joys and tensions
of community.
Writers gather
for conference to launch 'Gather 'Round' children's
curriculum.
Couple brings
healing and deliverance from South Africa to Virginia.
Son of church
planter carries father's legacy farther, deeper.
Dr. Howard
Keim named the next president of Hesston College.
Editorial: Responding
to the needs of our brothers and sisters in Florida.
Photo Release: Quietly
viewing a DVD on "Can't Keep Quiet"
for Charlotte 2005.
Commentary: Abortion
or war: Must U.S. Mennonites simply choose their
poison? |
| September |
Franklin Conference
follows Lancaster Conference by four days in joining
MC USA.
Mennonite
Church USA Executive Board paves way for Charlotte
2005.
Lancaster
Conference shares holy moment in joining Mennonite
Church USA.
For 50 years,
CD gives "special love" to students
to prepare them to love the world.
Eleanor Ruth
integral part of CD's family history for six decades.
Assistant
principal says trust is a gift that money can't
buy.
Bethany Christian
Schools Serves Conference for 50 Years.
New youth
ministry web site online.
Dead End in
New York City.
God's heartbeat
sends Mennonite Church USA to reach people with
healing, hope.
Jesus' 'river of
life' flows through a congregation in Pacific
Northwest Mennonite Conference.
Hesston presidential
search committee announces candidate of choice.
Interim president
appointed for Goshen College.
MEA's Fund for Peoplehood
Education welcomes proposals. |
| August |
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Consultation helps
Anabaptists to seek relationships with other
Christian traditions.
Logo and writers
selected for Gather 'Round curriculum.
The Radicals story
of the early Anabaptists now available in DVD
and Spanish.
"Second Mile"
pushes pastors to next steps with congregation,
community.
Goshen College
Board of Directors and Mennonite Education Agency
announce leadership transition for 110-year-old
institution.
Photo release:
Tour includes oldest Mennonite meetinghouse
in Oklahoma.
Commentary: Refusing
to Recycle. |
| July |
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Relationships
-- not ballots -- lead South Central Conference
to join MC USA.
Western District
responds in faith to challenges with its Vision
2012
Proposal for new
Mountain States conference to revitalize ministry
passion.
Poet, professor
explores Cheyenne peace chief's connections
to Mennonites.
Longtime leader
at Calvary Community in Hampton, Va., dies July
6.
Mennonite Church
USA Executive Board nurtures relationships locally,
globally.
Mennonite Church
USA commission to develop statement on healthcare
access.
College student
finds comfort in Mennonite Church USA community
during crisis.
The Mennonite
and Mennonite Church USA work on building stronger
relationship.
One woman's journey
from Lancaster county to Central America and
back again.
Prayers inspire
student, teacher of Scriptures to share Guatemalan
faith back home.
Hymnal supplement
committee prepares for Charlotte 2005. |
| June |
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Mennonite Church
USA peace advocate finds hope for better world
in bitter rubble.
Commentary: Challenging
the occupation -- one shopping bag at a time.
Commentary: Words
for the church from Whalerider.
Mennonite Church USA peace advocate finds hope
for better world in bitter rubble.
Commentary: Challenging the occupation -- one
shopping bag at a time.
Commentary: Words for the church from Whalerider.
God's call among
the cornfields: Iowa congregation walks a missional
path in tough times.
Sidebar:
Coming home and
reaching out.
Sidebar:
Worship planning
is two-part process.
Sidebar:
Coming full circle.
Teams strive to
dismantle racism, heal hearts in Mennonite Church
USA.
Commentary: Antiracism
and Antifreeze (by Jane Hoober Peifer) |
| May |
Mountain boy becomes
Mennonite pastor in Franklin Mennonite Conference.
From bread and chocolate
to war and guns; restaurant owner joins Iraq delegation.
Missional church
team member builds bridges between Anglos, Hispanics
in Illinois.
Head covering inspires leader in Illinois Mennonite
Conference.
Sidebar:
Licensing inspires
conference leader to write a poem.
Gather 'Round chosen
as name for new curriculum.
Enrollment at Mennonite
educational institutions increases over all.
A "cheapening"
of the gospel? Communicators debate marketing.
Mennofolk 2004 grows
to two U.S. locations in Kansas and Michigan.
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| April |
Pacific Northwest
family shares love with Iraqi families.
Mennonite alphabet
soup: deciphering Mennonite acronyms.
Publishing board
begins long-term process to vacate Scottdale facility.
Women's retreat
expands to western location.
Easter comes early
for New York Mennonite Conference and Mennonite
Church USA.
New team members
to help Mennonite Church USA chart next miles
of journey.
Conference far from
Mennonite centers brings center of faith to its
congregations.
Central Plains Mennonite
Conference builds bridges with Ecuadorian Mennonites.
Eastern Mennonite
University celebrates installation of eighth president |
| March |
CLC circles
back to its birthplace, rediscovers roots of building
relationships.
Saying goodbye
brings emotions, affirmations.
Sense of urgency
pushes Mennonite Church USA to develop new resource
network.
Lancaster
Conference pastor finds place in life, helps others
find their place.
Photo Release:
"Can't Keep Quiet" at Charlotte 2005.
Good news
about giving helps Mennonite Church USA to share
God's good news.
Sidebar: Partnership
in the 'Heartland' reaps benefits for Western
District Conference.
Building bridges:
First Mennonite Church fosters relationships with
local Muslim community.
Anabaptist
communicators to discuss marketing.
Review of The
Passion of the Christ. |
| February |
Franconia Mennonite
Conference youth discover that footwashing goes
both ways.
Volunteer sees
lives as more precious than nickels, more costly
than junk food.
AIDS sufferers
teach students in Sister-Link project to value
friendships, faith.
E-mail magazine
looks at news through a Mennonite lens.
Firstfruits Direct
Giving makes tithing easier.
Commentary: "Duncan
and Grandpa John."
Mennonite leaders
from United States and Canada ask forgiveness
of MPH retirees.
MPH retiree couple
holds on to faith in church even in the midst
of hurt.
Holy Spirit leads
teams in creating Lenten, Easter-to-Pentecost
worship resources.
Mennonite-affiliated
Jeopardy! champ strikes it big in the game of
life.
Mennonite Church
USA Historical Committee to offer Anabaptist
icons.
Anabaptist reconciliation
with Reformed Church in Zurich to bring healing,
hope.
Photo Release:
Old Theater, New Ministries.
Executive
Board connects in new face-to-face relationships
to help build identity.
Survey shows missional
church less of a mystery in Mennonite Church
USA.
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| January |
Mennonite Church
USA to train Anabaptist leaders for many contexts.
Sidebar: Quilt
blocks on the pastoral-theological education frame.
Congregations, students
in Philadelphia volunteer for Martin Luther King
Day.
Consulting groups
join to serve Mennonite Church USA.
Young woman's passion
for flowers becomes her mission to rural Iowa
community.
Franklin Conference
leader bridges past, present with passion for
leadership.
Commentary: Confessions,
Resolutions and the Road to Emmaus.
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