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Ruth Harder is the pastor at Rainbow Mennonite Church in Kansas City, Kansas. She grew up in Hillsboro, Kansas and is a graduate of Bethel College and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Ruth is married to Jesse Graber, a free-lance illustrator. You will find at least one of them running by a Kansas City fountain. “The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.” Proverbs 18:4 When I plan my weekly running routes, I make it a point to include one of Kansas City’s 500 fountains in my route, not so much to drink out of, but because it’s an interesting, maybe...
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Ruth Harder is the pastor at Rainbow Mennonite Church in Kansas City, Kansas. She grew up in Hillsboro, Kansas and is a graduate of Bethel College (01) and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (07). Ruth is married to Jesse Graber, a free-lance illustrator. You will find at least one of them cheering on the Kansas City Royals come April. What are you grilling on this snowy day?” asked my neighbor yesterday, as I stood on our deck monitoring the smoke spilling out of our Weber grill. “Smells interesting.” “Yeah, it’s just something for work,” I said (and immediately regretted). When he...
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Ruth Harder is the pastor at Rainbow Mennonite Church in Kansas City, Kansas. Ruth grew up in Hillsboro, Kansas, and is a graduate of Bethel College (’01) and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (’07). Ruth is married to Jesse Graber, a free-lance illustrator and they both do their best to keep themselves and their cats out of trouble. It’s that time of year again — time to lose baby Jesus. It happens every year. We set up the crèche, complete with Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, angels and shepherds, and usually within 24 hours poor baby Jesus goes missing. With no children...
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I’ve got the power! Naming and reclaiming power as a force for good was the second Women Doing Theology conference organized by the Women in Leadership Project. Over 150 participants gathered at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia to explore together what it means to recognize the power we possess and how scary it can feel to exercise that power. We journeyed beyond simply recognizing power and took steps towards embracing it — acknowledging that the Spirit of God can and will work in and through us as we do. Book Download Program Book (PDF) English |...
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Laura L. Brenneman is a hospital chaplain and visiting religion professor at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her work is at the intersection of biblical studies and peace studies, combining theory and practice. She is the New Testament editor of the Studies in Peace and Scripture (a series with the Institute of Mennonite Studies) and a restorative justice practitioner in her local community. Laura enjoys biking, reading, traveling, being outside, being with friends, and meeting new people. This post is adaptation of the report Laura submitted to Illinois Mennonite Conference after...
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By Janie Beck Kreider LEESBURG, Virginia (Mennonite Church USA) – For Chantelle Todman Moore, Mennonite Church USA’s second Women Doing Theology (WDT) conference was a rare experience in a denominational setting where she “didn’t feel tokenized” as an African-American woman. “But even in this space of progress where things are moving, I know it gets uncomfortable when Whiteness gets decentralized,” she shared during her keynote presentation on the last morning of the conference. Todman Moore, co-founder of Unlock Ngenuity and former Philadelphia program coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee, said that the first WDT conference All You Need is Love set...
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ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA) — Registration is open for I’ve got the power! Naming and reclaiming power as a force for good, the second Women Doing Theology conference of Mennonite Church USA’s Women in Leadership Project (WLP). The event will be held Nov. 4–6 at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia. Planners hope the event will attract a wide range of women from across the country who are interested in listening to and sharing stories, building relationships, growing spiritually, and reflecting on God in relation to their lives through an Anabaptist lens. “My hope is that participants will...
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ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA)—Jason B. Kauffman of Durham, North Carolina, has been named full-time director of archives and records management for the denomination’s Executive Board (EB) staff, effective July 1, 2016. He will be responsible for planning and overseeing the relocation of the denomination’s archive collections from Goshen (Indiana) College to the Elkhart office of Mennonite Church USA. Kauffman’s ongoing responsibilities will include acquiring, preserving, organizing and making accessible archival materials in various formats — paper, audiovisual, photographic,...
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Ruth Harder is the pastor at Rainbow Mennonite Church in Kansas City, Kansas. Prior to Rainbow, she was the associate pastor at Bethel College Mennonite in North Newton, Kansas, and before that she was a hospital chaplain as well as the communications coordinator and youth director at LaSalle Street Church, a multi-denominational church in Chicago, Illinois. Ruth grew up in Hillsboro, Kansas, and is a graduate of Bethel College ('01) and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary ('07). Ruth is married to Jesse Graber, a free-lance illustrator. You will find at least one of them cheering on the Kansas City Royals come...
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For almost a year we have highlighted stories of hope and collaboration across Mennonite Church USA through the #WeAreMenno story campaign. We hope you've had a chance to see some of the blogs, social media posts, videos, news stories and photos celebrating diverse people and ministries from around the country. Over the next three weeks we will highlight the 'greatest hits' from the campaign starting with these news and feature stories. 1. #WeAreMenno: A new Mennonite communion liturgy addresses concerns of sexual abuse survivors 2. #WeAreMenno: Anabaptist Songwriting Challenge composer profiles 3. #WeAreMenno: Spiritual ‘seed bombs’ sprout new...
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Conversations provide structure for feedback By Janie Beck Kreider (Mennonite Church USA) — Approximately 40 young adults at KC2015 — the Mennonite Church USA convention held June 30–July 5 in Kansas City, Missouri — gathered July 3 for an evening of synergistic conversation on a range of church-related topics. “We wanted to create a space where young adults could get together and talk about their concerns and what matters to...
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Ted and Co. received a standing ovation from over 450 attendees following their performance encouraging conversation on homosexuality issues on Saturday, July 4. Over 50 youth rushed the front of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral for prime viewing seats on the floor when the space filled close to capacity. The 70 minute production, Listening for Grace wove heartbreak, humor, and music into a journey of hope for Daryl, a widowed man, who wrestled with his son’s recent coming out, grieved his wife Grace’s death, and...
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By Meg Short KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (Mennonite Church USA) -- In a nearly unanimous result, delegates voted overwhelmingly to approve the Churchwide Statement on Sexual Abuse during Friday morning’s delegate session. Three delegates voted in opposition and four abstained from voting. After the assembly joined in song at the beginning of Friday’s session, Moderator Elizabeth Soto Albrecht introduced the resolution entitled “Churchwide Statement on Sexual Abuse” for delegates’ consideration. Mennonite Church USA...
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By Meg Short KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. (Mennonite Church USA) -- Over 1,000 attended the afternoon delegate session on July 2. Introducing the membership guideline resolution for delegates to discuss were two Mennonite Church USA board members, David Sutter and Yvonne Diaz. They reported that the resolution was both written and approved by the Executive Board (EB) only. The membership resolution sought to uphold the guidelines regarding church membership and same-sex...
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By Meg Short KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. (Mennonite Church USA) -- Delegates reconvened on Thursday, July 2, to discuss the Resolution on Forbearance in the Midst of Differences and the Resolution on the Status of Membership Guidelines. Moderator-Elect Patricia Shelly announced the results of Wednesday’s vote on whether or not to continue discussion on the Israel-Palestine resolution; 418 delegates were in favor of tabling the resolution until the next assembly in two years, with 336 wanting continued conversation, and 28 abstaining. The board will rewrite the resolution with the voiced concerns in mind and present it to delegates at the 2017...
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