MWR : Articles : April 24, 2006

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Articles : April 24, 2006

Offering welcome in a place of mirages

Amid the rustle of the cool breeze that late-winter morning, something desperate, even forlorn, hung in the air as the group of men quietly congregated.

Virginia Conference helps immigrants learn English

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Three classrooms in Ridgeway Mennonite Church buzz with the sounds of 43 immigrant adults as they fashion strange words into sentences with unfamiliar patterns.
Diversity inspires church’s ministry

MINNEAPOLIS — While Ethiopia and Eritrea have for decades clashed in the Horn of Africa, immigrants from those two countries are at peace at Emmanuel Mennonite Church.
Hopes that cross borders

TUCSON, Ariz. — Immigrants’ stories of desperation and hope cannot be restrained by national boundaries. These are the stories that BorderLinks, a Tucson-based non-profit group, wants to make known.

Goshen dedicates Earth-friendly buildings

WOLF LAKE, Ind. — “Why did they use 2-by-6-inch studs instead of 2-by-4s?” asks a student.
FPU volunteers teach young readers

FRESNO, Calif. — In the Greenberg Elementary School cafeteria, the soles of children’s sneakers squeak as they dart among the long tables.
EMU installs new turf field

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Eastern Mennonite University is literally having the rug pulled out from under it, but few are complaining.
British ex-hostage recounts ordeal

Former hostage Norman Kember said he considered committing suicide during his captivity with three other Christian Peacemaker Teams activists seized last year in Baghdad.
Two children’s periodicals to end; MPN plans new resources

SCOTTDALE, Pa. — Mennonite Publishing Network this summer will discontinue two long-standing children’s Sunday school publications, Story Friends and On the Line.
MC USA represented at immigration witness

WASHINGTON — Mennonite Church USA was represented by a small group of ministers and other members at a March 27 clergy public witness to promote immigrants’ rights.