MWR : Articles : Dec. 10, 2007

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Articles : Dec. 10, 2007

Communal churches still carry appeal

Many churches in today’s disconnected world preach a gospel of “building community” or of functioning as a “true community of believers.” What this really means varies as widely as the people in those churches, all of whom bring their individual needs and concerns to that effort to come together.

Bayou Banquet

NEWMANSTOWN, Pa. — Kimberly Chauvin breads a batch of headless shrimp and observes that “in Louisiana they won’t eat shrimp unless the head is on.”
Prayers, rituals help women cope with cancer

WASHINGTON — Breast cancer. The woman’s diagnosis pounded in Diann Neu’s ears as she listened to her longtime associate and friend.
Development brings down historic Ukraine buildings

MOLOCHANSK, Ukraine — Buildings erected by Mennonites of previous generations are falling prey to development in Ukraine, according to the directors of a Mennonite cultural center.
Donations sought for motorbikes for Congo

NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership is inviting congregations to participate in a Christmas project that will support the ministries of the Evangelical Mennonite Church of Congo and bolster a church-to-church relationship.
Book focuses on visual art in worship

SCOTTDALE, Pa. — Mennonites a generation ago used to be nervous about visual art in worship, if not downright condemning.
Faith first

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — There is only one thing you need to know about Jane Emile-Wagler.
Geneticist finds faith, science compatible

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Like many young doctors, Francis Collins sometimes found himself at the bedsides of patients he could no longer help.

MCC supports Solamila project as crisis rises

AKRON, Pa. — Anarchy and violence in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, are creating a humanitarian crisis, forcing thousands of people to flee their neighborhoods.
Forum gathers many branches of Christian faith

NAIROBI, Kenya — Mennonites and Brethren in Christ were represented at a historic first gathering of world leaders from virtually all branches of the Christian faith Nov. 6-9.