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Articles : Feb. 5, 2007

Two paths on the way to peace

“You can’t have it both ways” is a basic fact of life. Many choices we make are mutually exclusive. Accepting one option means rejecting another.

Soup kitchen gets a rare commodity

HARLAN, Ky. — At a soup kitchen and emergency homeless shelter in this Appalachian community, canned turkey from Mennonite Central Committee is cooked into turkey pot pies or served hot with barbecue sauce on sandwiches.
Virginia congregation promotes health-care access

STEPHENS CITY, Va. — Stephens City Mennonite Church is taking the health and well-being of its members and the surrounding community seriously.
Tree planters paid with cans of turkey

Farmers in Burundi prefer to be paid for their work in cans of Mennonite Central Committee meat instead of the local currency under a new MCC-supported food-for-work program.
Philadelphia pastor still saying ‘yes’ to call to ministry

PHILADELPHIA — Perhaps the greatest gift Ertell Whigham ever gave anyone was a heartfelt “yes” when he sensed God calling him to the ministry.
Families flee violence to begin again

CAZUCÁ, Colombia — Alicia has a stark explanation for how she and her family came to leave their home in La Palma and flee to this overcrowded, impoverished area on Bogotá’s outskirts.

Vietnam church continues to meet after conflict with local authorities

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Members of a Mennonite house church continue to meet in the home of Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang after part of the building was dismantled by local authorities Jan. 9.
MCCer records hope, suffering in Colombia

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — As she documented how a long-running civil war impacts Colombia’s Protestant churches, Mennonite Central Committee worker Janna Hunter-Bowman spent hours poring over horrific details of deaths and threats and exploring how Christians are living out their faith in the midst of violence.
Spirituals, gospel music highlight worship event

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. — More than 200 people gathered Jan. 5-7 for the 20th annual Music and Worship Leaders retreat at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center.
Young Anabaptists on the run

HESSTON, Kan. — A group of 194 junior high students learned about faith and Anabaptist history during the “Know Jesus” conference Jan. 20-21 at Hesston College.