MWR : Articles : March 12, 2007

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Articles : March 12, 2007

Iran visit points way to peace

A recent Mennonite Central Committee-sponsored delegation to Iran showed how U.S. and Iranian political leaders could begin to resolve their countries’ longstanding cold war.
Young men’s dreams

Spring is the season of dreams for baseball players, and the Bluffton University baseball team surely was dreaming of warm sunshine on their bus trip south.

Father: ‘We feel his presence every moment’

BRYAN, Ohio — To his father, David Betts still resides somewhere in life’s fragile present tense.
Congo women work toward equality

KINSHASA, Congo — The struggle for recognition as gifted church leaders looms over the valuable work Congolese Mennonite Women do to serve their churches and communities.
Respect needed along with aid

FRESNO, Calif. — Tesfa Dallelew’s passion for Africa, the continent of his birth, is apparent. Even if one does not know about his many years of work with World Vision and Mennonite Central Committee, his resonant voice gives him away.

MCC Iran delegation fruit of years of work

AKRON, Pa. — During a recent visit to Iran by 13 U.S. religious leaders, Mennonite Central Committee’s Ed Martin saw an unexpected fruit of nearly two decades of MCC work in the Middle Eastern country.
Memorial service set for March 12

BLUFFTON, Ohio — Bluffton University President James M. Harder announced a memorial service for the victims of the Atlanta bus crash during a news conference on campus March 6.
Political involvement vital, FPU speaker says

FRESNO, Calif. — John H. Redekop wants to convince people to participate in politics. In some circles, this is an easy task, but at Fresno Pacific University on Feb. 15, converting his audience might have been more difficult.
Missions taught ‘from Asia for Asia’

SEMARANG and JEPARA, Indonesia — Designed to build “cross-cultural mission foundations from Asia and for Asia,” the first Asian World Missions Institute met Feb. 3-18, hosted by Mennonite churches.
MC USA, MEA call for prayers following crash

NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership and Mennonite Education Agency encouraged members of MC USA to join in prayer in response to a bus accident March 2 in Atlanta that took the lives of four Bluffton (Ohio) University students, the bus driver and his wife and severely injured others.