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Articles : March 19, 2007

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Editorial

Pain and hope in household of faith

God’s household, we learn in Eph. 2:19, brings together those who would otherwise be foreigners and aliens. Paul was writing about Gentiles joining the covenant previously reserved for Jews.

Feature

Son of missionaries recalls POW experience

NEWTON, Kan. — Feb. 4, 1945, was the day Marvin Dirks Jr., along with his missionary parents and two younger sisters, finally got their freedom back.

Letters

Using women’s gifts

One of the five guiding principles of Mennonite Women USA’s mission statement is to encourage women to “utilize their gifts.”

News

Paraguayans host German president

ASUNCION, Paraguay — German President Horst Köhler wanted “to learn to know the Mennonites” during his March visit, so the German embassy and local Mennonites helped him do that.
MC USA delegates to vote on CCT

NEWTON, Kan. — Delegates to the Mennonite Church USA assembly in San Jose, Calif., in July will consider whether to join the fledgling organization Christian Churches Together.
Missionary dies at 93 in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia — Mary Becker Valencia, 93, longtime missionary in Colombia with Mennonite and Presbyterian ministries, died Feb. 18.
MCC names co-director of anti-racism program

AKRON, Pa. — Growing up in Mumbai, India, Valentina Satvedi, the new co-director of Mennonite Central Committee’s Anti-Racism Program, came of age in a cosmopolitan, multicultural setting.
Students share sorrow, support online

BLUFFTON, Ohio — When news of the Bluffton University baseball team bus accident reached the Bluffton campus March 2, students almost immediately went online to express their shock and sorrow.
New thinking urged on pastors’ health insurance

SYRACUSE, Ind. — Providing adequate health insurance for pastors in Mennonite Church USA will require a basic shift in congregational thinking, according to a group working on the issue.
Farming event celebrates sustainable agriculture

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. — One hundred participants and presenters gathered Feb. 23-25 for Laurelville Mennonite Church Center’s fourth annual Sustainable Farming Conference on “Farming with Values that Last: Standing on Common Ground.”