Articles : May 14, 2007
Editorial
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Defying tragedy with faith, prayer
Around midnight on May 19, 1996, a tornado skirted the Minnesota Hutterite colony where our family lived with about 100 other people. In less than a minute, it destroyed several buildings, including a large metal-working shop, the source of our income. As a former National Weather Service tornado spotter, I had seen the storm bearing down for several minutes, hoping it would spin itself out and lift.
News
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Al-Qaida figure linked to slain CPTer Tom Fox
Former Iraq hostage Jim Loney said he never saw a man U.S. military officials claim was the last person to have had custody of murdered Christian Peacemaker Teams activist Tom Fox.
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Men’s vocal group to give concert on Mother’s Day at Bethel
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Open Road, an a cappella men’s ensemble that began at Bethel College six years ago out of its members’ love of singing, will perform at the college on Mother’s Day.
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EMU honors retiring faculty members
HARRISONBURG, Va. — The faculty and staff of Eastern Mennonite University honored two colleagues who are retiring and cited others for long years of service at the school’s annual recognition dinner May 1.
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Bluffton graduates second-largest class
BLUFFTON, Ohio — Bluffton University awarded degrees to 302 graduates — its second-largest class — May 6 and paid tribute to the baseball team’s perseverence amid tragedy.
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Couple to raise funds for Lancaster school with cross-country bike ride
LANCASTER, Pa. — John and Janet Weber of Ephrata will begin a tandem bicycle ride across America on June 16 to help raise funds for improvements at the Kraybill Campus of Lancaster Mennonite School, where John is principal.
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Bethel College alumni to receive awards at May 19 banquet
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Three Bethel College alumni will receive awards at the college’s annual alumni banquet at 6 p.m. May 19 in Memorial Hall.
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Books go abroad through MMN program
ELKHART, Ind. — Last fall, a copy of Donald Kraybill’s The Upside Down Kingdom landed on a Books Abroad cart and began a journey. In March, Kraybill’s volume found a new home in a Puerto Rican conference library.
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Study focuses on Amish voting trends in 2004
LANCASTER, Pa. — Though Old Order Amish and other plain Mennonites helped win Lancaster County for George W. Bush in 2004, the man who encouraged them to defy tradition and cast their ballots doesn’t expect a repeat performance in 2008.
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Outreach among Maasai sparks mission momentum in Tanzania
ARUSHA, Tanzania — Eastern Mennonite Missions worked with the Tanzanian Mennonite Church to organize an evangelistic outreach in Maasailand in northern Tanzania Feb. 8-11.
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