MWR : Articles : June 4, 2007

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Articles : June 4, 2007

Immigration reform and the church

If New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson remains in the presidential race long enough, he could help the immigration debate become a linchpin of the 2008 election. Richardson’s candidacy — he has a Mexican mother and leads the state with the highest percentage of Hispanics — promises to give this matter some intense focus at a time when much hangs in the balance for immigrants and their families.

Partners needed in New Orleans

After Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in September 2005, churches suffered, lacking not only bricks and mortar but emotional unity and stability.
Gift exchange forges transatlantic friendship

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — When 50 women in the Gambian village of Pirang met Pennsylvanian Ethel Clugston for the first time in January, they already knew her as a Mennonite sister.
Exchange opens eyes to diversity in Europe

WINNIPEG, Man. — A one-year cultural exchange program is giving a Manitoba woman the opportunity to learn more about her Dutch Mennonite roots and about the lives of Mennonites in the Netherlands.

Latin Americans expand role in ‘world harvest’

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The 50,000-strong Anabaptist communities of Latin America want to become a force for spreading the gospel around the world.
Lancaster Conference church to ordain woman

LANCASTER, Pa. — Five months after Lancaster Mennonite Conference upheld its ban on women’s ordination, a group of churches plans to break the rule.
Hesston professor awarded Fulbright

HESSTON, Kan. — Hesston College chemistry professor James E. Yoder has received a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship to lecture and do research in the chemistry department at the University of Swaziland for the 2007-08 academic year.
AMBS graduates urged to heed God’s call

GOSHEN, Ind. — The 39 graduates of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary were asked to hear God’s call as ongoing and bigger than what they might do for a paycheck.
Rosedale graduates hear message of humility

ROSEDALE, Ohio — The graduates of Rosedale Bible College were encouraged to cultivate humility during commencement ceremonies May 19.
Pioneer missionary dies; Somali challenge continues

LITITZ, Pa. — The death on March 9 of 84-year-old Wilbert Lind gave occasion to remember the pioneering life of the first Eastern Mennonite Missions workers in Somalia and the enduring legacy of the Mennonite presence in that troubled land.