Articles : July 2, 2007
Editorial
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Watching youth and listening too
The season of watching youth has ended, giving way to — another season of watching them. The school year’s last days brought concert upon graduation upon sporting event. Just when it seemed the schedule couldn’t get any more crowded than May had been, June’s ballgames filled the calendar’s next page.
Feature
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Broken promise leads to new life, church leadership
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia — Sixteen years ago, Edwin Cardona tried to make a pact with the devil. He promised his soul in exchange for everything he wanted in this life.
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Mobile clinics save lives in Ukraine
SKALISTOE, Ukraine — Word spread fast that a mobile health clinic providing free dental, vision and medical services was coming to this village of 3,700 people on the Crimean peninsula in southern Ukraine.
News
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Take in Iraq refugees, MCC urges
WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Central Committee Canada is supporting an international effort urging governments from around the world to resettle more refugees from Iraq, with an emphasis on groups identified as exceptionally vulnerable.
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MC USA assembly to draw more than 6,000
SAN JOSE, Calif. — More than 6,000 people from 33 states are expected to gather July 2-6 for the bienniel convention of Mennonite Church USA.
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Martyrs’ immortal stories
BLUFFTON, Ohio — A Bluffton University graduate has turned some of the stories from the Martyrs Mirror into a one-man show he will perform for Mennonite Church USA delegates.
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Health-care access for pastors, CCT membership on agenda for MC USA assembly
SAN JOSE, Calif. — More than 6,000 people from 33 states are expected to gather July 2-6 for the bienniel convention of Mennonite Church USA.
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In Ethiopia, MCC helps heal interfaith wounds
JIMA, Ethiopia — Mennonite Central Committee has been working to heal the wounds of interreligious conflict in western Ethiopia, where farmers and others have lost homes and livestock in violence that has swept this region since mid-2006.
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In Lebanon, MCC assists victims of cluster bombs
In South Lebanon, deadly unexploded munitions such as cluster bombs — left over in part from last summer’s monthlong war with Israel — still litter olive orchards, gardens and villages.
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New director named for EMU peace center
HARRISONBURG, Va. — The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University has named Lynn Roth as its executive director. He will begin Aug. 13.
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