MWR : Articles : Jan. 12, 2009

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Articles : Jan. 12, 2009

Sharing bread and blessings

Vernard and Florence Guengerich spent four weeks ministering at Cedar Grove Mennonite Church in Manistique, Mich., this fall.

Models of unity for the nation

Rick Warren suggests in The Purpose-Driven Life that Christians should protect the unity of the church by focusing on “what we have in common, not our differences. … God wants unity, not uniformity.”

CD celebrates first hymnal in English

EPHRATA, Pa. — A Pennsylvania family has recorded a CD celebrating the 160-year history of the first English Mennonite hymnal, which some Old Order Mennonites still use.
A humble way to travel

LITITZ, Pa. — Of all the ways to get to Mennonite World Conference Assembly 15 and the Global Youth Summit in Paraguay in July, riding bicycle is among the least likely.
Iowa church helps a local family in crisis

MANSON, Iowa — Seven-year-old Matt and his younger siblings first wandered into Manson Mennonite Church after finding the doors open, sometimes during Sunday potlucks, when people gave them food.
Memorial in Ukraine to remember victims of Soviet oppression

Zaporizhia, Ukraine — Over the past decade or more, Mennonites have been returning to Ukraine to rediscover their history and to assist their former neighbors to develop a financially sustainable, caring and just post-Soviet society. The Mennonite return has been mirrored by a warm Ukrainian embrace of the Mennonite story.
West Africans find assets to solve their problems

PIRANG, Gambia, and CATEL, Guinea Bissau — An old village chief told a visitor he had been waiting and looking for help all his life.

The plight of Gaza

The eyes of the world are upon the Gaza Strip, a land along the Mediterranean coast with about 140 square miles and 1.5 million people. The Palestinian inhabitants are descendants or come directly from results of Israeli/Palestinian wars, particularly the 1948 war when Israel became a nation. With its dense population, Gaza greatly lacks food, medical supplies and other necessities. Frequent embargoes keep the people from obtaining these necessities. They dig tunnels to Egypt attempting to secure what is needed. Even then, Palestinians in Gaza face dire economic situations. They became independent two years ago and are governed by Hamas, which won an election democratically.

Goshen physician, health pioneer dies

GOSHEN, Ind. — Willard S. Krabill, Goshen College physician emeritus and associate professor emeritus of health education, who gave 24 years of service to the college, died Jan. 6 after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 82.
Goshen play makes festival bill

GOSHEN, Ind. — Goshen College’s production of The Saint Plays was selected for inclusion in the American College Theater Festival, Region III, in Saginaw, Mich., Jan. 6-11.