MWR : Articles : Nov. 23, 2009

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Articles : Nov. 23, 2009

Going green

Our annual church retreat was held Sept. 12-13 at Youthfront Camp West in Edgerton.
First female overseer

Dawn Monger, a student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, began a ministry internship working with worship leading and Sunday school activities.
Fall, sabbath and sabbatical

We were blessed with a rare sunny, warm fall day Sept. 26 for our annual apple picking outing in Galien, Mich. The apples were quickly put to use at our post-harvest potluck.

Giving thanks for having a home

This Thanksgiving Day, my husband and I are packing boxes to prepare to move. We’ll have a meal with family Friday, and give thanks that we have a new apartment to move into after the bank takes possession of the foreclosed property where we have been renting.

Hard truths for church, world

DURHAM, N.C. — Remember How to Win Friends and Influence People? Let’s just say Duke University ethicist Stanley Hauerwas has been hugely influential, but that doesn’t mean his salty tongue has made him a lot of friends along the way.
Exhibit raises cluster-bomb awareness

GOSHEN, Ind. — As people strolled the streets of Goshen for the city’s First Friday community festivities in August, they were met with startling images of cluster bombs and their victims.

Season of thanks

Autumn has a beauty all its own. Whereas spring is the time of anticipation, autumn is the time to reflect — on the summer past, and looking forward to the winter ahead.

Assemblies: how often? MWC asks

ST. JACOBS, Ont. — Mennonite World Conference officers are weighing how often to hold global assemblies.
MB seminary installs new president

FRESNO, Calif. — Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary installed Franklyn “Lynn” Jost as its eighth president Nov. 2.
Urban pastor shares vision with Bethel students

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — When Cyneatha Millsaps visited Bethel College for the first time recently, she found a network of connections had preceded her.