DownloadArticles : Dec. 7, 2009
Congregations
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Knitting, film, earthcare
The MYF and adult sponsors and helpers put a lot of work into football parking for University of Iowa home games as well as cleaning up afterward. We emphasized “family friendly” behavior on our property.
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New volunteers
Arienne Johnson and Andrea Kraybill, Goshen College students, preached on Oct. 4.
Editorial
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Where thrift and generosity meet
Jokes about Mennonite thrift are older than that stash of rubber bands you can’t throw away. “You know you’re really a Mennonite,” says The Mennonite Starter Kit (Good Books, 1993), “when the fact that someone would save old bread bags to braid into doormats doesn’t strike you as odd.”
Feature
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Leader looks back on a time of change
NEWTON, Kan. — The words of Isaiah 6:8 — “Here am I, send me” — didn’t impress 13-year-old Jim Schrag at the time.
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Memoir of going home is acclaimed, critiqued
Rhoda Janzen freely admits readers shouldn’t take everything in her new memoir literally.
Letters
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The new ‘church’?
The debate on health care in MWR has missed a critical question.
News
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Bethel radio adds Low German
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — A Low German radio program with a growing body of listeners in North America and Latin America has added Bethel College’s KBCU to its list of host stations.
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CPT expands in Europe
LONDON — Christian Peacemaker Teams held its first training in Europe as it expands its connections on the continent.
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CPTers beaten, robbed in West Bank
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank — Two Christian Peacemaker Teams members were beaten and robbed by five Israeli settlers Nov. 17 while accompanying a Palestinian family.
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Drug violence enters Mexican colonies
A gang kidnapped an Old Colony Mennonite man Nov. 14 in the Mexican state of Durango and released him the next day after a ransom payment.
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