MWR : Articles : March 9, 2009

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Articles : March 9, 2009

Helping Congo delegate attend MWC assembly

Strasbourg, France — Ndandula Vincent will go to Mennonite World Conference’s Assembly 15 in Paraguay in July with the help of five churches in Indiana and Michigan.
Many facets of prayer

Prayer is a many-faceted part of our congregational life. Prayer request tablets are available in each hymnal rack. Such prayer requests may be placed in the offering plate any Sunday, with elders praying for those requests after the worship service. We have a prayer phone chain throughout the week, a prayer card follow-up ministry, a Sunday pre-service prayer gathering and a monthly Saturday “Prayer and Praise” worship service.

Hope that rises above trouble

Now that the nation’s financial house seems built on sand, it is hard to be hopeful. Or maybe we just don’t see much reason to be optimistic. There is a difference between hope and optimism, especially for those who put their hope in Christ.

‘Amish’ heater the Amish couldn’t use

CANTON, Ohio — It sounds absurd. An Amish miracle heater? Really?
Burkina Faso church claims duty to teach its own pastors

ORODARA, Burkina Faso — During a lull in his Basic Biblical Training studies, Hamidou Traoré looked out through the window of the radio recording studio.
Chapel planning teaches leadership

LANCASTER, Pa. — For years, Lancaster Mennonite High School students have begun most school days with chapel. Now they also are part of planning it.
Deaf missionary translates Bible for Filipino Deaf

PASIG CITY, Philippines — As a missionary who is Deaf, Julia Bange wondered where all the older Deaf people were in the Philippines.
Superhero for peace

Steven “Reece” Friesen grew up feeling guilty about loving comic books.

Spreading treasures

“Emerging Churches Discover Treasures” showed the benefit of growing with other Anabaptists outside of our denominations. Critics of the emerging church movement point out that its focus is almost exclusively on the Gospels at the expense of the rest of the Bible. As Anabaptists, however, we see a certain value in that emphasis since we begin with Jesus and interpret all other Scripture through the Gospels. I believe the emerging church movement has the potential to shed fresh light on the second person of the Trinity just as the charismatic movement brought attention to the third person of the Trinity.

Missionary surgeon dies, served nearly five decades in Africa

LITITZ, Pa. — Friends and family gathered Feb. 14 at Landis Homes’ West Bethany Chapel to celebrate the life of J. Lester Eshleman, a missionary, pastor and surgeon.