DownloadArticles : April 13, 2009
Congregations
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Noah’s Pudding
Sunday worship service meditations included sharing of international experiences by Erin Gotwals and Kate Harnish on Feb. 8 and Heike Pekruhn on Feb. 15.
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Prayer shawls, hard times
Our February worship services focused on the book Just Walk Across the Room, by Bill Hybels. The pastoral team helped us to focus on practical tools and guidance on following the Spirit’s leading in sharing our faith with others. Members signed encouragement cards for prisoners who have started a Bible study course with Gospel Echoes Prison Ministry.
Editorial
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The richness and pain of diversity
An open letter by more than 100 people in Mennonite Church USA calling for confession and healing for what the writers call the exclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people raises questions about how any group of Mennonites ought to handle theological diversity.
Feature
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Counseling puts brakes on AIDS
CALGARY, Alta. — Joseph Kiranto’s backpack is filled with HIV testing kits when he travels by motorcycle or land cruiser to 11 villages within a few hours driving distance of Najile, Kenya.
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Senegal group has end, beginning
GOSHEN, Ind. — Friends of the Wolof celebrated an ending and a beginning Jan. 31. At the time of their annual banquet held at Silverwood Mennonite Church, there were no North American FOW workers in Senegal for the first time in a decade.
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Goshen: Maple Leafs’ teamwork means serving others
GOSHEN, Ind. — In athletics, the word “community” most often relates to creating a close-knit team.
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EMU garden produces food, learning
HARRISONBURG, Va. — An expanding campus garden at Eastern Mennonite University will soon, for a second season, provide food for the cafeteria while giving students a practical exercise in sustainability.
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EMU: Sharing in class and all of life
HARRISONBURG, Va. — “Community” at Eastern Mennonite University? Some may say, “We talk about it all the time, but do we really practice it?” or, “You’ll experience it if you’ve got Mennonite connections.”
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Conrad Grebel: A rich harvest, on campus and beyond
WATERLOO, Ont. — Every Monday night last year, Erik Streufert and Amanda Zehr roamed the halls of the Grebel Apartments sharing their homemade cookies.
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Bethel: Acceptance and support brought to the table
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Among the reasons John McCabe-Juhnke gives for why he looks forward to going to his job at Bethel College: lunch.
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