DownloadArticles : July 6, 2009
Congregations
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Not silent
“None can stop the Spirit burning now inside us. We will shape the future. We will not be silent!”
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Eco-Palms and couch derby
On Palm Sunday, the small children walked down the aisle waving their palms.
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Act for peace
Spring missions was on March 1, with guest speaker Don Jacobs.
Editorial
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Light shines on an old prejudice
Historian Franklin H. Littell broke ground in two fields of study, the Holocaust and the origins of Anabaptism. Littell died May 23 near Philadelphia at the age of 91. Recent events confirm that what he taught for decades bears repeating: Christians must learn the lessons of the Holocaust and oppose anti-Semitism.
Feature
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Cleveland church, others geared up to reduce local and national poverty
A Mobilization to End Poverty conference in Washington, D.C., surprised Al Anthony of Lee Heights Community Church in Cleveland with its passion and commitment.
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Prison ministry inspires volunteer chaplains
ATMORE, Ala. — Fountain Correctional Facility is called “The Bottom” by prison inmates statewide.
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‘Happier Days’
PARADISE, Pa. — On Oct. 2, 2006, tragedy shattered the lives of Amish families at West Nickel Mines School when an invading gunman murdered five girls and seriously wounded five others.
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Sister Care seminars help women support each other
ELKHART, Ind. — Seventy-three women in the Indiana-Michigan and Central District conferences of Mennonite Church USA attended a Sister Care seminar May 15-16 at Belmont Mennonite Church.
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MCC works to curb gun violence
WASHINGTON — Pastor Aldo Siahaan sent a text message from a Philadelphia hospital apologizing that he could not join fellow members of the Mennonite Central Committee East Coast board at a meeting.
Letters
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MCC’s structure
I feel elated about — and, indeed, vindicated by — your report of Mennonite Central Committee’s vision for its revised structure. More than 10 years ago while vice chair of MCC U.S. I proposed that MCC U.S. and MCC Canada become the parent organizations of MCC, with the MCC executive committee their joint committee for the oversight and instrumentation of international programs.
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