MWR : Articles : July 6, 2009

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Articles : July 6, 2009

Act for peace

Spring missions was on March 1, with guest speaker Don Jacobs.
Eco-Palms and couch derby

On Palm Sunday, the small children walked down the aisle waving their palms.
Not silent

“None can stop the Spirit burning now inside us. We will shape the future. We will not be silent!”

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.

Prison ministry inspires volunteer chaplains

ATMORE, Ala. — Fountain Correctional Facility is called “The Bottom” by prison inmates statewide.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.

Meadows’ legacy

Thank you so much for Melanie Zuercher’s article on the pipe organ that was given to Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton, Kan., after the Meadows (Ill.) Mennonite congregation closed.