MWR : Articles : Aug. 17, 2009

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Articles : Aug. 17, 2009

New pastor team

After our pastor, Jim Roynon, resigned in 2007, Tim Lehman of Bellefontaine became our transitional pastor.
Mission, service trips

Our church participated in the annual Tiskilwa Community Bible School that ran June 7-11. The theme this year was “Catch the Spirit.”
Faith and food

“Faith and Food: Stewardship of God’s Gifts at the Table” was the theme of the June worship series with attention to health, time, money and worship.

Health care reform with justice

Of all the reasons to reform the U.S. health care system, justice tops the list. It is unfair that a basic human right — full access to adequate health care — belongs to the rich and some of the employed, while others go without.

‘Peace’ author reply

In Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas I do emphasize the limitations of absolute pacifism in responding to gross injustices and violations of human rights.
Hope in Mideast

Two Aug. 10 articles — the editorial by Celeste Kennel-Shank and “Israeli Settlement Evacuations Possible” by Ilene R. Prusher — offered optimism pertaining to an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement. It is always good to be optimistic as well as have hope and faith. The road to peace has a long way to go, with the following complex problems:

Canadian Hutterites lose case on license photos

TORONTO — A group of Hutterites in Alberta lost a bid to be issued special driver’s licenses without photographs.
Living greener at EMU

Cedarwood residence hall, which replaces the 40-year-old Oakwood residence, will meet basic LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards at a minimum.
Author offers biblical perspective on immigration

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — When Christians talk about immigration, the conversation is not necessarily Christ-like. M. Daniel Carroll Rodas wants to bring the Bible into the debate.
Hispanic women use prayer’s power

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Even before a sermon could be given, women flooded up to the altar and prostrated themselves in prayer.