DownloadArticles : Aug. 17, 2009
Congregations
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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.
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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.”
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New pastor team
After our pastor, Jim Roynon, resigned in 2007, Tim Lehman of Bellefontaine became our transitional pastor.
Editorial
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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.
Letters
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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:
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‘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.
News
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Americans, Congolese draw closer at MWC Assembly 15 in Paraguay
ASUNCION, Paraguay — Far from all of their homes, Mennonite leaders from the United States and Congo had the opportunity to meet face to face.
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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.
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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.
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Donations put ‘Jesus Matters’ in the hands of 1,000 pastors
WATERLOO, Ont. and SCOTTDALE, Pa. — Thanks to contributions from donors, more than 1,000 copies of Jesus Matters, a new book from Mennonite Publishing Network, have been given to pastors of Mennonite Church USA congregations.
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Mennonite groups and other Anabaptists.
