MWR : Articles : Jan. 4, 2010

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Articles : Jan. 4, 2010

Celebrating abundance

David Sutter, pastor at Kern Road Mennonite Church in South Bend, conducted special meetings at North Main on Oct. 4.
Pastoral transition

For three years we have enjoyed having Jeff Linthicum as our pastor.
Bread that lasts

A major autumn event was the Blooming Glen Harvest Festival on Oct. 31.

Spiritual gift of the MB church

If Mennonites are a body with many parts — each with its own gift, as 1 Corinthians 12 says — the Mennonite Brethren are the ones with the gift of letting the Spirit move them to release what they feel inside.

Ethiopia workers reach out with prayer

For two years, mission workers Jim and Anna Ralph have held 20 Agape Prayer Ministry Schools throughout Ethiopia, taught in numerous mission and pastoral trainings and led a trauma healing seminar in Kenya.
Separate journeys lead to new family

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Rose Shenk, 41, is a widow with four boys between 5 and 11 years old.
MMA grant meets needs during recession

GOSHEN, Ind. — As the recession of 2009 deepened, Mennonite Mutual Aid realized its regularly budgeted Sharing Fund money wasn’t going to meet the needs of financially struggling people last year.
Ethiopian church works to end vendetta violence

MEHAL MEDA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian Mennonites are working to break a deadly tradition of vengeance and to build a culture of reconciliation through faith in Christ.
In cheap we trust

In Cheap We Trust by Lauren Weber is a treatise on Americans’ proclivity to spend. Raised by a father who used tea bags 12 times and never turned the heat in their New England home higher than 50 degrees, Weber inherited his frugal outlook on life.

A new year’s dream

I have a dream. Perhaps sharing it with others will shape it more. Or maybe people will say, “Wake up, dreamer; this is 2010; what are you thinking?”