Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : March 1, 2010

Congregations

• Two questions

  Our annual meeting was held Jan. 10.

Editorial

• Lessons of Lent, promise of Easter

  As we are marked with ashes, we remember the palm fronds we waved as we danced around the sanctuary last year on Palm Sunday to commemorate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Feature

• London Mennonite Centre hosts begin term

  LONDON — After 40 years in Duncan, Okla., Barbara and Darrell Jantz have moved to the big city.

• Arizona agency offers home, friends

  GLENDALE, Ariz. — As Donna and Fred Klitzke helped their developmentally disabled daughter, Anna, move into a residence provided by Goldensun Peace Ministries, they felt hope and relief.

• Goshen anthem decision debated

  As online response to Goshen (Ind.) College’s decision to play the national anthem at some athletic events grows, groups are planning further in-person conversations and actions.

• Honeymooning at Goldensun

  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two days after they were married last June, Jared and Angela Stauffer Widmer came to Glendale to “honeymoon” as housemates to developmentally disabled women.

• Goldensun friendship adds to SOOP blessings

  GLENDALE, Ariz. — DeDe Severs, a developmentally disabled woman, searches for friends in the fellowship hall of Trinity Mennonite Church during a potluck.

• Life in Jerusalem gives peace insight

  JERUSALEM — Before living and working in Jerusalem, Peter Miller, 24, thought solutions to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict were extremely complicated.

Letters

• Less-critical assent?

  I have never stood for the national anthem in my country of citizenship, the United States.

• Taking a stand

  As Goshen College alumni, we are disappointed with the decision to play the national anthem at sporting events.

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