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March 15, 2010 issue

Prayer for a new leader

By MC USA staff

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Ervin Stutzman, executive director of Mennonite Church USA, was installed in a service March 7 at Park View Mennonite Church.

Terry Shue, left, a member of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board and former pastor of Kidron (Ohio) Mennonite Church, prays for Ervin Stutzman. Stutzman’s wife, Bonita, is beside him. At right is Sharon Waltner, former denominational moderator. — Photo by Wayne Gehman/MC USA

Terry Shue, a member of the Executive Board and former pastor of Kidron (Ohio) Mennonite Church, led a prayer for Stutzman and his wife, Bonita, as members of the Executive Board and other denominational leaders laid hands on them.

Stutzman began serving in January, working from his home in Harrisonburg. He formerly was dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary.

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