MWR : Articles : May 10, 2010

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Articles : May 10, 2010

Studying, celebrating history

Our adult Sunday school class has been studying Anabaptist history, specifically how we have historically interpreted the Bible. These classes are being led by Merv Dick.
Sharing art, beliefs

We helped with MCC’s relief kit drive for Haiti. With assistance from neighboring Foxdale Village, we had enough money and items to make close to 100 kits.

Distinguished by a simple lifestyle

It can be difficult for newcomers to our churches to feel like they fit in. They may be fully part of a congregation and still say they are not Mennonite.

Scandinavians form Anabaptist network

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Anabaptists in a country without a historic Anabaptist presence are forming the kind of community they believe is essential to practicing their faith.
MEDA works behind the scenes to help the poor save their money

How do you help the poor find a safe place to stash their cash?
Long-ago kindness repaid

AKRON, Pa. — Jacqueline Claude-Myers and her sister Ruth Claude know what it is like to be children in need and to receive life-sustaining gifts from a far-off land.

View of atonement

Whenever an editor excerpts, it is difficult to retain the full sense of the original piece. As reported in MWR, I have written a letter to the British Colombia Mennonite Brethren Conference expressing regret and apology and stating my affirmation of the Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith’s article on salvation.
Fuzzy picture of professor

In response to the recent article about the Mennonite Brethren professor: You’ve given us a still photo of a feature-length movie.

Paraguay hospital co-founder dies

FILADELFIA, Paraguay — Clara Regier Schmidt, a nurse who helped establish a hospital for leprosy patients that became one of the leading Mennonite health ministries in Paraguay, died April 25. She was 95.
Agencies, Texas churches brace for hurricanes

SAN ANTONIO — Mennonite congregations in Texas want to be better prepared for the next major hurricane than they’ve been in the past.