Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : May 17, 2010

Congregations

• Good Samaritans

  Several members attended the “Spring Soup Supper” held by the Western District Women in Mission and the South Central Conference Mennonite Women March 11 at Eden Mennonite Church and were blessed by Gracia Burnham’s message.

• Something new to come

  The Mennonite Church USA Constituency Leadership Council met in Kansas City March 16-18 and visited Rainbow church on March 16.

Editorial

• Unofficially, prayer is better

  “Let us pray” are words close to a Christian’s heart. Does it matter who says them? What if the call to prayer comes from the government?

Feature

• Chinese pastor discovers a spiritual homecoming

  VANCOUVER, B.C.— Jonathan Yin, recently ordained for ministry in Beijing, calls his encoun­ter with Anabaptist theology a “homecoming of faith.”

• Camp shaped N.Y. pastoral couple

  Hyacinth Banks Stevens admits she didn’t like going to Camp Deerpark as a child. But in junior high, something happened to change her heart.

• View from the veranda

  NAIROBI, Kenya — The recently renovated Mennonite Guest House provides visitors an oasis amid the bustle and concrete of a sprawling city.

• EMU runner a model of resolve

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — When Eastern Mennonite University junior Richy Bikko of Nairobi, Kenya, went to the national meet in his first year running cross country, it was a surprise.

• Bolivia Old Colony women get support through cookbook

  Helen Funk had been broadcasting a radio program in Low German for several years when she decided to write a cookbook in the language as well.

News

• MMA loan restarts building project

  BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A decade ago, Iglesia Unida de Avivamiento (United Revival Mennonite Church) had to set up chairs in the kitchen to accommodate the overflow during worship services.

• EMS grads have learned to ‘speak Christian’

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduates heard a list of problems with Christian ministry at their commencement.

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