Articles : May 3, 2010
Congregations
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Rural ministry
About 70 people from surrounding communities and denominations attended a workshop on rural ministry that Salem Mennonite hosted and was co-sponsored by the Freeman Ministerium Feb. 26-27.
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New phase of history
Herm Weaver, Mountain States Conference minister, officiated at the installation of Curt and Carol Kuhns as our new pastor couple April 11.
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Letting go
On Feb. 13, the oversight board approved replacing two volunteer directorships with church staff positions: children’s nurture director to minister of children, and youth nurture director to minister of youth.
Editorial
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Hard-won right still prized
After drafting soldiers, arranging work for conscientious objectors is Selective Service’s second priority. That little-known fact surfaced last month when Mennonite Voluntary Service signed an agreement with Selective Service designating MVS as an employer for COs.
Feature
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Transatlantic peacemaking
CHICAGO — Marius van Hoogstraten, 24, has learned some of the reasons why U.S. military recruiters are effective.
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Three epistles practical today
SCOTTDALE, Pa. — Immoral behavior, competing religious and ideological beliefs, church members and leaders who fail to live up to the high standards of the gospel.
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Pastor’s field trip
Hal Shrader, a Mennonite pastor, wanted to learn more about what it means to be Mennonite.
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After time and tragedy, comedy returns
HARRISONBURG, Va. — It’s a telling sketch. Actor-playwright Ted Swartz plays a college student who comes home and tells his father he decided to change his major from theater to pre-med.
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Refugees find peace in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador — For many Colombian refugees who have come here, fleeing political and drug-related violence was not the end of their trials.
Letters
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Knock at the gate
I am responding to Daryl Yoder-Bontrager’s article, “Haiti’s Good Fences.”
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