MWR : Articles : July 12, 2010

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Articles : July 12, 2010

Supporting Fair Trade

Easter Sunday included our first choir performance in almost 20 years. Our pastor, Ryan Koch, even wrote a hymn.
Partnership for service

Members participated in the Bridge of Hope Centre County Mother’s Day Walk on May 29 in Boalsburg.

Pacifists and police

If in trouble, many pacifists would call the police. Yet we don’t often consider whether that choice would always be in line with our Christian beliefs.

Retired farmer makes quilts for MCC

NIVERVILLE, Man. — Cornelius Harder retired from farming many years ago, but as he approaches his 92nd birthday he maintains the work ethic of his youth.
A new look at difference Jesus makes

MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — It is no coincidence that Eden Mennonite Church is using Jesus Matters as the basis for a sermon and Sunday school series this summer.
EMS chaplain program aids students, hospital

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Rockingham Memorial Hospital are partnering to train chaplains and pastors to be more compassionate caregivers during crises.
E-mails lead to church plant

MARANHÃO, Brazil — A routine response to Paulo Roberto Filipe Silva’s e-mail helped create the newest Mennonite church in northeastern Brazil.
Tools help Congolese rebuild lives

KASIKA, Congo — Hoes, rakes, forks and machetes are more than gardening tools for 635 families.
Building casket is friends’ final tribute

HARRISONBURG, Va. — It might strike some as gloomy, building a friend’s casket.
Pastor follows God’s rhythm

LEBANON, Pa. — As a sickly, asthmatic child, Natan Pierce found solace in music, which led to success in the music industry.