Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : North America

Nov. 17 issue

• Florida family’s trauma leads to three baptisms

  SARASOTA, Fla. — Members of Bahia Vista Mennonite Church believe they saw God’s wonders one Sunday morning as they witnessed the baptism of a mother and two daughters whose family had been racked by trauma.

Nov. 10 issue

• ‘More than survivors’

  GREENSBURG, Kan. — In the town a tornado destroyed, the Mennonite church is back.

Oct. 27 issue

• Little house looms large at Oregon MCC festival

  ALBANY, Ore. — A little house of wood and galvanized metal sheeting took center stage Oct. 11 at the Oregon Mennonite Festival for World Relief.

Oct. 20 issue

• Pennsylvania cyclists ride for a higher purpose

  BLOOMING GLEN, Pa. — At 7 on a Saturday morning, a dozen early-rising cyclists gather in a church parking lot to ride through the hills of Bucks and Montgomery counties.

Oct. 13 issue

• MDS aiding Gustav and Ike victims

  Mennonite Disaster Service continues to work in the Gulf Coast area after the devastation of hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

• Report details impact of faith-based response to Katrina

  Mennonite Mutual Aid cosponsored a recently released report by the Institute for Southern Studies detailing the importance of church-sponsored relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

Oct. 6 issue

• Michiana sale income dips

  GOSHEN, Ind. — The 41st Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale — one of the four largest in North America raising money for Mennonite Central Committee — made slightly less than in previous years.

Sept. 29 issue

• Dallas churches host evacuees from Houston

  More than 60 Mennonite church members from the Houston area returned home Sept. 21-22 after evacuating because of Hurricane Ike to Dallas, where Mennonite congregations provided food, housing and other aid.

• Kansas church sends eight to serve

  NEWTON, Kan. — A culture of service is bearing fruit among young adults at First Mennonite Church.

Sept. 15 issue

• The power to transform

  PHILADELPHIA — Everything about Ron Muse is intense: conversation, basketball, problem solving on the streets and, especially, Bible study.
  

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