Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Congregational ministry

Feb. 13 issue

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  Crash claims lives of Iowa pastor, wife

  Mick Murray, co-pastor of Kalona (Iowa) Mennonite Church, and his wife, Julie, were fatally injured in a car accident Feb. 4.

  The couple were driving to a wrestling tournament of their son, Chase, just after noon, when their vehicle hit a patch of ice and spun out of control, hitting a culvert south of Tiffin in Johnson County. Their daughter, Nicole, 18, was also in the car.

Feb. 6 issue

• The place to remember

  Church attendance is dwindling, and that concerns me. There is a church for every aesthetic, culture and creed, and yet fewer people are interested.

Jan. 23 issue

• Worshiping against the grain

  When Lovina Rutt was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2000, elimination of wheat products from her diet had repercussions — both in the fellowship hall and the sanctuary.

Jan. 9 issue

• Unexpected mutual aid helps save church building

  When Nueva Vida Norristown (Pa.) New Life Church acquired a 9,000-square-foot office building adjacent its meetinghouse in November 2007, a local realtor projected it would only take six months to fill it with tenants. Then the Great Recession hit.

Dec. 12, 2011 issue

• Can a church be born again?

  NEWTON, Kan. — Randy Smith, transitional pastor at First Mennonite Church in Halstead, doesn’t consider himself an expert on revitalization. But he does know one thing from experience: The revitalization journey is best taken with a discovery process in one hand and the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the other.

Nov. 28, 2011 issue

• Fla. church withdraws from Southeast Conference

  Faced with an ultimatum concerning its stance on homosexuality, Covenant Mennonite Fellowship of Sarasota, Fla., has withdrawn from Southeast Mennonite Conference.

Oct. 24, 2011 issue

• Kansas church starts first MCC thrift shop for building materials

  McPHERSON, Kan. — For much of LaVon Ediger’s 35 years in the construction business, it gnawed on him when perfectly good building supplies would head to the landfill after a project was completed.

Oct. 17, 2011 issue

• Three Bhutanese-Nepali churches emerge across Pa.

  More than 20 years ago, 13-year-old Ser Darji lay paralyzed in a refugee camp in Nepal. He could barely talk and had an irregular heartbeat and swollen hands and legs.

Aug. 15, 2011 issue

• A defense of poor preaching

  We should be accustomed by now to the tired announcement that preaching is dead or dying. It is unlikely that a culture living on Facebook and Twitter would have much respect for a lone “authority” standing before an assembly of silent listeners, clearing his throat and presenting a talk.

Aug. 8, 2011 issue

• Endowment to expand pastoral development, honor couple’s legacy

  An endowment to fund pastoral internships for graduate students will be named in honor of Peter and Rheta Mae Wiebe of Glendale, Ariz., to commemorate their missional and pastoral leadership in Mennonite Church USA.

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