Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Mennonite Mission Network

Jan. 16 issue

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  New year, new house for service unit after fire

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The new year brings renewed hope, a fresh perspective and a lease on a four-bedroom house for the Albuquerque Service Adventure unit, whose members were displaced just before Christmas after a fire damaged the unit house.

  No one was home at the time of the blaze, but most of the furniture and housewares were damaged beyond repair by smoke, and the unit’s kitten, Sadie, died from smoke inhalation.

Jan. 9 issue

• Mission leader ‘evangelized’ back to church

  John Powell, who has a long history with Mennonite Mission Network and its predecessor agencies, was named to a new position, mission advocate, last summer. Powell brings courage, passion and 70-times-seven forgiveness to his ministry. He inherited some of these qualities; the rest, he said, is a gift of God’s grace.

Dec. 19, 2011 issue

• Fire damages New Mexico service house

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Melanie Pilz dismounted her bicycle the afternoon of Dec. 12 after returning from her work placement and stared in disbelief at her house being boarded up, the outside and inside blackened by thick smoke.

Dec. 12, 2011 issue

• Couple honored for 5 decades devoted chiefly to peace

  CLINTON, Okla. — From Sunday mornings in church to burial of Native remains, Betty and Larence Hart are longtime champions of Native concerns and Anabaptist theology.

Nov. 7, 2011 issue

• Spanish now offer lay leadership training

  BURGOS, Spain — Anabaptists in Spain are experimenting with a new way to train lay church leaders. They’re doing it with help from a Mennonite Mission Network worker, a seminary in Switzerland, a grant from Mennonite Central Committee Europe and a Jesuit priest turned Breth­ren in Christ pastor.

Oct. 24, 2011 issue

• Peace and justice minister announced

  ELKHART, Ind. — Jason Boone, a Raleigh, N.C., resident with extensive experience in social justice ministries, nonprofit communication and anti-poverty initiatives, has been chosen to lead the Peace and Justice Support Network as coordinating minister.

Oct. 10, 2011 issue

• Young adults go where God leads

  ELKHART, Ind. — Nearly 160 young adults are participating in a year or two of service through Mennonite Mission Network’s service programs — DOOR Dwell, Mennonite Voluntary Service, Radical Journey and Service Adventure.

Sept. 19, 2011 issue

• In Congo prison, food for body, spirit

  In the tropical heat of Congo, Adolphine Kabatusuila Tshilumba nourished the dream of feeding others.

Sept. 12, 2011 issue

• Praise dance an exercise in relationship-building

  In a park near Macau Mennonite Church, a group composed mostly of women moves in unison, offering rhythmic praise.

Aug. 8, 2011 issue

• Meeting with Laotian ambassador seeks to open a pathway for ministry

  For years, Kuaying Teng has nurtured a vision in which a new generation of Laotians in Asia and North America would lead their wounded land into an era of healing, reconciliation and lasting peace.

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