Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Mennonite Mutual Aid

Oct. 25, 2010 issue

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  MMA adopts its new name — Everence

  GOSHEN, Ind. — Everence, the new identity of Mennonite Mutual Aid and Mennonite Financial Federal Credit Union, will begin serving members Nov. 1.

  The name change is intended to broaden MMA’s appeal as a faith-based organization that offers banking, insurance and financial services.

Oct. 18, 2010 issue

• It’s time to face the truth about finances: here’s how

  A middle-aged parent’s unpaid bills are piling up. He’s using credit cards to balance the budget. His hours were cut at work, and there’s not enough income to make ends meet, let alone pay off the credit-card debt.

July 5, 2010 issue

• MMA to Everence

  The questions that appear in our church papers indicate that the constituency of Mennonite Mutual Aid and other Anabaptist clients are not aware of changes at MMA.

June 14, 2010 issue

• MMA takes oil spill concerns to BP

  GOSHEN, Ind. — A Mennonite Mutual Aid investment team met by phone with a British Petroleum official to express concern about the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

May 17, 2010 issue

• MMA loan restarts building project

  BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A decade ago, Iglesia Unida de Avivamiento (United Revival Mennonite Church) had to set up chairs in the kitchen to accommodate the overflow during worship services.

April 12, 2010 issue

• Our name, others’ definition

  Everence, the new name of Mennonite Mutual Aid, will take some getting used to. Especially since it comes without the burden, or benefit, of a definition. It’s a blank slate for our perceptions of what MMA is.
  

April 5, 2010 issue

• MMA renamed Everence

  Hoping to draw more non-Mennonites and young people to its financial services, Mennonite Mutual Aid is changing its name to Everence.

March 29, 2010 issue

• MMA responds to health reform

  GOSHEN, Ind. — Mennonite Mutual Aid on March 23 responded to the passage of federal health care reform by stating that the legislation generally supports the goals of a resolution on health care policy adopted by Mennonite Church USA delegates in 2007.

Feb. 22, 2010 issue

• MMA offers new service for Amish, plain groups

  GOSHEN, IND. — Mennonite Mutual Aid’s budget and debt counseling partner is offering a mail correspondence service especially for Amish and other plain faith communities.

Jan. 4, 2010 issue

• MMA grant meets needs during recession

  GOSHEN, Ind. — As the recession of 2009 deepened, Mennonite Mutual Aid realized its regularly budgeted Sharing Fund money wasn’t going to meet the needs of financially struggling people last year.

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