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Laura Bowman marches to the beat of a different drummer. The beat she hears is peace.
Following Saturday night’s youth worship, James Roynon, facilitator for the Peace and Justice Support Network, awarded Bowman, of Archbold, Ohio, the first Different Drummer Youth Peace Award for Mennonite youth.
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Approximately 3.2 percent of conventiongoers will make history on Sunday morning simply by running.
Months ago, 235 runners registered for the first ever Mennonite convention 5K run. Ten-year-old Elora Neufeld, from Ontario, represents the youngest registered runner.
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The votes are in though the transition from nominee to board member for 17 delegates will not become official until Saturday afternoon.
Adult delegates completed an affirmation ballot in the Thursday afternoon session for nominees to the Executive Board, Mennonite Education Agency, Mennonite Mission Network, Mennonite... [Read More]
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As the blood drive ended, the donor recruitment representative for downtown Columbus had one wish. “I want them to come back in two years!” Norma Wasserstrom said of the Mennonites gathered for the convention.
Wasserstrom said she wished they would have extended the hours and days of the blood drive that concluded on Thursday.
“We had such a wonderful reception,” she said. ...
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The line that formed outside of Hyatt Union A was a testament to Mennonite generosity, this time with blood.
“They weren’t expecting this many people apparently,” said one young adult standing in line at 2:30 p.m. Even donors with appointments waited 30 minutes for their donation chair.
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Jessica Schrock-Ringenberg said her family fit eight out of the 10 things that define a redneck, according to the list on one of her brother’s T-shirts.
Schrock-Ringenberg, a pastor at Zion Mennonite Church in Archbold, Ohio, revealed her fears to the youth during Wednesday evening worship.
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Jim Schrag arrived at the adult worship service with the future of the Mennonite Church, the rising median age of Mennonites and the importance of a positive vision all on his mind.
Schrag, executive director of Mennonite Church USA, began his speech with the story of Hudson Taylor, a missionary to China. At one point... [Read More]
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When the difference of ½ by ¾ inches from name tag to name tag holder came to convention planners’ attention, Roland Miller from Newton, Kan., came to the rescue.
As a member of the Executive Leadership staff, Miller heard about the over-sized name tags and volunteered his services with a paper cutter from the convention office. Across from the T-shirt distribution table, Miller began trim...
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Sometimes the selection of a host city for the Mennonite convention turns on the unexpected: 60 double-bed inflatable mattresses and 114 rollaway beds.
Of course, these inflatable mattresses and rollaway beds were not the sole reason the 2009 Mennonite convention is meeting in Columbus. But it was a factor as Columbus bid for the third time to host the convention.
Hyatt, the largest hotel in the ...
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