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Tonight was not the first time youth worship turned into a dance party, but Greg Boyd was still surprised when he looked out over the energetic crowd at Saturday evening’s worship service, the finale of convention week.
“I’ve been in a couple of Mennonite church services, and none of them look like t... [Read More]
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Hometown: Maryville, Tenn. Now, Philadelphia, Pa.
Congregation: Circle of Hope
Current work: “Loving God and loving people. But when I leave the country, I say I’m a social worker.”
Favorite Bible verse: “I like the whole thing pretty good.”
First encountered Mennonites: “I remember [when] I first heard about Anabaptists … I thought they said anti-Baptists...
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After leading thousands of voices in singing in the Nationwide Arena Friday morning, Jeremy Kempf told the youth audience, “Greater things have yet to come and greater things are still to be done in this city.” Then he introduced Shane Claiborne, the main speaker for the morning worship service.
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How can you get a 600 percent return on your investments in the middle of a national economic recession? Organize a car wash.
That’s what the 12 financial gurus from the Midway, North Lima and Leetonia Mennonite Junior Youth groups did to turn $50 in seed money into more than $320 of earnings.
In late May, each Mennonite middle school student who registered for the convention received $5 in ...
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Taking “center ice” in the Nationwide Arena for the first morning youth worship service of the convention could feel like an opponent lining up against the Columbus Blue Jackets hockey team, who call the space their home.
Sleepless, travel-lagged teenagers without glow-sticks found it difficult to sustain ... [Read More]
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Walking around the North Market is sensory overload. Paninis, peaches, pots and pans. Fresh fish heads peer out from behind flats of ice. Free samples slip into one's hands almost unwillingly. Bhut jolokia, the world's hottest chile, available in sample-form, is "not melt-your-face-off heat," but taste-testers will remember it for at least a half hour....
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Sharing a songbook with your pew partner is nothing new, but at this convention there will be more sharing with the elimination of specially printed songbooks – one of the many ways Columbus ‘09 is trying to make less of an impact on the environment.
“Sustainability has not been largely on our radar ... [Read More]