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A close friend of the Anabaptist family is counseling Mennonites to take a deep breath: It’s time to bring out the “right stuff,” Jim Wallis told the crowd of 500 attending the final adult worship service.
“I want to pull out your best stuff,” said Wallis, president and chief executive of... [Read More]
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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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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.
“This was an eff... [Read More]
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With colorful bags of snacks and thank you cards, about 180 children went to five hotels to recognize the hard work of the hotel staffs during the convention, and give something back to them.
“This is our way of saying thank you to a group of people that oftentimes aren’t thanked and to tell them they are... [Read More]
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A detectable level of tension accompanied Mennonite Church USA delegates into their meeting on Saturday afternoon as they gathered for a final session to discuss a proposed statement about the church’s perspectives on human sexuality.
The resolutions committee drafted the document, titled “A resolution on ... [Read More]
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“Are you feeling groovy?!” bellowed brothers Keith Lyndaker Schlabach and Brent Lyndaker at the start of their seminar, “Got game? Developing and playing peace games: A PeaceGrooves gathering.”
They had to repeat the question several times until a satisfactorily energetic “Yes!” echoed through the audience... [Read More]
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mPress averaged 736 visitors a day on its online site during Convention 2009, with readers spending an average of 8 minutes and 18 seconds following the news from Columbus.
Among visits from the United States, Ohio led the way, numbering 995; Pennsylvania tallied 612 visits; Indiana, 567; and Kansas, 318.
There were a... [Read More]
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Iris de Leon-Hartshorn, director of intercultural relations for Mennonite Church USA, is excited about what immigrants have to offer to the church. “They have a lot of resources from their background experiences,” she said. However, she and others in the church realize more needs to be done to support leadership development. She is working on an initiative to consistently provide more ...
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Five young Mennonites invited three guests who live under the railroad tracks to share Greek food with them on Friday night.
After hearing Shane Claiborne’s call to seek out the “many Calcuttas” around them, youth from Waterford Mennonite Church, Assembly Mennonite Church and Sunnyside Mennonite Ch... [Read More]
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The flashing and dancing colored lights used during the singing portion of the worship service on Saturday morning dimmed to darkness, leaving a glowing moon-like sphere and glistening cross illuminated on stage.
Sitting on four chairs in front of the cross, Katie Boyts, Dustin Galyon, Cyneatha Millsaps and Hugo Sauce... [Read More]