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Church delegates on Saturday spoke out against “the evil of human trafficking” and urged Congress to support bipartisan legislation that would provide basic and affordable health care for all Americans.
By a majority vote, delegates approved resolutions on human trafficking and health care. The statements ... [Read More]
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Before placing his hands on the keyboard, Ken Medema turned to the audience in the Nationwide Arena; they had just finished singing “How Can I Keep From Singing.”
“So I had this thought,” he said. “How cool would it be if the thousands of us singing here would walk into the 4th of July celebration singing ... [Read More]
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More than 500,000 people, including many Mennonites, were expected to attend the 29th annual Red, White and Boom! on Friday — one of the largest fireworks displays in the Midwest.
The 27-minute sky show was just one of the day’s many events, including food and games on Washington Boulevard, and entertainment on Lo... [Read More]
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Weighing approximately 450 pounds, spanning 6 feet across and towering 12 feet, the cross on stage in the Nationwide Arena is definitely larger than a wooden cross on a necklace from Ten Thousand Villages. A necklace does not require a special handmade device of plywood and carpeting for transportation, either.
The ... [Read More]
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While Mennonites were among the first of Christian denominations to ordain women into the ministry, if in very rare instances, women have not experienced equal access to roles of leadership in the church until recent decades. Today, the Mennonite Church supports the ideal outlined in the “Confession of Faith in ... [Read More]
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Outside of the convention center, at the corner of High and Vine, the cast from “The Upside-Down King” raised their voices in four-part harmony, singing the lyrics “He’s alive and the road has returned.”
The cast was on their way to lunch, after a tech rehearsal for their evening performance, but the short i... [Read More]
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As about 180 children loaded onto four buses bound for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, they got in the spirit with the popular chorus “We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo… How about you, you, you?!”
Carol Grieser, director of the children’s convention, was anticipating the zoo trip as much as the students: “I ... [Read More]
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While worship gatherings, delegate meetings and seminars are taking place each morning, about 300 children in the upper C-section of the convention center are drawing from the Bible in their own way.
The children’s convention is divided into “family groups,” using names from the Bible such as “John” or “... [Read More]
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Keith Harder, the director of health care access for pastors as part of the Corinthian Plan, fielded questions on Friday from concerned delegates in the morning session.
The Corinthian Plan is a proposed group insurance plan that would provide health care for all pastors of Mennonite congregations, and also for employees working 30 hours per week or more at a Mennonite congregation.
The project is...
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Ryan Sensenig, assistant professor of biology at Goshen College, is voluntarily taxing his gas consumption and wants you to do the same.
Sensenig is helping gather 350 people in his Indiana community to participate in the voluntary gas tax in order to recognize the social and environment costs of using gas. He calls it “the craziest tax you’ve never heard of.”
If one were to cons...
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