Saturday, November 21, 2009
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 ‘How Can I Keep From Singing?’”
Not only could Men... 
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 Long Street.
A local radio station, 97.9 WNCI, broadcast ... 
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 cross, made from 45 sheets of inch-thick colored glass ... 
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 a Mennonite Perspective,” which states: “Th... 
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 impromptu performance was enough to earn claps from peop... 
The Communication Department at Goshen College offers majors in broadcasting, communication, journalism and public relations. Concentrations are available in film and multimedia for students who choose to major in communication. The department manages several media properties, including: GC Journal, a television program; 91.1 the Globe, a radio station; and The Record, a weekly newspaper.