Executive Board receives conflicting advice on Phoenix convention
By Paul Schrag of Mennonite Weekly Review

After a Leaders Forum marked by disagreement over whether to hold the denomination's 2013 convention in Phoenix, Mennonite Church USA Executive Board members sought a positive way forward. The EB met in Pittsburgh Sept. 23 and 25.

They expressed disappointment over unresolved conflict but saw hope that the church could learn and grow from the experience ...

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Leaders struggle with Convention 2013 decision
By Sheldon C. Good of Mennonite Weekly Review

Whether or not Mennonite Church USA has a convention in Phoenix in 2013, church leaders are committed to solidarity with immigrants.

Though various opinions were shared Sept. 23-25 during a Leaders' Forum--including differing statements from two church groups--leaders said they will discern God's will together ...

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Finding Mennonite Church USA
By Anna Groff

Three churches, among many, joined Mennonite Church USA conferences in the past several years. Each tells a special story.

A church in St. Paul, Minn., started as a group of "recovering Evangelicals"; a Philadelphia suburb church began to reach "unchurched" young adults, and a group of Menno­nites in Kalamazoo, Mich., started an intimate house church ...

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Several Kalamazoo Mennonite Fellowship regular members, from left: Bess Fitzgerald, Will Fitzgerald, Janine Byler, Janine Fitzgerald, Isaac Byler, Jason Byler, CarolSue Borkholder. Photo provided.

College Corner: EMS alumna is first female moderator of Virginia Conference
From Eastern Mennonite Seminary

Shirley Yoder Brubaker, a 2010 Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduate, has been named the first female moderator of Virginia Mennonite Conference, beginning Sept. 1, 2010.

Yoder Brubaker, a native of Salem, Ore., has been involved in ministry in various settings for at least 20 years. After retiring as associate pastor at Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va., in 2001, she went on to interim pastoral assignments in Mississippi, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia ...
 
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Shirley and her husband Kenton last year at commencement when Shirley was awarded her Master of Divinity degree at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Photo provided.