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Elizabeth Soto Albrecht nominated for moderator-electBy Annette Brill Bergstresser of Mennonite Church USA The Leadership Discernment Committee announces Elizabeth Soto Albrecht of Lancaster, Pa., as its nominee for moderator-elect of Mennonite Church USA. The denominational delegate assembly will vote on the nomination this July during the convention in Pittsburgh. If affirmed, Soto Albrecht will be the first Hispanic person to serve in this role in Mennonite Church USA ... Read more ... |
Tucson congregation touched by shootingBy Everett J. Thomas
None of the members of Shalom Mennonite Church in Tucson, Ariz., were present at the Jan. 8 shooting that killed six people and injured 14 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. But Shalom's pastor, Bryce Miller, said the tragedy affected the congregation in other ways ...
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90 leaders of color gather in Tampa
By Sarah Thompson for The Mennonite For the first time since 1974, Mennonite leaders of color from across the denomination gathered to worship, fellowship and have intentional conversation about the direction of Mennonite Church USA and people of color's participation in it.
Meeting Jan. 9-11 in Tampa, Fla., those gathered represented a broad range of leadership positions across the church ...
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Marisa Alemán-Cantú of Rock Island, Ill., and Natalie Francisco of Hampton, Va., lead worship at the gathering in Tampa on Jan. 10. Photo by Carol Roth.
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College Corner: Goshen College's Sensenig works at peacebuilding by making connectionsBy Lydie AssefaAs a biology and environmental science professor, Ryan Sensenig knows that his students need to learn more than how to use a microscope or all of the scientific names of the plants they are studying.  Instead, creating connections-between people, cultures and different academic disciplines-has always been key to the way he has approached his own life and what he strives to teach everyday in the classroom ... Read more ...In October 2009, Ryan Sensenig (center), Goshen College associate professor of biology, shows his students where to plant prairie grasses and flowers in a prairie establishment project on campus. Photo by Jodi H. Beyeler. |
Tim's blog: The Phoenix Decision: a catalyst for something new to rise?
 On Saturday, the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board decided to hold Mennonite Church USA's 2013 convention in Phoenix, thus saving the deposit that otherwise would have been lost. Any delegates who feel unsafe (or uncomfortable) meeting in Phoenix due to Arizona's targeting of the Latino community will be shepherded to a "satellite" gathering at an unspecified location. Thus, their marginalization will move from the realm of metaphor to a literal, physical fact. The decision is a real triumph of institutional logic ...
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