Mennonite Central Committee monitors Egypt situation
By Everett J. Thomas 

 

Mennonite Central Committee is in regular contact with MCC workers in Egypt but has not yet released any information about their status amidst ongoing street demonstrations and violence in that country. A statement on the MCC website says, "MCC is monitoring the situation in Egypt carefully ... Pray that the violence will end soon and that a just peace will prevail" ...

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Website opens for discussion surrounding the Phoenix 2013 decision
From Mennonite Church USA

 

Mennonite Church USA has created a page on its website (www.mennoniteusa.org/phoenix) providing information about the Executive Board's recent decision to continue to hold the 2013 convention in Phoenix despite Arizona's new anti-immigration law (SB 1070).
 
The page provides an overview of the many different discussions that have taken place throughout the church since the law was passed last April about ...

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The do's and don'ts of e-mail and Facebook

By Anna Groff

Think of a time you said something you wish you could take back. Now think of an e-mail, text or status update you wrote that you wish you could take back.

Acknowledging that most people face this at one point
or another, two communication professionals offer advice on e-mail and social networking etiquette: Shirley Showalter, president of Showalter Consulting Group, and Duane Stoltzfus, a communication professor at Goshen (Ind.) College ...

 

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College Corner: Iconic seminary chapel to undergo renovation
By Mary E. Klassen

The Chapel of the Sermon on the Mount, the main worship center for Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind., will begin undergoing renovation this spring or summer. Fund-raising efforts for the $1.8 million project are underway, with more than half of the funds already committed by several donors ...

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People leave the Chapel of the Sermon on the Mount- has been the most recognized building on campus because of its unusual architecture. Photo by Mary E. Klassen.