21 trapped in Ivory Coast violence, worship anyway
By Andrew Clouse of Mennonite Mission Network Mennonite Mission Network mission associates Gary Wittig and Martine Audéoud (Gilead Mennonite Church in Chesterville, Ohio) and their 3-year-old son, Samuel, have been hunkered down inside their Abidjan home as the violence between the two men who claim to be Ivory Coast's president--longtime president Laurent Gbagbo, and United Nations-backed Alassane Ouattara--neared their home ...  Read more ...(From left) Martine Audéoud, Antony (currently in university in the United States), Samuel and Gary Wittig.
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Connecting Families works to divide walls for families with LGBT individuals
By Tom ChamnessThe 22nd annual gathering of Connecting Families was held March 18-20 at the Pearlstone Retreat Center, Reisterstown, Md. Connecting Families first met in 1990 as a means to connect families who were facing issues of same-gender sexual attraction ... Read more ...
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Seminary schedule benefits commuter students
By Laura Lehman Amstutz of EMSEastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Va., is making it easier for commuter and part-time students to take seminary courses. How? By changing course schedules so that more classes meet just one day a week ...  Read more ... Barbara Doyle, 2011 graduate and pastor of two United Methodist Churches, drives over 2 hours from Radford, Va. to attend classes at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Photo provided.
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Kate's blog: Bugs!
It was the bugs in my flour that pushed me over the edge. First there was the endless winter. Then those freaking insects took over my pantry last week. I discovered the wiggly little larvae one evening when I reached into a box to pull out a plastic bag and ended up with a handful of bugs instead. I'm not normally very squeamish ... Read more ...
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