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Bethany will accept tuition vouchers that require flags in classrooms

By Everett J. Thomas

Beginning with the next school year, Indiana will have one of the most comprehensive voucher programs in the United States. The vouchers may be used for private school tuition. Bethany Christian Schools, an Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference school in Goshen, Ind., plans to accept the vouchers ...

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Bethany Christian School principal Allan Dueck stands in the school's library under the flags from the countries of origin represented by the school's student body. Photo by Everett J. Thomas.

Weaver asks boy who hit his daughter to 'carry on' Chloe's work in the world

By Julia Wilson of the Valley Courier

District Judge Martin Gonzales said the sentence of Kyle Stotsky would not bring the Weavers' daughter back but he could send a message to others that there are consequences for one's actions.

Chloe Weaver, 20, Nederland, and a friend, Craig DenUyl, 24, Kalamazoo, Mich., were out for a Sunday afternoon bicycle ride headed north on County Road 108 when Weaver was hit by a truck driven by Stotsky ...

Real-time chat rooms and live streaming expand connections with Pittsburgh 2011

By Ryan Miller for Mennonite Church USA

This summer, for the first time, people who are not physically present at a Mennonite Church USA convention will be able to participate in churchwide delegate conversations along with conventiongoers ...

MCC and Ten Thousand Villages announce new partnership relationship

By Michele Loeper and Cheryl Zehr Walker

Mennonite Central Committee and Ten Thousand Villages are moving to a new partnership relationship in the U.S., according to actions taken by their governing boards in April and June, respectively. In the new relationship, Ten Thousand Villages in the U.S. will be a partner of MCC, rather than wholly owned by MCC as an operationally independent, nonprofit program ...

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Rehab Craft Cambodia is a fair trade, nonprofit organization in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Former MCC worker Carrie (Martin) Beachy (right) worked with Rehab and is pictured with co-director Rout Thuam Nunh. Photo by Melissa Engle.

College Corner: Hesston works to create a sustainable campus

By Rachel Schlegel

Stewardship is, by no means, a new concept to the Hesston (Kan.) College community. Care of resources, from buildings to funds to the environment, is among the values woven into the fabric of the college ...