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Pittsburgh 2011 delegates decide to experiment

By Everett J. Thomas and Matthew Amstutz
After two open-mic periods where table representatives offered both objections and affirmations, the 2011 Delegate Assembly overwhelmingly supported the "Pittsburgh Experiment" on July 6. This means that few, if any, resolutions will be placed before Mennonite Church USA delegates this week ...

Gospel challenge: 'Be all you can be'

By Anna Groff

David Maldonado, a Florida pastor, told the youth on Wednesday night that at one time in his life he "loved" marijuana, cocaine and alcohol.

"That was my gig," he said.

When he lived in Louisiana he smuggled pounds of marijuana into his state from Alabama. When he lived in Miami, women prostituted themselves with his friends for cocaine ...

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Q&A between young adults and Executive Board

By Anna Groff

Three members of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board met with young adults and YODAs, or members of the "Young adult Delegate Assembly," on Wednesday afternoon. Patty Shelly, Sam Voth Schrag and David Boshart represented the EB.

About 50 young adults attended the session entitled, "Say What's On Your Mind." Young adults asked questions regarding human sexuality, Pink Mennos, Mennonite World Conference and more ...

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Film provokes discussion of immigration

By Gordon Houser

Several hundred people showed up Wednesday evening to view the film "Dying to Live: A Migrant's Journey" and discuss their reactions.

Iris de León-Hartshorn, director for transformative peacemaking for Mennonite Church USA, introduced the 35-minute film, which documents not one migrant's journey but the experiences of many migrants who try to cross the border from Mexico to the United States in order to provide for their families in Mexico ...

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