Executive Board faces shortfall
By Everett J. Thomas
Facing a $180,000 shortfall by the end of July 2012, Mennonite Church USA Executive Board staff made a series of cuts in their budget. On Sept. 22, executive director Ervin Stutzman listed the cuts ...
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Gainesville church supports farmworkers' pleas to Publix
By Kimberly HunterOn Sept. 6 farmworkers from Immokalee, Fla,. dismounted borrowed bicycles to arrive at last to their destination: the headquarters of Publix Supermarkets.  On the final day of their pilgrimage, 75 faith-based allies--including Eve and Richard MacMaster of Emmanuel Mennonite in Gainesville, Fla.--joined the delegation for a prayer service ... Read more ... Photo: Eve MacMaster (center) speaks at the prayer service.
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Praxis Mutual Funds call for hydraulic fracturing transparency
By Everence
Praxis Mutual Funds is calling on energy companies to provide additional disclosures regarding the environmental and financial risks associated with their hydraulic fracturing (natural gas drilling) operations. In addition, the mutual fund family is urging companies to adopt precautionary best management practices above and beyond current regulatory requirements ... Read more ... |
College Corner: Zimbabwean student restores community
By Rachel Schlegel
In 1983 Ron Moyo  's community was torn apart. A civil war following independence from Great Britain in 1979 left many people in Moyo's home country of Zimbabwe fleeing for safer environments. Moyo, who was a teenager, was left to live alone, wondering daily if he would live to see the next day ... Read more ... Ron Moyo discusses class concepts with Tim Lichti, director of the Hesston College pastoral ministries program. Photo by Larry Bartel.
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Tim's blog: My visit to the Iowa State Fair
This summer I attended the Iowa State Fair for the second year in a row with Charletta's parents and our friends Mustafa and Mais. This year my friend and fellow Christian Peacemaker Team member, Peter, joined us as well. As with last year, it was a beautiful sunny summer day. However this year the space had a familiar feel to me. For example, I knew where to find the fair's biggest bull. This year's champion was 6-year-old Bubba, weighing in at 2,768 pounds ...
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