Cookbook royalties feed hungry children

By MennoMedia

Mennonite Girls Can Cook, written by ten Mennonite women, has a unique twist: The authors are donating the royalty money to feed orphaned children ...

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Blankets, relief kits support displaced Iraqis

From Mennonite Central Committee
 
Saman Bapier (pictured) was one of 300 people in Iraq who accepted blankets and relief kits, supplied by Mennonite Central Committee, for their displaced families in late September.

Bapier, his wife and three children were living in a temporary tent after being forced from their home in the village of Dola Sebar, Iraq, by bombing in August ...

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The Mennonite, Inc., board welcomes new members 

By Gordon Houser
 
The board of The Mennonite, Inc., welcomed two new members at its semiannual meeting Oct. 7-8 in Goshen, Ind. Steve Edwards of New Paris, Ind., was appointed by the delegates at Pittsburgh 2011. Sheri Wenger of Lancaster, Pa., was appointed by the Executive Board in September ...

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Boone to lead Peace and Justice Support Network 

By Mennonite Mission Network staff
 
Jason Boone, a Raleigh, N.C., resident with extensive experience in social justice ministries, nonprofit communication, and anti-poverty initiatives, has been chosen to lead the Mennonite Mission Network's Peace and Justice Support Network as coordinating minister ...

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College Corner: Economy, stewardship focus of School for Leadership Training

By Laura Amstutz of Eastern Mennonite Seminary      

 

Spaces are filling up fast for this year's School for Leadership Training Jan. 16-18, 2012 at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Va. Plenary speaker Walter Brueggemann, and workshops on the theme "God and Mammon: Reframing Stewardship Amidst Abundance, Scarcity and Conflict" are contributing to an unprecedented number of early registrations ...

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