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Lancaster Mennonite terminates Geyer's employment

By Everett J. Thomas


Lancaster (Pa.) Mennonite School assistant principal Steve Geyer was placed on administrative leave and barred from all contact with students on Nov. 4 after school officials received allegations that students were sexually abused by Geyer. On Nov. 17, Geyer's employment was terminated ...


Mennonite students among thousands protesting at the School of the Americas

By Gordon Houser


Thousands rallied Nov. 18-20 at the main gates of Fort Benning, Ga., to demand an end to U.S. militarization and for the closure of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly the School of the Americas. Among those protesting this year were over 30 students from Mennonite Church USA colleges ...

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Photo: Sara Volweider, Megan Siebert and Maggie Goering dress as "the dead" as they participate in a memorial vigil commemorating those who died at the hands of SOA graduates. Photo by Claire Unruh.



Stutzman, MC USA director and carpenter, volunteers at new building
Ervin Stutzman
Mennonite Church USA executive director, of Harrisonburg, Va., volunteered his time to do some finish carpentry in the denomination's new office building on Benham Avenue Nov. 10-11. A worker for D.J. Construction (on the right) explains where to locate a trim piece.

Photo by Everett J. Thomas.


College Corner: Long-time church leaders find a gift in return to AMBS 

By Mary E. Klassen

AMBS
Robert J. (Jack) and Irene Suderman say it was a gift to spend  five weeks at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind., where they studied almost 40 years ago ... 

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During a lunch gathering on their last day at AMBS, Irene and Jack Suderman reflected on forty years of ministry. Photo by Mary E. Klassen.



Tim's blog: Typo-graphic: Poem on a lineTim Nafziger
 
If you live near Goshen, Ind., I'd love to have you join us for a book signing and discussion for Widening the Circle on Nov. 29 at Waterford Mennonite Church in Goshen. More on the book next week ... 


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