Mennonites join Occupy movements By Anna Groff Mennonites all over the country have joined Occupy Wall Street through their local Occupy groups. From small cities like Lancaster, Pa., to the headquarter of the movement in New York City to faraway Albuquerque, N.M., the movements carry unique goals specific to its context and population ...
Read more ... On Nov. 7, 2011, more than 600 individuals joined the No Cuts march and rally in Chicago organized by Kara Bender of Reba Place Mennonite Church. Photo by SEIU worker. |
Top 10 Mennonite Church USA news stories in 2011 Compiled by Anna Groff1. Goshen professor Jim Miller murdered 2. EMU alumna wins Nobel Peace Prize 3. Mennonite World Conference leadership change |
Hardwood doors and trim a group effortBy Everett ThomasThe new Mennonite Church USA office building in Elkhart, Ind., features beautiful hardwood trim and interior doors. They were a gift from a group of supporters who contributed expertise each step of the way. The design process began in 2004 ...  Stanley Green (left), executive director of Mennonite Mission Network, shows the hardwood doors and trim to his pastor Tina Stoltzfus Schlabach in the new Mennonite Church USA offices in Elkhart, Ind., on Dec. 21. Photo by Everett J. Thomas.
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College Corner: Goshen graduate seeks justice for refugees in Ecuador By Alysha Landis 'Tis the season for gift-giving, carol-singing, tree-decorating and over-eating. It's a time of joy and celebration for the birth of Jesus Christ. It's Christmas, and a new year is upon us once again. But all is not so for David Shenk '09, who has been in Quito, Ecuador, since December 2010, working with Colombian refugees ... Read more ... |
Tim's blog: Thanksgiving blizzard vs. White Christmas
Merry Christmas to you all! It doesn't look like I'll be seeing a white one this year, but I do have some photos from the mini-blizzard in Goshen, Ind., a few days after Thanksgiving ...
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