TMail Feb. 27 - Mennonites, Muslims named 'local heroes'

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Mennonites, Muslims named 'local heroes'

By Anna Groff

CTV News of Southwestern Ontario named Mennonites and Muslims "Local Heroes" on Feb. 15. CTV News found these "behind the scenes" people, according to the news report, through the MennoMedia documentary, Waging Peace: Muslim and Christian Alternatives ...

Peace vigil goes strong since 2003

By Serena Townsend, intern for The Mennonite

In front of the courthouse in downtown Goshen, Ind., 14 people come together around an outstretched banner. They all bear somber faces, as if mourning a loved one. Just like every other Wednesday noon since 2003, these people gather Feb. 15 for a peace vigil ...

Mose Beachey from Goshen holds the sign during the vigil. Photo by Serena Townsend.

Everence oversees Church Extension Services program

From Everence

Everence is now providing support and supervision for Mennonite Church USA's 53-year-old facilities loan program for urban, racial/ethnic and new immigrant congregations. Established by the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1958, Church Extension Services provides much-needed loans to congregations and initiatives that have difficulty qualifying through traditional lending institutions. The $5 million fund is supported by the sale of investment securities to mission-driven investors in 22 states ...

College Corner: Visit from United Methodist Bishop signals increased service to regional churches

By Mary E. Klassen of AMBS

Bishop Mike Coyner, leader of the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, and Sara Wenger Shenk, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary president, both called for celebration at an AMBS chapel service on Feb. 21 in Elkhart, Ind. ...

Bishop Mike Coyner of the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church spoke in a Feb. 21 chapel. Photo by Annette Brill Bergstresser.

Tim's blog: Pompidou vs. Chicago's Modern Wing: Deducing Renzo Piano

Yesterday I visited the Art Institute of Chicago and took along my camera. Two years ago they added a new wing to the museum, and I hadn't visited since then. As I walked through the new structure, I found myself watching the shapes created as people moved through the space. There was something familiar about it ...