Wildfires near churches in Colorado, Montana
By Anna Groff
Ten families from Beth-El Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs faced a mandatory evacuation due to the wildfire near Colorado Springs. "Three of those 10 have homes in the heart of the worst-hit area," says Merv Birky, pastor of Beth-El, on June 28 ... Read more ... Fire mitigation: Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers replace wood and single layer asphalt roofs with fire resistant shingles or sheet metal roofing at Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp in Divide, Colo. Photo provided. |
Phoenix police chief responds to Supreme Court decisionBy Anna Groff In January 2011, the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board affirmed the decision to hold the 2013 convention in Phoenix, a site first selected in January 2009. In a December 2010 letter, Iglesia Menonita Hispana leaders made it clear they want to abstain from Arizona due to the state's controversial immigration bill, Senate Bill 1070. On June 26, Phoenix Police Chief, Daniel Garcia, made the following statement, which is posted on the MC USA convention page ... Read more ... |
MennoMedia looks to the future of Mennonite music
By Michael Spory In preparation for the next published Mennonite song collection, MennoMedia, the publishing agency of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada, completed a major song survey of congregations across North America ... Read more ... |
College Corner: Ending narrowness by linking MDiv to conflict transformationBy Laura Lehman Amstutz
"I was raised in an Iowa farm town," says Brian Gumm, 33. "The borders of my imaginative world were pretty tightly drawn. At EMU those borders exploded in a good way."  Gumm, who graduated this spring from Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., chose the dual degree program with EMU's seminary and Center for Justice and Peacebuilding ... Read more ...Brian Gumm and family. Photo by Lindsey Kolb. |
