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Mennonites call for deeper allegiance to Jesus in election season


By Annette Brill Bergstresser, a joint Mennonite Church USA/Mennonite Mission Network

Mennonite pastors Mark Schloneger and Kevin Gasser hope they can get 100 churches in all 50 states to join them in a celebration of communion on the evening of Nov. 6 - Election Day 2012 - "to remember what really matters" ...

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Volunteers respond to questions about Mennonites


From MennoMedia

Angela and Erwin Rempel of Harrisonburg, Va., are serving as volunteer respondents to questions about Mennonites sent to Third Way Café and Mennonite Church USA websites.
Rempels
Third Way Café receives inquiries from all over the world reflecting curiosity about Mennonites or the Amish, spiritual guidance or information for school projects ... 

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College Corner: Delaying college for service yields benefits

By Melanie Zuercher

It has become a small but significant Bethel College, North Newton, Kan., tradition for a certain number of graduates each year to choose voluntary service right after college. Now Bethel is beginning to see a new but related service phenomenon - students who defer college for a year to do VS ...

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Liz Schrag, right, and her Service Adventure roommate Amanda at the unit house, showing some of the record-breaking snowfall in Anchorage (134.5 inches, surpassing a record from the 1950s) in the winter of 2011-12. Courtesy photo.




Blog: Redwoods and Thneeds: Photos from the West Coast

The last few weeks have been busy with travel for me, but I'm excited to share a few of the photos I snapped on my journey through the Bay Area, Portland and Seattle ...

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