Roanoke Church rebounds after members leave
The 70 members who remained wanted to be part of Mennonite Church USA.
By Anna GroffIn May 2010, Roanoke Mennonite Church in Eureka, Ill., held a vote to decide whether or not to remain as a member of Mennonite Church USA. The vote occurred after a recommendation by the church elders to withdraw from Mennonite Church USA.  The vote required a two-thirds majority; it failed by a small amount, about 3 percent. At that point, about 100 church members left to start another congregation, and 70 remained at Roanoke Mennonite Church ... Read more ... Roanoke's new pastoral leadership team includes, from left, Alice Kennell, Bryan Miller and Mary Kennell. Photo provided.
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MC Canada learns about harsh assimilation policies
From Mennonite Church CanadaOn Nov. 26, staff and members of Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church Manitoba met with leaders of Spirit Wind, a volunteer indigenous advocacy organization established in 1986, to learn of the issues surrounding day scholars in the indigenous community ...  Read more ...Ray Mason, Spirit Wind president, describes the history and impact of residential and day schools for Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church Manitoba staff and guests. Photo provided.
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College Corner: Hesston College Aviation receives full-motion simulator
From Hesston CollegeThis semester, Hesston (Kan.) College Aviation and Air Traffic Control students are flying high while planted firmly on the ground.
As part of the college's Delivering the Promise capital campaign, Hesston College received a generous anonymous gift which helped to fund a Redbird MCX C182 G1000 GFC700 flight simulator. The full-motion simulator was delivered Dec. 18 and replaced a flight training device that had been part of the program for 12 years ...
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Tim's blog: Peace, Pies and Witness against torture
This past month has been a busy one for me, starting with two and a half weeks in Chicago to help lead training for new trainees joining Christian Peacemaker Teams. One of the highlights was this public witness to close Guantanamo in which I did some videography and my first ever voice over narration ...
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Correction:
The link to last week's TMail article, "Everence to discontinue two small health plans" was broken. Our apologies.
Here is the correct link.
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