Love your office administrator
By Donita Wiebe-Neufeld for Canadian Mennonite Does your church have a secretary? If the word "secretary" brings to mind someone who only answers phones and prints bulletins, chances are, you don't. More than likely, what you have is an office administrator with duties well beyond what most church members realize. "Secretaries Day," first celebrated in 1952, was changed to "Professional Secretaries Day" in 1981, and then to "Administrative Professionals Day" in 2000. It is on April 24 ... 
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From the convent to the halls of Goshen College
By Sara Albaba
Sophie Metzger, assistant director of diverse student support at Goshen (Ind.) College, never imagined living and working in the city of Goshen. In fact, her first time in Goshen was entirely accidental. It was the Thanksgiving of 2008 and she was driving to Ohio to visit friends ...
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When loving our neighbors conflicts with the law
By Hilary J. Scarsella As congregations across Mennonite Church USA engage immigration issues and relate to people who are undocumented, some are confronting the question of whether God is calling them to break the law or to follow the law of the land.
"We all want to love our neighbors, and we all want to be law-abiding citizens," says Anne Mitchell, pastor of a Mennonite congregation. "When a decision needs to be made between showing love to a person who is undocumented and upholding the law, some aren't sure what do to" ...
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College Corner: Deirdre Smeltzer named VP and undergrad dean at EMU
By Bonnie Price Lofton of Eastern Mennonite UniversityMathematics professor Deirdre L. Smeltzer, PhD, has been named vice president and undergraduate dean of Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., beginning July 1, 2013 ...
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