MC USA delegation heads to Washington, D.C.; calls for 'prayers and faxing' on Pentecost
By Joanna Shenk of Mennonite Church USA As members of Mennonite Church USA prepare for this summer's biennial denominational convention, to be held July 1-6 in Phoenix, national staff members are leading several initiatives to encourage congregations to advocate for just and compassionate immigration reform. On May 14-15, a delegation of immigrant Mennonite leaders will meet with congressional representatives in Washington, D.C. ...
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Rick Derksen named Congo coordinator for Mennonite Church USA
By Joanna Shenk of Mennonite Church USA Rick Derksen of Seattle, Wash., began May 1 in the role of volunteer Congo coordinator for Mennonite Church USA. Derksen and his wife, Marilyn, served with Africa Inter-Mennonite Missions from 1977 to 1998 in Congo ...
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Mission Network Day of Prayer May 15
By Melanie HessMaxine Kauffman took prayer seriously. Her copy of Mission Mosaic, Mennonite Mission Network's prayer directory, is marked with notes about workers and special prayer requests sent by Mission Network. Her devotion to prayer was remembered at her funeral ...
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College Corner: New resource from AMBS creates surprising interest
By Mary E. Klassen of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
 Anabaptist Short Courses, a new series of non-credit online courses offered by Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, generated so much interest this spring that some potential students must wait until they are again offered in the future ...
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Photo: Loren Johns, professor of New Testament, who teaches a new Anabaptist Short Course is shown here teaching a campus class. Photo by Peter Ringenberg.
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Tim blog: Not your parent's Zeitgeist: A review of Occupy Love
Occupy Love is an ambitious documentary. In an hour and 30 minutes, it attempts to offer a short history of Occupy Wall Street. It traces the roots of the movement back to the streets of Tunisia in December 2010 and through the plazas in Spain in the summer of 2011. In parallel to these clips from recent history, its interviews plumb the big ideas that undergird the Occupy movement ...
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