Everett Thomas to leave The Mennonite
By Gordon Houser 
Everett J. Thomas submitted his resignation Aug. 1 as editor of The Mennonite and CEO of The Mennonite, Inc. He began serving as editor on Nov. 1, 2000. Thomas will begin working in February 2014, as president of the Greencroft Communities Foundation, headquartered in Goshen, Ind. The foundation serves six facilities in the Greencroft Communities system in Ohio and Indiana ... Read more ...
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Reconciliation Discernment Committee set
By Everett J. ThomasEight years after disciplining the Hyattsville (Md.) Mennonite Church for a membership policy that grants full membership to LGBTQ persons, the Allegheny Mennonite Conference has launched a "reconciliation discernment" process by commissioning an eight-member committee to discern if reconciliation of some type between the conference and the congregation is possible ... Read more ...
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OPINION
John Howard Yoder: A symbolic tip of the iceberg of sexism
By Charletta ErbAt 3 p.m. on Thursday afternoons, I am committed to pray for sexual healing in the church as part of an invitation issued by Barbra Graber and Our Stories Untold. Each time, I ask what it would mean to answer the prayer for healing. What would it look like? What is my role to enact? Anger welled up in me, a burden for the undoing of male dominance and control ... Read more ...
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College Corner: Hesston College theater announces season lineup
From Hesston College
The Hesston (Kan.) College theater department has announced its season lineup for the 2013-14 academic year, including drama, comedy and opera, under the direction of theatre faculty member Laura Kraybill ... Read more ...  Hesston (Kan.) College students rehears a scene from the musical She Loves Me from the spring 2013 semester. Pictured from left are Nathanael Ressler, JD Hershberger, David Rudy, Broxton Busenitz and Morgan Martin. The college theatre lineup for the 2013-14 year includes five productions in a variety of genres. Photo by Larry Bartel.
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