Board will seek an interim editor
Adapted from a release by Joanna Shenk of Mennonite Church USA
The board of directors of The Mennonite, Inc., has decided to launch a search process for an interim editor for The Mennonite, the denominational publication of Mennonite Church USA, and its related web and social media channels ... Read more ... |
Hold Syrian leaders accountable without strikes
By J. Daryl Byler In June I returned from living in Jordan, where I spent six years as regional director for an Mennonite Central Committee. I had significant contacts with some of the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees pouring into Jordan over the past two years. Many expressed the simple hope that the multiparty violence engulfing their country will end soon ...
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Peace Sunday set for Sept. 22
From Mennonite Mission Network/Mennonite Church USA
Sept. 22 has been designated as Peace Sunday by Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite World Conference. It is the Sunday closest to the United Nations' International Day of Peace on Sept. 21. Together with Mennonite Central Committee U.S., the Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA has created worship materials that congregations may use on this or any Sunday throughout the year ...
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Millennial movement in Mission Network?
By Wil LaVeist of Mennonite Mission Network
Passion for mission work may be trending among the Twitter and Facebook generation, based on recent hires at Mennonite Mission Network. Seven new staff members, of which six are from the millennial generation, joined Mission Network in recent months. The 20- and 30-somethings will be working in key areas where they will represent the agency ...
Read more ... Photo: New employees at Mennonite Mission Network, from left: Sara Alvarez, Neil Richer, Matthew Lehman, Brady Peters, and Jenna Liechty Martin. Photo provided.
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College Corner: AlgaeTown project explores the future of biofuel, turns to crowdfunding for support
From Brian Yoder Schlabach of Goshen College
 The glowing green tanks on the second floor of the Goshen (Ind.) College Science Hall look like something from a sci-fi movie. It seems fitting, as the clear plastic tanks, called photobioreactors, could be the future of how we produce biofuel ... Read more ... Photo: Aaron Kauffman and Stan Grove, professor emeritus of biology at the college, remove a polypropylene mat that is used to harvest the algae grown in a photobioreactor. Photo by Brian Yoder Schlabach.
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