Food stamp budget cut felt far and wide
By Kelsey Hochstetler of Mennonite Mission Network
Each day the Community Food Bank of South Arizona provides food for 62,800 meals. But the U.S. Congress' cut of $40 billion from the food stamp program may change that.
Without help from the food stamp program or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food banks may be stretched to the limit. Hungry people will turn to food banks and food kitchens across America-where some of Mennonite Mission Network's service program participants volunteer.
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Bluffton University hosts Anabaptist Communicators
From Bluffton University
Media and marketing in a Mennonite context were among the predominant themes discussed by more than 50 members of Anabaptist Communicators at the group's annual conference Oct. 18 and 19 at Bluffton (Ohio) University.
Titled "Telling Anabaptist Stories: Tools for Engagement with Popular Culture," the conference included presentations by Bluffton alumni who are working in the communication field ...
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College Corner: School for Leadership Training to focus on discernment
 From Eastern Mennonite Seminary Immigration, racism, sexuality, biblical authority, and politics are just a few of the issues that threaten to tear churches apart. How do churches and leaders find their way through these difficult issues?
School for Leadership Training 2014 at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Va., will focus on the theory and practice of discernment at all levels, from personal to denominational. The three day event takes place Jan.20-22, 2014 ...
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Tim's blog: Questions for the neo-Anabaptists: An interview with Charity Erickson 
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