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... a free, weekly e-zine from The Mennonite.
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Donations help Norristown church keep building
By Emily Ralph of Franconia Mennonite ConferenceOn the day that their meetinghouse and office building, New Life Plaza, was scheduled to be sold at sheriff's sale, members and friends of Nueva Vida Norristown New Life gathered for a celebration.  Instead of an impending foreclosure, the congregation experienced God's miraculous intervention and, on the evening of Dec. 18, they met to worship, pray, testify, and burn the sheriff sale signs ... Read more ...Photo: New Life Plaza Nueva Vida. Photo by Alan Apt.
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Southeast Conference leaders join Convenant Mennonite for Communion
From Covenant Mennonite Church A handful of present and former leaders of Southeast Mennonite Conference responded to an invitation to join Covenant Mennonite Fellowship for communion on World Fellowship Sunday, Jan. 26. ...
Read more ... Photo: Jim Miller (left), Covenant Mennonite Fellowship pastor, and Marco Guete, Southeast Mennonite Conference minister, serve Communion. Photo provided.
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College Corner: Goshen College students create plan for Florida Amish community
By Brian Yoder Schlabach of Goshen College It started as a campground for Amish visiting Sarasota, Fla., in the 1920s. Now, the community of Pinecraft has grown into a small village with paved streets, houses, churches, restaurants and a post office. Each winter, as many as 3,000 Amish people from "up north" trade in their buggies for three-wheeled tricycles ...
Read more ... Photo: From left, Goshen (Ind.) College students Niles Graber Miller, Hans Weaver and Emma Ruth are creating a master plan for the Amish community of Pinecraft in Sarasota, Fla. Photo contributed.
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Tim's blog: Pink Menno voices respond to Ervin Stutzman
On Feb. 4, the Mennonite Church USA website posted Ervin Stutzman's response to the "Rule of Love" letter from 150 pastors calling for MC USA "make space for congregations and pastors who welcome and bless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Jesus-followers." As one of those responsible for managing Pink Menno's social media presence, I've watched over the last few days as the community has responded to Stutzman in anticipation of the MC USA Executive Board meetings next week. This post curates different voices and perspectives from those who participate in the Pink Menno community. This is not an official Pink Menno statement ...
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