Germans mark 25 years since fall of Berlin Wall

Horst Krueger was happy to only attend one Sunday worship service Nov. 9 at Berlin Mennonite Church. The service — one of thanksgiving — reflected on a historic weekend 25 years earlier.

Two Mennonite churches were only 10 miles apart, but concrete, guards, guns, politics, bureaucracy and the Cold War stood between them for 28 years until the Berlin Wall opened Nov. 9, 1989.

Krueger preached a sermon that recalled his experiences as pastor of the church in West Berlin and as liaison to the East Berlin church pastored by Knuth Hansen on Schwedter Street.

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November 17, 2014

Western District weighs congregational freedom

MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — Congregational freedom is a tradition in Western District Conference. Now the conference needs to decide how that tradition applies when issues of same-sex relationships test the denomination’s unity.

More than 140 people from 29 churches met Nov. 15 at Eden Mennonite Church to discuss that question and to consider the findings of a survey on same-sex unions and church governance.

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November 17, 2014