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MCC to replace its meat canning rig

A new rig for Mennonite Central Committee’s traveling meat canning operation will be coming together soon, mostly in Ephrata, Pa. MCC canning coordinator John Hillegass said

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 30, 2015

MCC meets Gaza housing needs

AKRON, Pa. — Mennonite Central Committee, through longtime Gaza Strip partner Al Najd Development Forum, is addressing housing needs for families whose homes were destroyed or damaged in July and August as part of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, more than 1.8 million people were left in need of basic shelter, health and food assistance.

Ed Nyce | Mennonite Central Committee

March 30, 2015

Women overflow praise seminar

ORODARA, Burkina Faso — No room was big enough to hold the more than 225 women from the Evangelical Mennonite Church of Burkina Faso who gathered for a seminar Feb. 2-6 at Orodara Mennonite Bible School.

Claire Traoré, Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission | Mennonite Mission Network

March 30, 2015

Prayer by prayer, pastor walks across Ohio for Lent

Pastor Chet Miller-Eshleman has a bad back and bum knees from a scooter cycle accident. But that is not keeping him from walking 300 miles

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

March 30, 2015

The liberal litany

Tolerance and innovation are given greater priority than tradition and Scripture. During my adult life in the Mennonite church I have heard a litany of

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March 27, 2015

Church salad: A reflection on Romans 14:1-11 and 15:1-7

Here in the United States we talk about being a melting pot; that’s our national myth. We come from all over the world, but as

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March 27, 2015

KC2015: The ‘via Christi’

These is the third of four Bible studies by different authors on the key Scripture text for Mennonite Church USA’s next biennial convention, to be held

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March 27, 2015

KC2015: The Emmaus Road journey

This is the second of four Bible studies by different authors on the key Scripture text for Mennonite Church USA’s next biennial convention, to be

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March 27, 2015

Easter reflection: What story are we telling?

About this time of year, you can usually find me welcoming a spirit of prayerfulness, darkness, confession—even humming a line of “Were You There?” This

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March 27, 2015

Syrian in Switzerland quilts for homeland

MUTTENZ, Switzerland — There is a difference of opinion when it comes to color choice in the quilting group at Brügg Mennonite Church. For Gulschin Ibrahim, the Swiss tendency to choose similar tones and colors is a bit boring. In Syria, where Ibrahim is from, people like brighter shades, and more of them.

“She tells us we’re doing the colors all wrong,” said quilter Margrit Amstutz . . .

Emily Loewen | Mennonite Central Committee

March 16, 2015

New York churches assist new immigrants

NEW YORK — Mennonite Garifuna churches of New York City have been assisting numerous Garifuna immigrants who have arrived since June.

To date, they have assisted about 140 families, helping them with food, clothing, legal assistance and travel fare to legal and medical appointments.

Omar Guzman, pastor of the Mennonite . . .

Chris Fretz | Eastern Mennonite Missions

March 16, 2015

Network spreads ‘healthy infection’ in Venezuela

An ecumenical group of church leaders in Venezuela — led by a Mennonite, Erwin Mirabal — describes its educational mission with a metaphor of the gospel of Jesus as a healthy infection.

They say they are “infecting the churches of Venezuela with a sana doctrina (healthy doctrine).”

Holly Blosser Yoder, Central Plains Mennonite Conference | Mennonite Mission Network

March 16, 2015