BALTIMORE — This fall Eastern Mennonite Missions sent its first U.S.-based YES team in 10 years. The team, made up of four young adults between
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.
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.
Chester Wenger, a 96-year-old retired missionary and minister from Lancaster, Pa., signed the marriage certificate for his son, Philip Wenger, and his partner, Steve Dinnocenti, after Pennsylvania legalized same-sex marriage in May.
Lancaster Conference is the first area conference to terminate ministerial credentials for officiating a same-sex wedding.
A hymn marathon fundraiser will start at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 and go non-stop through late afternoon Nov. 16 in the Newcomer Center.
