“Returning Veterans, Returning Hope: Seeking Peace Together” was created by Mennonite Central Committee and the Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Mission Network.
Released on Veterans’ Day, Nov. 11, the free six-week course focuses on biblical reflections and insights about trauma . . .
A projected 3.3 million francs are needed to make Trachselwald castle viable as a museum. (The franc and U.S. dollar are roughly equal.) The castle held Anabaptists — considered heretics at the time — between the 16th and . . .
Starting in August, MVS will offer 11 community service options. To provide more meaningful service experiences in larger households, 10 units will close.
A regular donor to Goshen College, last month Albrecht donated $1.98 million worth of stocks to the college. It is one of the largest one-time donations . . .
At Project MAMA, a community development and education program in Honduras, one of the workers had been attacked by several gang members.
Yet as the worker interacted with EMM leaders, she began crying and lamenting that these gang members are now suffering in prison.
On Oct. 30, protestors marched on the presidential palace and burned the parliament building. Their display of outrage blocked a vote to amend the constitution that would have allowed President Blaise Compaoré to extend his 27-year term of office.
“This is an event 20-plus years in the making,” the assistant professor of social work said.
Paquin lived and conducted research as a graduate student at Washington University in neighboring St. Louis, and revisited his study of black suburban neighborhoods this summer.
More than 300 MDS volunteers and their snow shovels descended on several snowed-in areas of New York . . .
CBS Religion and Culture visited the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pa., Nov. 3 to film interviews for one third of a half-hour “World Religions” interfaith special.
The annual program, which will begin airing in some markets Dec. 14, asks three faiths to share their beliefs, traditions, histories and modern voice. This year’s “explainer” show will feature Mennonites, Sikhs and Seventh-day Adventists.
