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Articles : Dec. 3, 2007

Editorial

Advent: Repent and be changed

Advent is a time of waiting and preparation for the coming of Emmanuel. It is also a season of penitence. The words of Isaiah and Mary’s Magnificat make Advent more than a season of anticipation. It is also about our need to repent and be transformed. Advent calls us to respond to the change and challenge the Messiah brings.

Feature

SALT worker learns service lessons in India

AKRON, Pa. — Mary Stata, a recent college graduate from Rochester, N.Y., was looking for a challenge when she traveled to India in August to teach English through Mennonite Central Committee’s Serving and Learning Together program.
Franconia Conference embraces a growing diversity

TELFORD, Pa. — When lunch was served to delegates of the oldest Mennonite conference in the Western Hemisphere, the buffet table held a variety of foods from many traditions — Vietnamese egg rolls, tofu, peanut sauce, candied yams and fried chicken.
Ontario church forms partnership with Congolese women theologians

WATERLOO, Ont. — Congolese women and an Ontario congregation are setting an example of connecting Mennonites an ocean apart.
Bolivian day-care center turns tears into laughter

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — Through Samuelito Day Care Center, love and laughter touch the lives of many children born into desperate circumstances.
EMU writers share journeys of faith

HARRISONBURG, Va. — They were born in the Depression and grew up during World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War and Vietnam. All moved from more rural to professional settings and made major impacts on the Mennonite church, its institutions and the larger society.
Northern Ireland native discusses mediator’s role in conflict

BLUFFTON, Ohio — Inspired by the events of the infamous “Bloody Sunday” massacre of 1972, Michael Doherty, Bluffton University Pathways scholar-in-residence and director of the Peace and Reconciliation Group in Northern Ireland, reflected on his role as a community mediator Nov. 13.
Kansas youth swap churches to explore ministry

ELKHART, Ind. — Sarah Pohl and Isaac Yoder-Schrock swapped churches this summer. In their hometown of Moundridge, Kan., they both participated in !Explore: A Theological Program for High School Youth.
Young adults connecting with other denominations

Instead of staying in their church building and talking about how to attract new members in their 20s, young adults at Orrville (Ohio) Mennonite Church are going out to meet other young adults at nearby churches.
Uzbeks keep memories of Mennonites alive

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — A retracing of the “Great Trek” into Central Asia by Mennonites in the late 19th century continues to yield fruit. The latest benefit is the formation of a Mennonite museum exhibit in Khiva, Uzbekistan, in cooperation with Bethel College’s Kauffman Museum.