Contents of the September 2009 issue, including coverage of Mennonite World Conference Assembly 15 in Paraguay
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September 2009
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A trailblazing book about pioneering missionaries
by Karla BraunAs a missionary in Colombia during the 1990s, Dorothy Siebert saw the dearth of materials available to Spanish-speaking pastors and church leaders. A dream was born to provide a resource for MB leaders and church members throughout Latin America, starting with Albert Enns’ biography.
Longing for God: Seven Paths of Christian DevotionAuthors: Gayle D. Beebe and Richard J. Foster Longing for God is the latest book from the network of spiritual writers in association with Richard J. Foster and renovaré, Foster’s spiritual renewal movement. Despite being mainly written by Beebe, the book fits well on the longer shelf of books coming from Foster such as Streams of Living Water, Celebration of Discipline, and Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home. In each of these books, Foster provides practical insight into spiritual formation, offering multiple portals through which readers can take further steps in their journey with God.
Introducing Dan Nighswander, Annie and Jean Victor Brosseau, Erica Ray, Nick Boschman, Paul Heidebrecht
Changes for Martin Blumrich, Scott Koop, Bert (Robert) Bell
Farewell to Bill Janzen, Peter Laurie“We make smiles,” commented one tractor-driver in the second annual Eden Foundation Tractor Trek, July 25.
The students of Instituto Biblico Asuncion (IBA) were on their mid-term break, but July offered little respite to the school’s director, Martin Hartwig Eitzen.
A large Abbotsford church has teamed with an established parachurch organization to evangelize in the church’s neighbourhood. The partnership project between Bakerview MB Church and the Gideons is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada (although a pilot project was run in Victoria in 2006).
Columbia Bible College graduated 118 students April 18, 2009, at Northview Community Church, Abbotsford, B.C. Graduates represent the fulfillment of the college mission in “preparing people for a life of discipleship, service, and ministry leadership.”
Mennonite Central Committee is urging people not to judge the Old Order Mennonite colony that grabbed international headlines in July with shocking stories of mass rape.
Volunteers from churches and schools in Leamington and surrounding area produced a record 17, 215 tins of canned turkey, April 20-23, in Leamington, Ont., with the Mennonite Central Committee mobile meat canner.
The U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches is cutting its budget by $200,000 as leaders grapple with lower church contributions and fundraising expectations.
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In the vestibule of heaven
by ContributorBefore becoming a pastor at Portage Avenue Church, I was employed as a maintenance assistant at a personal care home. My work, for the most part, was quite menial. I took out the garbage, unplugged toilets and sinks, replaced light bulbs, and painted rooms.
Prayers for passersby; Outside church walls
To be honest, my motivation for going to Paraguay had more to do with visiting the land of my husband’s birth than attending the Mennonite World Conference. I hasten to add, however, that participating in Assembly 15 gave me some wonderful memories to treasure.
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