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SPI 2020 goes online

For Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute, the COVID-19 pandemic has become an opportunity to flourish and expand rather than another cancelled event.  SPI Online 2020 is slated for a ... read more about SPI 2020 goes online

Seminary’s first online gathering for pastors helps to foster connection and innovation among pandemic challenges

As the social restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic caused increasing challenges to those in the ministry, Eastern Mennonite Seminary instructor Sarah Bixler began to sense a need for connection among ... read more about Seminary’s first online gathering for pastors helps to foster connection and innovation among pandemic challenges

NYT: Holmes County Amish, with former VP Jim Smucker, mobilize ‘Operation Stop Covid-19’

Here's a New York Times article on how lumber and goods company Keim in Sugarcreek, Ohio, has helped to mobilize Holmes County Amish in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A quote from Jim Smucker, past EMU administrator and now president of Keim, wraps up the story: “We’re a very individualistic society and the Amish have a lot to teach us about community...I think the shift has got to go from ‘I,’ to ‘we.’”   ... read more about NYT: Holmes County Amish, with former VP Jim Smucker, mobilize ‘Operation Stop Covid-19’ from New York Times