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Sunday school materials connect veterans, peace churches

December 22, 2014Last updated January 12, 2015 by Tim Huber

Developers of a new Sunday school curriculum say it goes down a seldom-walked path — where pacifists accompany veterans toward peace. Released on Veterans’ Day, Nov. 11, the free six-week

A highlight on Calvin Shenk

March 2, 2014Last updated July 2, 2014 by

Calvin Shenk ’59 does not have to face the existential question of whether he would be willing to die in a nonviolent act to save the life of another person.

EMU, Seminary alumnus named president of Virginia Mennonite Missions

October 21, 2013Last updated November 5, 2013 by Jon Trotter

Aaron M. Kauffman of Harrisonburg, Va., was chosen by Virginia Mennonite Missions’ (VMM) 15-member Board of Directors as their next president at the October 18-19 meeting. Kauffman has extensive local

One Alum Passes the Torch to Another as CEO for Large Retirement Community

March 1, 2013Last updated March 14, 2013 by Steve Shenk

A hospital administrator and community leader will be the new president and chief executive officer of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Va., starting in April. Judith (Reitz) Trumbo ’82

EMU Grad Grows Hope in the Desert

November 7, 2012Last updated December 10, 2012 by Ariel Ropp

Emma Stahl-Wert is growing hope, one vegetable at a time. As garden coordinator for the Primavera Foundation, Stahl-Wert plans and manages community gardens at transitional housing properties in Tucson, Ariz., where

Nobel Prize Winner Connected to Peace-Church Tradition

October 7, 2011Last updated March 27, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton

One of the three women receiving the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Leymah Gbowee, is closely connected with the “peace-church tradition” of the Mennonites. Gbowee, who shares the prize with Liberian

EMU Hosts Interfaith Forum, Professor from Iran

June 10, 2010Last updated June 29, 2016 by Gretchen Maust

Abraham’s Tent: A Center for Interfaith Engagement at EMU, hosted Dr. Rasoul Rasoulipour, a philosophy of religion professor in Tehran, Iran, for a day-long campus visit, May 25, 2010.

EMU Prof to Help Launch Peace Program in Israel

December 15, 2006 by Rich Preheim

ELKHART, Ind.

Mennonite Study Group Visits China

December 4, 2006 by Ray Gingerich

Participants in a consultation held Oct. 13 at the Institute of World Religions, Division of Christianity (Beijing). Standing (l to r): Elmer S. Miller, Philadephia; Myrrl Byler, Harrisonburg; Xiyi Yao

Spreading the Word Through Dance

April 15, 2006 by Kirsten Beachy

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