All are invited to experience the mystery and simplicity of Evening Song and Prayer at Perkasie Mennonite Church on Sunday, February 11, from 7 – 8 p.m.   Using music from the Taizé community in France, as well as hymns of the church, we gather in a candlelit atmosphere for scripture, song, silence, and prayers for our world, communities, and loved ones.  For directions visit www.perkmenno.org or call 215-257-3117.

Red Molly and opening act Northbranch will perform folk music at the Perkasie Patchwork Coffeehouse in the Perkasie Mennonite Church hall on Saturday, February 17.  Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with performances at 7:30 p.m.  Adults $9, Adults 65 and over $7, Students 13 and up $4, 12 & under free.  Tasty refreshments will be available for purchase.  For directions or more information, visit the website at www.perkmenno.org or call 215-723-2010. 

A Celebration of the Arts, featuring 17-year-old Russian pianist Alexei Tartakovski and local artist Ted Hallman, will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, February 18, at Zion Mennonite Church in Souderton.  Alexei was recently accepted in the The Juilliard School of New York City.  Ted Hallman will exhibit a collection of his paintings entitled Journey of the Heart.   This pre-Lenten celebration is free, and a reception will follow.  For more information, contact 215-723-3592, or visit www.zionmennonite.org.

You are invited for soup and lively discussion at Penn Foundation’s monthly educational program, “Soup Talk,” on Tuesday, February 20, from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at Zion Mennonite Church in Souderton.  Lois Dodson, M.Ed, School Services Coordinator at Penn Foundation, will be speaking on the theme, “Safety on the Internet.”  There is no fee, however, a $5 donation is suggested.  Pre-registration is required.  To register, please call 215-257-6551, ext. 345. 

Plains Mennonite Church will be hosting a Hymn Sing on Sunday, February 25, at 7 p.m.  The evening will be led by song leaders from Ambler, Germantown, Methacton, Plains, and Towamencin Mennonite churches. 

Plains Mennonite Church invites all to journey to Washington, D.C. with them for an ecumenical public witness on March 16, the fourth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.   As followers of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, our faith compels us to make our voice heard – to repent of our complicity with the invasion and occupation of Iraq and to renew our commitment to peacemaking.  Plains Mennonite Church has chartered a 54-passenger bus to travel to Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 16, for the “Christian Peace Witness for Iraq.”  This event is open to families.  Children under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.  Cost for the bus is $30 per person, due when you register.  Registration forms are available from the church office or from the Mennonite Conference Center in Souderton.  Registration forms are due by March 9.  Sign up early to be sure that you get a seat.  Questions about travel:  Contact Dawn Ranck at 215-362-7640 or email Dawn.Ranck@verizon.net.  Questions about the event:  Go to www.christianpeacewitness.org.

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by Christine Charnosky, The Reporter

01/22/2007

Plains Mennonite Church is always looking for ways to help others. Currently, the church is collecting items for health kits, which will go to women and children in refugee camps, according to Associate Pastor Dawn Ranck.

The church gives the kits to the Mennonite Central Committee and the agency forwards them to people in need, she said. The description of the health kits can be found at the agency’s Web site, www.mcc.org, which states the kits go to people in such countries as Bosnia, Haiti, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.

The church is collecting the following items: one toothbrush, adult-size, left in wrapper; one squeeze-tube toothpaste, minimum six ounces, left in box; one bar of soap, four to five ounces left in wrapper; one fingernail clipper; and one dark-colored hand towel. Ranck said the items can be dropped off at the church in a plastic bag. The church then places the items into a cloth bag, which one of their congregant makes.

Ranck said she heard a story about a person who came to the United States and years before had received a health kit. “The person still had the bag because it had become a symbol of hope for them,” she said. She and some church members toured the MCC warehouse in Ephrata, Lancaster County, last month.

“We helped check the kits,” she said. “Each kit has to have the same and right stuff.”
The Central Committee has the best track record of things that go to other countries because their overhead is low, she said.

The church has a different community service project every few months, Ranck said, including helping Manna on Main Street. The church has collected 20 to 30 kits so far and it’s not unusual for them to collect 100.

Items for the kits can be dropped off through the month of February at Plains Mennonite Church, located at 50 W. Orvilla Road in Hatfield Township. The church office is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or items can be brought to the Sunday service, which begins at 10:15 a.m. The church can be reached at (215) 362-7640.

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Akron, Pa. – At mid-January meetings here, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) executive committee recognized the formal passing of the leadership baton from the acting MCC executive director, Lowell Detweiler, to interim director, Bert Lobe.

The committee also heard about an increase in MCC donations, approved international program initiatives, including a $1 million water project for Palestine, proposed delegation to Iran and participated in a review of events surrounding the Oct. resignation of the former executive director.

“Thanks to a wonderful network of staff and service workers here in North America and around the world, the mission of MCC to demonstrate God’s love continues,” acting director Lowell Detweiler told the group.

“I look forward to the year and am honored by your trust,” Lobe said to the executive committee.  “The weight of the mantle feels heavy.  At moments I am afraid, but I am assured by the strength of this circle and will need your help and your prayers. Let us move ahead.”

Lobe will act as interim director for one year beginning Jan. 8.  He has previously served with MCC in India, as Asia program director, director of the China Educational Exchange and most recently in Bangladesh.

Executive committee members asked Lobe to focus on changes in MCC governance and keep the momentum of current MCC program moving forward while they begin the process of hiring a long-term executive director.

During the meeting the executive committee was told by MCC staff that donations from supporters in Canada and the U.S. exceeded the 2006 budget by nearly 8 percent, including more than $1 million received in Canada through a joint MCC and Ten Thousand Villages Living Gifts campaign during the holiday season.

“We are so grateful for the gifts MCC continues to receive from supporters and for all of the volunteers in thrift shops, relief sales and all the other activities around MCC,” said Dave Worth, director of resource generation.

Palestine Water Project
International program staff said the Palestine water project addresses wastewater problems in rural areas around Bethlehem and Hebron in the West Bank.  MCC is working with the Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem to implement the effort.

According to MCC staff, of 450 villages in the West Bank only 53 have adequate wastewater collection facilities. The result has been environmental and health problems for those without adequate facilities.

The water project will allow 180 homeowners in 18 villages to treat and reuse wastewater in agricultural production.  The 42-month project will benefit around 1,800 people.

Iran visit
In other reports, the executive committee heard of plans by staff to continue planning a religious leaders visit to Iran as a follow-up to a September, 2006 MCC-sponsored meeting in New York City with Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The upcoming visit, which is being jointly sponsored by MCC and the American Friends Service Committee, will include leaders from a variety of U.S.-based church denominations, including Mennonite, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and evangelical churches.  The group expects to travel to Iran in February or March.

The purpose of the visit is to discuss with Iranian religious leaders ways relations between Iran and the U.S. can be improved and conflict can be averted.

New models for governance
During the day and a half before the MCC executive committee met, a number of MCC staff, executive directors and board members from the 12 MCC organizations met to review the impact of the October resignation and explore new models for how MCC should be governed in the future.

The group acknowledged contributions the former executive director, Robb Davis, made during his tenure and committed to build on them.

“The executive committee has taken ownership of the difficulties in which the former director worked,”  said Ron Dueck, MCC executive committee chairperson.  “These specifically related to the lack of clarity of mandate, insufficient monitoring of stress levels and insufficient direction on board-staff roles and decision making.”

During an executive session the members of the executive committee worked with Lobe and senior staff spelling out detailed expectations for Lobe’s job during the next year. A priority will be the work of a governance transition team that was mandated in 2006 to work with various MCC boards and church denominations in changing the MCC governance structure.

Currently MCC is made up of 12 separate entities in Canada and the United States, each with separate boards, although only nine of them are separately incorporated.  The 12 MCC groups include MCC (which conducts most of the international program), MCC Canada, MCC U.S., five provincial MCC offices in Canada and four regional MCC offices in the U.S.

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Christopher Dock Mennonite High School invites youth and youth leaders to attend the school’s Evening Worship for Peace on Wednesday, February 7.  The event will be held at 7 p.m. on the lawn in front of Detweiler House.  (The event will be moved inside to the theater at Longacre Center in the case of inclement weather).  This worship service will be a culmination of the Day of Fasting/Day of Silence in which many Christopher Dock students will be participating.  RSVP to Marlene Frankenfield at mfrankenfield@franconiaconference.org.

Penn View Christian School is hosting an All School Visitation for prospective families on Friday, February 9, at 7:45 a.m.  Enjoy a light breakfast, learn more about their program, and tour the facility.  For more information, call Sandra Harrell at 215-723-1196 or visit the website at www.pennview.org.

Gospel Music artists, The Couriers, will be ministering at Rocky Ridge Mennonite Church on Sunday, February 11, at the 10:25 a.m. worship service.  The Couriers have been ministering in song around the globe for more than 50 years.  The current members are dedicated music ministers and sing the Gospel message with enthusiasm and class.  For more information, call the church office at 215-536-1269.

All women (high school and above) are invited to a Women’s Retreat on Friday, February 16, and Saturday, February 17, at Souderton Mennonite Church.  The theme for the retreat is “Faith Choices:  Choose Life, Chosen by God, Choose Love.”  Julie Henning will be the guest speaker.  Tickets are $10 and include refreshments and a light lunch.  Please RSVP by February 11 to 215-723-3088.  The retreat is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday night and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.  Visit www.soudertonmennonite.org for the full retreat schedule. 

Penn View Christian School is offering Community Computer Classes in March and April of this year.  Courses on Windows XP, digital photography, Power Point 2003, internet safety, word processing, Windows Movie Maker, and spreadsheets will be offered.  If you would like more information, please go to www.pennview.org or contact the school’s main office at 215-723-1196 for a brochure.

Volunteer OpportunityMennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is looking for skilled, long-term leadership at a number of sites from April to May, 2007.  If you have an interest in volunteering for three weeks or more, contact Cathie Kearsley at 717-859-2210.  Visit MDS on the web at www.mds.mennonite.net.

is looking for at a number of sites from April to May, 2007.  If you have an interest in volunteering for three weeks or more, contact Cathie Kearsley at 717-859-2210.  Visit MDS on the web at .

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NEWTON, Ks—¬Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership announces Maribeth Troyer of Phoenix, Az, and Rod Stafford of Portland, Or, as adult worship leaders for San José 2007. Youth worship leaders will be Ben Bolanos of San Francisco and Rachel Gerber of Denver.

Music leaders for the adult worship services will be Tom Harder of Wichita, Ks; Helen Hudgens of Evanston, Il; and Brother George Makinto of Palos Verdes, Ca. Jeremy Kempf of Goshen, In, will lead music for youth worship services.

Worship and music leaders met with the Youth and Adult worship planning committees for San José 2007 at the groups’ last meeting Oct. 26 through 28 in San José, Ca. San José 2007 will be July 2 through 7 in San José, Ca. The host area conference will be Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference.

Troyer is a member of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Az, where she is currently serving as the pastoral intern. She also has chaplaincy certification. Stafford, a native Californian, is lead pastor at Portland Mennonite Church. He attended seminary in Pasadena, Ca. Director of Convention Planning Jorge Vallejos is confident Troyer and Stafford will facilitate meaningful worship for San José 2007 participants.

“In selecting worship leaders we wanted to make sure they possessed a strong Anabaptist frame of reference coupled with a stage presence that is welcoming and sincere,” Vallejos said. “I think both Maribeth and Rod possess these qualities plus a strong commitment to Christ’s church. Moreover, Maribeth is from Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference, and Rod from Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference, which will give our worship sessions the additional and unique West-coast touch.”

Bolanos is an active member of First Mennonite Church of San Francisco and has served on the Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference Board of Directors. By trade, he is a high school history teacher in Palo Alto, Ca. Gerber is associate pastor of faith formation at First Mennonite Church in Denver and serves Mountain States Mennonite Conference as its Conference Resource Advocate.

“By adding Ben and Rachel to the mix, we are widening the spectrum of people who are impacted by convention worship. We, as a committee, are blessed to have them on board,” said Rachel Swartzendruber, associate director of Convention Planning for Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership. “They bring fresh ideas and have a sense of calling to this role. They are excited about helping youth Live the Call!”

Worship planning for San José 2007 has been underway for several months and is almost complete, and the worship planning committees for the youth and adult conventions finished their meetings in San José, Ca, last October. Each group was charged with planning the multiple worship services to be conducted throughout the week of July 2 through 7, including joint worship sessions where youth and adults will come together. Music leaders also participated in planning for San José 2007 worship times.

Harder serves as co-pastor with his wife Lois of Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church in Wichita and is an active and versatile musician with a doctorate in classical guitar performance from Arizona State University.

Hudgens is the worship minister at Reba Place Church in Evanston, Il, where she helped start the Reba Gospel Choir in 1995 and the vocal ensemble Reba Praise in 1997. Hudgens also is on the faculty of the School of Music at North Park University.

Brother Makinto is a multi-talented musician, singer, composer and international recording artist. He has traveled through more than 60 countries studying different music styles including classical, jazz and African traditional music.

Kempf currently works as recruitment coordinator for Mennonite Mission Network. He graduated from Hesston College and Greenville College with a degree in Contemporary Christian Music and has spent several years as lead guitarist in the Christian rock/worship band thirstborne.

Joel Shenk of Pasadena, Ca, has served on the Adult Worship Planning Committee and says he is looking forward to seeing how the creative and thoughtful work of the different people planning worship for San José 2007 will come together under the Live the Call! theme.

“God was definitely at work in bringing together a team with a wide range of gifts and skills, all of which are needed to plan and coordinate large-scale worship services,” Shenk said.

“I’m continually amazed by the passion our planning committee members bring to each San José 2007 meeting. We have committee members who have dedicated their lives to youth ministry and others who are youth themselves. This provides us with a very wide spectrum of people represented and that is what makes our meetings so beneficial,” Swartzendruber said.

For more information on San José 2007, visit http://www.sanjose2007.org/ or call toll-free 1-866-866-2872 and ask for Convention Planning. Online and paper registrations are now being accepted.

Ben Balonos grew up in Franconia Mennonite Conference’s Allentown congregation.

From left, Members of the Youth Worship Planning Committee for San José 2007 Ben Balonos, Jeremy Kempf and Kendra King work to plan worship for convention. The group last met October 26 through 28 in San José, Ca. Photo by Marathana Prothro

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GOSHEN, Ind. – Five Goshen College student speakers will continue the college’s near-century-old  tradition by participating in the 2007 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on January 23.

Participants in the college’s 2007 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest and their topics are:

Sophomore Analisa Gerig-Sickles, of West Branch, Iowa, will speak on “Women and the Call to Ministry.” Gerig-Sickles is an elementary education major and the daughter of David Sickles and Jean Gerig. She is a 2005 graduate of West Branch High School and attends First Mennonite Church of Iowa City.

First-year Betsy Houser, from Phoenix, Az, will speak about current immigration issues in her speech “Peace, Prosperity and the Promised Land.” She is a collegiate studies major and the daughter of David and Wendy Houser. She graduated from Shadow Mountain High School in 2006 and attends Sunnyslope Mennonite Church.

First-year Niti Mishra, from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, will speak on “Gender Violence: A Challenge Across Borders.” She is an accounting major and the daughter of Jyoti Singh K.C. Mishra. She graduated from Notre Dame Secondary School.

First-year Georgette Oduor, from Kenya, will speak on “The Truth About AIDS in Kenya: How It Affects Children,” which is inspired by her experiences working in an AIDS orphanage and from relatives affected by the AIDS epidemic. Oduor is a nursing major and the daughter of Evelyn Yobera of Anchorage, Ak.

First-year Drew Stoltzfus, from Souderton, Pa, will speak about reconciling evil with understandings about God in his speech “The Cosmos and Evil.” He is a communication and music double major and the son of Barry and Ingrid Stoltzfus. He graduated from Souderton Area High School in 2006 and attends Blooming Glen Mennonite Church.

Each participant will step to the lectern to deliver an 8- to 10-minute speech on their chosen topic relating to peace, in a universal or specific context, including war and violence, political policies, agencies of justice and peace, peacemaking strategies or current events. The addresses will be judged by Goshen Mayor Allan Kauffman, Goshen College Associate Professor of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Carolyn Schrock-Shenk and Co-pastor of Assembly Mennonite Church Karl Shelly. Speakers will be judged on originality, the integration of the topic and a peace position and general standards of delivery. While judges deliberate, refreshments will be served, and then the winner will be announced.

Participants compete for cash prizes and the top winner may enter the U.S./Canada Mennonite Central Committee-sponsored C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. The trust of C. Henry Smith, a Mennonite historian and professor at Goshen and Bluffton (Ohio) colleges, funds the contest, which gives students an opportunity to become involved with the peace cause while cultivating rhetorical skills. Speech contests have been part of Goshen College’s history since the early 1900s; the C. Henry Smith contest allows the campus community to hear more about relevant, contemporary issues.

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William (Bill) Kull of West Point, PA was ordained to Christian ministry for the Methacton Mennonite Church on December 10, 2006, during a morning service at the church. Bill and his wife Susan have been members of Methacton Mennonite since 1987. Bill has been on the Pastoral Team at Methacton since July 2003, and before that was a lay leader in the congregation. Officiating and preaching at the service was Noah Kolb, Conference overseer for the Methacton Mennonite Church.

Also joining the congregation the morning of December 10 were several other ministers, seen here standing in the old pulpit of the church, which was built in the 1800s. From left to right: Clayton Swartzentuber, previous pastor and current member at Methacton Mennonite, Luke Beidler (on current Pastoral Teams at both Methacton Mennonite and Norristown New Life/Nueva Vida), Dawn Ruth Nelson (current lead pastor of Methacton Mennonite), Bill Kull, Marty Kolb-Wyckoff (chaplain at Rockhill Mennonite retirement home and currently worshipping at Methacton Mennonite), Noah Kolb, overseer, Don McDonough, a friend of Bill Kull’s who is now a pastor at Spring Mount Mennonite Church; and John Ruth (friend of the Methacton congregation and father of Dawn Nelson).

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Raleigh Mennonite Church will be featured on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” TONIGHT.  Tune in to see the rebuilding of a neighboring house, along with repairs done to the building that houses the Raleigh Mennonite Church, Hope Elementary School, and Building Together Ministries.  The show will air tonight, January 21, at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.

Karen’s Place, a coffee shop ministry of Doylestown Mennonite Church, will feature the pop rock/jazz-fusion Eddy Mann Band on Saturday, January 20.  Donations will be collected to aid Mennonite Disaster Service as they help to rebuild areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.  A percentage of the proceeds will also go to the New Britain Baptist Food Larder.  Karen’s Place is open from 7:00 – 10:30 p.m. For more information, please call the church office at 215-345-6377 or visit the web sit at www.karensplace.org.

The Mennonite Heritage Center invites individuals, groups, and children’s groups to attend a new exhibit entitled As Large As Palaces: Pennsylvania German Barns.  The exhibit will run through October 29, 2007.  Call 215-256-3020 or visit www.mhep.org for more information. 

There is still time to register for Arctic Blast Retreat for 6^th – 9^th Graders at Camp Men-O-Lan on February 2-4.  Registration forms can be found at www.menolan.org.  Cost is $86.  Come for loads of fun and the opportunity to grow in Christ!

Deep Run East Mennonite Church invites the community to a Men’s Banquet featuring “Ryan and Friends”, a world famous ventriloquist entertainer.  The banquet is on Tuesday, February 6, at 6:15 p.m., beginning with a hot catered meal of roast beef and turkey in the church fellowship hall.  Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 4-10 (children 3 and under are free).  R.S.V.P. by Sunday, January 28.  Contact the church office at 215-766-8380 for tickets or more information.

Serving and Learning Together (SALT) is an eleven-month program for Canadian and U.S. Christians ages 18 to 27 interested in a cross-cultural service experience.  Through participation in the daily lives and realities of communities in need, SALT participants will learn, reflect, absorb, and above all, change. For more information, check out www.mcc.org/salt. 

Salford Mennonite Church has ½ of a farmhouse available for rent, located on the church property at 468 Groff’s Mill Road, Harleysville.  It has two bedrooms, one bath, attic and basement storage, and lots of outdoor space.  Call Bernice of Hershey Property Management at 610-287-8888.

                                              Job Opportunities

Camp Men-O-Lan has a full-time, year round position open for a Program Assistant in their camp Program Department.  The position requires a college degree in camping, youth work, or related area.  The duties include, but are not limited to, challenge course facilitation and directing summer camp, youth retreats, wilderness camps, and other camp programs. They are looking for someone who loves the Lord and has a passion to use the camp environment as a tool to serve Him.  Please contact Dave McCauley at dmccauley@menolan.org or 215-679-5144, ext. 23, with any questions, to receive a job description, or to send a resume. has a full-time, year round position open for a in their camp Program Department.  The position requires a college degree in camping, youth work, or related area.  The duties include, but are not limited to, challenge course facilitation and directing summer camp, youth retreats, wilderness camps, and other camp programs. They are looking for someone who loves the Lord and has a passion to use the camp environment as a tool to serve Him.  Please contact Dave McCauley at or 215-679-5144, ext. 23, with any questions, to receive a job description, or to send a resume.

Dock Woods Community is seeking a full-time Office Assistant to join the Office Administration team.  The ideal candidate will possess strong Word, Excel, Power Point, and Desktop Publishing skills.  Responsibilities include preparing letters, memos, and forms; compiling and preparing the Community’s resident newsletter; performing light accounting; maintaining office supplies; taking phone calls and assisting the IT Department.  The successful candidate must be self-motivated, organized, dependable, and a good communicator. High school diploma/GED required, Associates degree or some college preferred. EOE. Learn more by visiting www.dockwoods.com.  Interested candidates should fill out an application at the address below or send a resume along with salary requirements to HR Department, Dock Woods Community, 275 Dock Drive, Lansdale, PA 19446.  Fax : 215-565-2413
 

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GOSHEN, Ind. – Three Franconia Conference natives are participating
in the first Goshen (Ind.) College Study-Service Term (SST) unit to
Cambodia this spring. The group includes 24 students.

Krista Ehst, daughter of Tim and Sheryl Ehst of Bally, is majoring in
Bible and religion. She is a 2004 graduate of Christopher Dock
Mennonite High School and attends Perkasie Mennonite Church.

Sheldon Good, son of Don and Diane Good of Telford, is majoring in
communication and business. He is a 2005 graduate of Christopher Dock
Mennonite High School and attends Salford Mennonite Church.

Greg Yoder, son of Jerold and Beth Yoder of Perkasie, is majoring in
music. He is a 2005 graduate of Christopher Dock Mennonite High
School and attends Perkasie Mennonite Church.

The students left for Cambodia on Jan. 10 and will return to the
United States on April 10. They will spend the first six weeks in the
capital, Phnom Penh, studying the national language of Khmer and the
country’s culture at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. Students
will then be placed in service assignments around the country. The
capital is a mix of developed and developing areas, and though the
country has a dollar economy, it is one of the poorest countries in
the region, according to Tom Meyers, director of international
education at Goshen College. Students will live with host families
during the first and second half of the semester, many of whom will
be Buddhist, since 95 percent of the population follows that
religion. Groups from Goshen College will go to Cambodia every three
years.

Keith and Ann Graber Miller, with their children, Niles, Mia and
Simon, are leading the unit to Cambodia. Keith is professor of Bible,
religion and philosophy at Goshen College. They have previously led
SST units in the Dominican Republic, China, Cuba and Costa Rica.

Web updates and photos from the group are available from Goshen
College’s SST Web site at: www.goshen.edu/sst/cambodia07. Letters can
be directed to: Mennonite Central Committee, PO Box 481, #20 Street
475, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Since the first SST units went to Costa Rica, Jamaica and Guadeloupe
in 1968 and began one of the country’s pioneer international
education programs, more than 6,500 students and 230 faculty leaders
have traveled to 20 countries; the college currently organizes SST
units to study and serve in China, Dominican Republic, Germany,
Cambodia, Ethiopia, Senegal, Perú and Jamaica. The program’s uncommon
combination of cultural education and service-learning remains a core
part of the general education program, and has earned citations for
excellence from U.S.News & World Report, Peterson’s Study Abroad and
Smart Parents Guide to College, the John Templeton Foundation and
American Council on Education.

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DreamSeeker Magazine, published by Cascadia Publishing House, was founded to link readers interested in attending to “voices from the soul” with Anabaptist-related writers committed to exploring from the heart, with passion, depth, and flair, their own visions and issues of the day.

The Winter 2007 issue includes a variety of Franconia Mennonite Conference authors:

• Christie Benner - (Un)happy, in love
• Renee Gehman - What if I knew when I was little and didn’t know anything
• Deborah Good - Some thoughts on helping
• Michael King - At the end of ethnic Mennonite life
• Steve Kriss - Just another day in Paradise—or Philadelphia?
• David Landis - Cultural agoraphobia: Why young postmodern Mennonites struggle to follow or lead

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