Penn View Christian School will be hosting a Souper Supper and Express Tours for families interested in Early Childhood through 8th grade for the 2012-2013 school year on Tuesday, February 7th from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM. Grab some soup and salad and warm up to all that Penn View has to offer. No registration fee is required for applications submitted at the event. For more information please call Sandra Harrell at 215.723.1196, e-mail her at sharrell@pennview.org, or go to www.pennview.org. In case of inclement weather, the snow date will be Tuesday, February 21st at the same times.
A Peace Education Resource Workshop for congregational leaders will be held Saturday, March 10, 9 am-12 noon at Towamencin Mennonite Church. The workshop will include resources for children, youth, and adults: Sunday School classes, study groups, leadership training, community engagement, and learning tours. It is presented by the Franconia-Eastern District Peace & Justice Committee with our conference-related schools. For more details and registration, see www.peaceyear.ppjr.org, or contact Bob Walden, 610-861-0653, email: .
You’re invited to a literary arts festival—Mennonite/s Writing VI: Solos and Harmonies, March 29-April 1, 2012 at Eastern Mennonite University, co-sponsored by Conrad Grebel University College. Features playwright Vern Thiessen; poet Greg Orr; a growing list of Mennonite scholars and writers including Katherine Arnoldi, Stephen Raleigh Byler, Todd Davis, Dora Dueck, Jeff Gundy, Ann Hostetler, Jean Janzen, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Keith Ratzlaff, Sofia Samatar, Hildi Froese Tiessen, and Rudy Wiebe. Learn more and register by March 16 at www.emu.edu/mennos-writing
Early registration discount available through February 3: Regular, $100; Senior, $75; Student, $35. Registration includes admission to all events and Saturday evening banquet.