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Caring for our global family
“We say in our family that the boys were born in Africa and the girls were born in the U.S.,” said Eric Kurtz of himself; his wife, Kim; their two sons and their daughter (pictured above). The Kurtzes are part of Assembly Mennonite, Goshen, Ind.
Eric was born in Kenya and was a missionary kid in Somalia until age five. International experience was something that “kind of became instilled” in him at a very young age, he said.
Meanwhile, Kim grew up on a farm in Kansas, where she spent much time “working on tractors and with animals,” she said. In this way, she said she became very connected to the earth, and that became “a very special part” of her growing up.
In their married life together since those childhood years, the Kurtzes, who attend Assembly Mennonite in Goshen, Ind., have found meaningful ways to meld their two backgrounds in living as global citizens both abroad and in the U.S.
Read more in the latest issue of Gospel Evangel.
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Called to share God's love with the body
Melanie Ruuska ::
2009 participant in AMBS’s !Explore: A Theological Program for High School Youth; Burr Oak Mennonite, Rensselaer, Ind.
 “Paraguay. You want me to go to Paraguay?” When Debbie first introduced me to the idea of the !Explore Program in 2008—and suggested I go out of the country with her and 30 strangers—I was a little unsure, to say the least. I’ve been described as shy, awkward, obstinate, overly sarcastic, unfunny, reclusive, home schooled, thin-skinned and just a little bit weird. I was the last person I would have picked if I were Debbie. But, being the good-humored youth I was, I told her, “Sure, I’ll fill out the forms. Sounds fun.”
Read more about Melanie’s experiences in the !Explore program in Paraguay in the latest Gospel Evangel.
The 2009 !Explore program—a program of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Ind.—took ten youth and their pastors to Mennonite World Conference in Asunción, Paraguay. Eight AMBS students and four AMBS faculty accompanied them. They also attended the Global Youth Summit and visited Paraguayan Mennonite communities to learn about both the history and the current challenges of these communities. Melanie participated in the program with her youth pastor, Debbie Voss (pictured above).
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The Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference Search Team is pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas Kaufman as half-time conference minister for leadership transitions (CMLT), for a term beginning Feb. 15, 2010, and continuing through June 30, 2013. Doug was invited to accept this call following affirmation by nearly 99 percent of delegates who responded via ballot in January. Read more.
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Regional meetings will be held March 6 and 13, one in the north (location to be announced) and one in the south at First Mennonite, Indianapolis. These are important days of listening for God’s activity through Scripture and congregational stories, and of discerning counsel for our corporate life. More information will be coming in the near future. (Alternate dates, in case of bad weather, will be the last two Saturdays of March.)
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Annual Sessions 2010 location, date confirmed. We’re pleased to announce that the Middlebury-Bristol Area Council has agreed to host Annual Sessions 2010, to be held July 8–10 at Pleasant View Mennonite in Goshen!
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New staff position job narratives. At annual sessions, delegates were introduced to
new job narratives for
regional pastors and a conference minister for leadership transitions. Contact: Dan Miller, lead conference minister
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