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Mennonite Heritage Center

Anabaptist History and Theology Course offered at the Mennonite Heritage Center

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The Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, Harleysville announces a four session course on Anabaptist History and Theology on Tuesday evenings October 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2011 from 6:30 to 9 pm.

The course will be taught by John Ruth, historian and author, and Steve Kriss, Franconia Mennonite Conference Lead Minister and Eastern Mennonite Seminary Instructor. They will address the critical themes of Anabaptist beginnings, migration, modernization and global community.  The course will look at key texts, questions and movements that have guided the Anabaptist tradition from the Radical Reformation to today’s global Mennonite community.

Join the discussion to examine both the roots and possibilities, to have honest conversation about historic differences and divisions, and to wonder how the Mennonite Church might continue to build on Christ’s foundation, extending hope and healing in today’s world.

Required texts for the course (included in registration cost ) are Through Fire and Water: An Overview of Mennonite History by Steven Nolt and Harry Loewen and What We Believe Together by Alfred Neufeld.  Participants can receive continuing education units for the course through Eastern Mennonite University.  The cost of the course with credit is $100. Those wishing to audit the course may do so for $75.  Pre-registration is required, no later than September 15.

For information or to register, go to www.mhep.org, email info@mhep.org or call 215-256-3020.

Pilgrims on a Journey: Exploring Mennonite Spirituality Past and Present

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Saturday, May 31, 2008

triptychforflyer.jpgThe Mennonite Heritage Center of Harleysville, Pa. invites the public to a symposium, Pilgrims on a Journey: Exploring Mennonite Spirituality Past and Present, to be held Saturday, May 31. It will run from from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the the Franconia Mennonite Church fellowship hall, located at 613 Harleysville Pike, Telford, Pa. This will be a time to explore how Pennsylvania Mennonites have wrestled with and expressed their spiritual life over the centuries.

The morning sessions will focus on stories from past generations of Pennsylvania Mennonites. Speakers include scholars and pastors John Rempel, John Ruth and Dawn Ruth Nelson. In the afternoon, several presenters of differing Mennonite/Anabaptist viewpoints will share from their own contemporary spiritual experience. The symposium will end with a panel discussion and time for questions. A catered lunch is included. Registration deadline is May 15, 2008 and the cost is $40. A limited number of scholarships are available. We cordially invite all interested persons to join us for this time of learning and thinking together.

At 7:00 p.m., a worship service, open to the public and free of charge, will be held at Klein’s Meetinghouse, Maple Avenue, Harleysville, Pa. (on the campus of Peter Becker Community). This service will explore the experience of 18th and 19th century Mennonite worship in ritual, song and the spoken word.

More information on the event is available here, or call the Mennonite Heritage Center at (215) 256-3020; www.mhep.org.