by Emily Ralph Servant, Interim Director of Communication The house sits on Emily Street, a three-story, red-brick townhouse whose stoop rests directly on the sidewalk along a narrow city street. […]
Philadelphia
Celebrating Nations and Generations in South Philly
by Aldo Siahaan, Leadership Minister, with Chantelle Todman Moore, Intercultural Coach We walked silently through the streets of South Philadelphia. Pastor Joshua and Anita So from San Francisco and I […]
Seeking peace in their cities, urban leaders gather in Philadelphia
by Rachel Sommer for Mennonite Central Committee East Coast and Mennonite Church USA In a letter to Jerusalem’s exiled leaders, the prophet Jeremiah called on them to work for the […]
Philly Churches plan festival to benefit MCC
Ken Beidler, West Philadelphia, kenbeidler@yahoo.com Philadelphia Anabaptist churches are planning the first ever Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Benefit Festival in Philadelphia. This inaugural event is scheduled for Saturday, October 29, 2011, […]
Holy Hospitality
By Ben Sutter, benjamins5@goshen.edu, Franconia Conference Communications One thing I’ve experienced this first week of living in Philadelphia is hospitality. I arrived last Monday at one in the morning and […]
Pastoral Training Program 'Steps' into Philly
Eastern Mennonite Seminary at Lancaster’s STEP program (Study and Training for Effective Pastoral Ministry) will offer its first cohort session in Philadelphia in September 2010. This cohort is a move […]