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Mennonite Publishing House in Scottdale, Penn. has received a one-year repayable loan of $2.3 million US from a supportive Mennonite-related institution. This buys MPH some time to raise the $5 million needed to retire all outstanding debts of the agency and allows the publishing house to continue producing denominational literature. – news release, Mennonite Church Canada
Mennonite Your Way Directory has found a new home. The directory, last published in 1997, listed over 2000 homes in North America and over 200 international homes that welcome guests. The directory has been published for over 25 years, and during that time has been a hospitality network for travelers to enjoy fellowship and travel more economically. Persons interested in joining this network and being listed as hosts can e-mail Jay and Glola Basler at MYW@MYWdirectory.com, or phoning them at (847) 949-6179. – Mennonite Your Way
Innkeepers who offer reduced rates (a minimum of 25%) for pastors at their bed and breakfasts places can be found at christianhospitalitynetwork.org. – Christian Hospitality Network
Two Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute alumni are currently working together on a Hollywood television show. Roswell, a show about teenagers and their alien friends, features a rising young star named Brendan Fehr. Directing some of the episodes is Allan Kroeker, a filmmaker with roots in Winnipeg who is now working for Paramount Studios. – Canadian Mennonite
There are now more than 560,000,000 Internet users worldwide. In the US, more than 65% of the population over six years old had Internet access. The vast majority of users operate from their homes; second their work; and third are public venues. – Practical Ministry Innovations
Actor Mel Gibson, described as “an aggressive advocate of the Latin Mass”, has a private chapel in his California home, where he conducts his own weekly Catholic services. He says his love for religion was transmitted to him by his father. However, he told the Italian newspaper Il Giornale that he does not support the institutional church because it is too liberal and the Vatican is “a sheep in wolf’s clothing”. – Evangelical Press News Service
The Parents Television Council, a pro-family watchdog group, says the ten best prime-time television shows are Doc, Touched by an Angel, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, 7th Heaven, Baby Bob, Smallville, Reba, The Ponderosa, George Lopez and Bernie Mac. According to the PTC, the ten worst prime-time shows are Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Off Centre, Will & Grace, Friends, WWF Smackdown, Big Brother II, CSI, Temptation Island II, That ’70s Show and Boston Public. ”. – Evangelical Press News Service
The Word Guild, a new Ontario-based organization, and Inscribe Christian Writers’ Fellowship, based in Alberta, have confirmed their intention to work together to “encourage and develop Canadian writers who are Christian”. The Word Guild is directed by Nancy Lindquist, sponsors the annual God Uses Ink writers’ conference in June in Guelph, Ont. and maintains a directory of writers; its Web site is www.wordguild.com. Marcia Laycock is the president of Inscribe, which sponsors a Spring WorDshop each April in Calgary and a Fall Conference each September in Edmonton; its Web site is www.inscribe.org. – The Word Guild
Dean McIntyre, director of music resources for the United Methodist Church in the US, says that it is not true that John and Charles Wesley used tavern or drinking songs as the tunes for their hymns. McIntyre says the misunderstanding arose because the Wesleys preached in public places and because they used the “bar tune” or “bar form” for composing their hymns. “Bar form” is a medieval poetry pattern made up of three or more stanzas, and has nothing to do with taverns. – Evangelical Press News Service
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