At the new Archives of Mennonite Church USA, 3145 Benham Ave., Elkhart (basement of MCUSA building)
Program
8:30 – Coffee
9:00 – Business
9:30 – Jason Kauffman, archivist, describing the new archival service Joe Springer on the archives remaining at Goshen College
10:30 – Break
11:00 – Tour of the new MCUSA archives
Spring Meeting
Saturday, March 25, 2017
At East Goshen Mennonite Church, 17861 State Rd 4, Goshen, IN
Program
8:30 – Coffee
9:00 – Business
9:30 – Doug Salsbury, “The Church of God in Christ, Mennonite”
10:30 – Break
11:00 – Philipp Gollner, “How Mennonites became ‘White’”
Where: Yellow Creek Mennonite Church (64901 CR 11, Goshen, IN)
The meeting will be held in “The Cabin,” a separate building north of the main church building. Be sure to park in the lot north of the church building to enter The Cabin there.
Schedule
8:30 – Coffee, registration and set-up for used book exchange
Place books on tables prior to business meeting
9:15 – Business meeting
9:45 – Rich Preheim on In Pursuit of Faithfulness, his history of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference
10:45 – Refreshments
10:45 to noon – sale of used Anabaptist and local history books
Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference History
In Pursuit of Faithfulness by Rich Preheim (MennoMedia, 2016)
Rich Preheim recently completed a history of Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. In Pursuit of Faithfulness: Conviction, Conflict and Compromise in the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference was published by MennoMedia. Preheim will discuss themes from his book.
Used Book Exchange Instructions
Place a 3×5 index card or paper slip in each book, in advance of arriving, if possible:
Title
Your name
Price
Then, the money will go to you.
But if you want the money to go to:
MAH
NIAL (Northern Indiana Amish Library)
Then also write those initials at the bottom of the card.
Price must be in dollar bills, NOT any coins.
Bundle books if you need to create a $1 item.
Keep price low to encourage exchange.
At the end of the morning, 11:45, collect money and/or leftover books.
You may want to offer leftover books to Northern Indiana Amish Library or Mennonite Historical Library.
