{"id":1003,"date":"2015-08-08T15:03:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T15:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pa2015.mwc-cmm.org\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:35:50","slug":"an-agricultural-host-for-a-pastoral-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/an-agricultural-host-for-a-pastoral-people\/","title":{"rendered":"An agricultural host for a global Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Mennonite World Conference Assembly takes place at Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Devin Manzullo-Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-FSCfullhall-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125916 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-FSCfullhall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-FSCfullhall-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-FSCfullhall.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA \u2013 Would the attendees of Pennsylvania 2015 accept \u201can occasional farm smell\u201d in their meeting space?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s just one of the many questions PA 2015 National Coordinator Howard Good of the USA asked as he and his team evaluated the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as a potential location for the next Mennonite World Conference Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After considering an extensive feasibility study, the MWC Executive Committee elected in May 2011 to hold the 16th Assembly in the USA, specifically at the Farm Show Complex . The venue, built in the 1930s, was created to showcase agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holding a church conference in a facility known for hosting agricultural events was not without its challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet the complex seemed like a good space to hold PA 2015, given that Mennonites \u201care known for good farming,\u201d said Liesa Unger of Germany, MWC chief international events officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Coordinator Howard Good and other event planners are pleased with the choice. And the decision also had benefits for Farm Show Complex administrators and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-dining-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125902 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-dining-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-dining-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-dining.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Farm Show routinely hosts events that draw a large crowd. (The Great American Outdoors Show in February 2016 is expected to draw 171,000). But with more than 7,500 participants representing 65 countries, PA 2015 is \u201cfar larger on scale than any other events we\u2019ve done internationally,\u201d says Sharon Altland, executive director of the Farm Show Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the decision to make PA 2015 a \u201cgreen\u201d event has set a precedent for the FSC. The FSC has made smaller-scale efforts at environmental stewardship in the past, such as installing a windmill and recycling bins around the facility, says Altland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[But PA 2015 is] the first event where someone has come to us and said, \u2018We\u2019d like to have the smallest [environmental] footprint possible,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-howardgoodbell-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125930 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-howardgoodbell-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-howardgoodbell-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MWC-howardgoodbell.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah Smith-Brubaker, deputy secretary of agriculture for Pennsylvania, expressed her appreciation to Assembly attendees 23 July 2015 \u201cfor your commitment to demonstrating Mennonite stewardship . . . and to reducing food waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe promise to pass this on by following your lead, your example, and doing a better job ourselves at . . . reducing food waste in this facility,\u201d said Smith-Brubaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been an all-around different event for the Farm Show. Jimmie Carter, a staffer at one of the FSC food stalls outside the large arena, notes that PA 2015 has been less busy than during agricultural shows when lineups of hungry patrons run halfway down the hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet he\u2019s still glad to be working the event. \u201cWe enjoy that music,\u201d he said of the international ensemble that led worship for morning and evening plenaries. \u201cNever change that music!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Devin Manzullo-Thomas is editor of <\/em>Courier\/Correo\/Courrier, <em>the magazine of Mennonite World Conference.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mennonite World Conference Assembly takes place at Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex By Devin Manzullo-Thomas Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA \u2013 Would the attendees of Pennsylvania 2015 accept \u201can occasional farm smell\u201d in their meeting space? 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