{"id":6428,"date":"2014-11-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/read-your-way-to-pa-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:17:53","slug":"read-your-way-to-pa-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/read-your-way-to-pa-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Read your way to PA 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA \u2013 \u201cWe should be well informed hosts,\u201d said Richard Thomas recently about PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly, to be held next July 21-26 in Harrisburg, PA.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, who chairs the National Advisory Council for the event, is urging all North American Mennonites, Mennonite Brethren, and Brethren in Christ to honour their guests next summer by starting to prepare now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of us probably can\u2019t become fluent in Indonesian or Amharic or French between now and next July. But we can certainly learn to know more about our sister churches around the world before we\u2019re sitting next to their members at next summer\u2019s Assembly!\u201d commented Thomas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five-volume Global History Series available<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mennonite World Conference commissioned the writing of a five-volume Global History Series over the span of several years. The volumes, one for each continent, are written by persons from their respective continents, and so reflect the perspectives, experiences, and interpretations of the local churches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m reading these books as one way to get myself ready for PA 2015. I want to have a deeper understanding of how my sisters and brothers have found and sustained their faith,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cMany of them have survived wars and hunger and immense political pressure. Many have Muslim neighbors. I have so much to learn from them \u2013 and the histories tell those stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book about Shared Convictions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas said he is also reading <em>What We Believe Together: Exploring the \u201cShared Convictions\u201d of Anabaptist-Related Churches<\/em>. The book is a lively expansion of one of MWC\u2019s great gifts to the global church \u2013 the brief statement, \u201c<a href=\"\/shared-convictions\">Shared Convictions of Global Anabaptists<\/a>.\u201d In the book, Alfred Neufeld from Paraguay writes with unusual insights and examples from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone should read these books, whether they\u2019re coming to PA 2015 or not,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cThis common reading material can be one of our global glues. And we\u2019ll be talking about our \u2018Shared Convictions\u2019 when we\u2019re together next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book discussions planned<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In eastern Pennsylvania, book discussions are scheduled, beginning October 26, 2014, and continuing through June 1, 2015. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mwc-cmm.org\/journeytopa2015\">www.mwc-cmm.org\/journeytopa2015<\/a> to see the dates for the discussions, the book being discussed each time, and the location of each event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you live too far away to attend these get-togethers, why not schedule discussions of the books in your community? Invite anyone to come who\u2019s interested, even if they haven\u2019t read the books,\u201d urges Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>The five histories include: <em>Testing Faith and Tradition<\/em> (Europe volume), <em>Mission and Migration<\/em> (Latin America volume), <em>Anabaptist Songs in African Hearts<\/em> (Africa volume), <em>Churches Engage Asian Traditions<\/em> (Asia volume), and <em>Seeking Places of Peace<\/em> (North America volume). These titles are available in the United States from the Bookshop and Online Book Service of Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmhs.org\">www.lmhs.org<\/a>, 1-717-393-9745) and in Canada from the online Bookshop at Pandora Press (bookshop.pandorapress.com, 1-866-696-1678). The title <em>What We Believe Together<\/em> is available only from the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.<\/p>\n<p><em>MWC release by<\/em> <em>Phyllis Pellman Good, Lancaster, PA, a writer and editor for Mennonite World Conference.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA \u2013 \u201cWe should be well informed hosts,\u201d said Richard Thomas recently about PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly, to be held next July 21-26 in Harrisburg, PA. 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