[amc] FW: Please Act on the Mennonite Church USA Immigration Statement

From: "garland robertson" <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:58:14 -0600

Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church

 

I am forwarding the information below for your awareness.  

May it go well with you.  Sincerely,

Garland Robertson

 

...always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to
bring some portion of misery to an end

-----Original Message-----
From: South Central Conference [mailto:scc@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 9:28 AM
To: Robert Nolt
Subject: Fw: Please Act on the Mennonite Church USA Immigration Statement
Importance: High

 

 

Robert Nolt 
Conference Minister 
South Central Conference and 
Oklahoma Area of Western District Conference
316-284-1421  
 

Area Conferences:  please forward this to your congregations.  Thank you. 

 

 

 

 

Conference and Congregational leaders:

 

During the February 2006 Executive Board meetings in Los Angeles, Pacific
Southwest Mennonite Conference pastors and staff talked about their work and
lives. Their foremost pastoral concern is legislation passed by the House of
Representatives in December 2005. Should something similar to this bill also
pass the Senate and then a joint House-Senate committee, caring and sharing
ministries of congregational and conference life may be illegal. Iglesia
Menonita Hispana (IMH) staff also voiced strong concerns. 

The Executive Board feels Mennonite Church USA must respond immediately to
this anxiety regarding immigration and border issues. We already have a
Mennonite Church USA Churchwide Statement on Immigration, passed on July 5,
2003 http://mennoniteusa.org/NewItems/delegates/statement_immigration.pdf
but we need an update on the situation and to take action. We encourage you
and your congregation to 


  

study the biblical mandate for giving hospitality to strangers 


  

learn about pending legislation and 


 

 

 

fax your legislators in March. 

 

Attached you'll find materials to help your congregation respond:

*       a letter from Roy Williams, Mennonite Church USA moderator, 
*       an information handout and 
*       an action handout. 

 

You'll find additional resources and links at: 

http://peace.mennolink.org/articles/2006immig.html

 

and a new immigration button at OneSource, www.MennoniteUSA.org/resources.

 

May you feel God's blessing as you choose to show hospitality.

 

Also available:

Christian Peacemaker Teams bulletin insert: Only love and courage will stop
the violence

 <http://peace.mennolink.org/resources/cptfox.pdf>
http://peace.mennolink.org/resources/cptfox.pdf 

 

 

Peace,

Susan

 

Susan Mark Landis

Peace Advocate

Mennonite Church USA

Executive Leadership

 

phone/fax: 330-683-6844

SusanML@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

www.MennoniteChurchUSA.org/peace

[amc] FW: Please Act on the Mennonite Church USA Immigration Statement

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