Tag: beth-el mennonite church
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New children’s book by Colorado Springs pastor helps caregivers talk about gun violence with kids
Gun violence is a tricky topic to broach with kids. “Sparking Peace,” a new children’s book by Hannah Rose Martin, a Mennonite pastor at Beth-El Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs, and Teresa Kim Pecinovsky, an ordained minister and bestselling children’s book author in Minnesota, helps caregivers with those conversations. “There’s such a need for appropriate…
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Longest Night event is a ‘call to action’ for support of Colorado Springs’ homeless
In a small way and for a short time, people who attend the annual Longest Night vigil in Colorado Springs get a tiny glimpse of what it’s like to live on the streets. It’s cold, it’s uncomfortable, it’s hard on the body and mind. And some don’t make it. They die from the elements, at…
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Colorado Springs’ Mennonite church’s display protesting Israel-Hamas war draws attention
On the eve of hosting an annual regional conference for about 150 representatives from Mennonite churches throughout Colorado and New Mexico, Beth-El Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs prepared for the tail-end of a local plea for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. “This is not about Israel, it is about anti-destruction, killing and war,”…
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Colorado Springs nonprofit RAWtools features art made from guns in new exhibit
The guns hanging on these gallery walls no longer pose a threat to any sentient creature. The hunting rifles, handguns, assault-style weapons and soft gun cases are now the stuff of dreamcatchers, sculptures, musical instruments and other works of art. They were surrendered to the nonprofit RAWtools for a variety of reasons — the owners…