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Protesting Dialogue Page 32 in the Face of Barbarity Page 4 PM 40063104 R09613 June 25, 2007 Vol. 11, No. 13 Protesting dialogue page 32 In the face of barbarity page 4 MC B.C. covenant signed page 39 DeskTop This structure is also found in the B.C. and Saskatchewan Holy agreements covenants, which both begin with our common centre of he re-covenanting process has become an important tool Jesus Christ, our resulting identity as the body of Christ, for our area churches over the last decade. In this issue, and the ministries to the world that Christ has called us to Twe have a special report on the covenant just signed do. They then both contain a series of commitments that the by most MC British Columbia churches in a mass worship congregations signing make to each other. service on Pentecost Sunday (see pages 39-40). Why re-covenant? According to MC B.C. moderator Gerd In MC Saskatchewan, delegates decided in 2002 that Bartel, it’s a way to refocus intensively on church relation- the church needed to hold a re-covenanting service for its ships that we often take for granted because they are only churches. At the end of a three-year process of gathering explicitly stated by congregations when they first join the input from congregations and considering draft versions, the denomination; for many churches, this was decades ago. MC Saskatchewan covenant was signed by most churches Bartel also feels that the re-covenanting process provided there in February 2005. a way to find a common theological centre and, through MC Alberta went through an extensive discernment and that, a new unity as a body and a new focus. “One aspect consultation process about what its core vision, purpose and I strongly feel is that congregationalism has led to more mission should be when it developed a new constitution in uniqueness between congregations, and more diversity, and 2001, which its delegates overwhelmingly passed in 2002. that means you keep on expanding the elastic band that While not named a covenant, the constitution has similar connects us. How long can that band stretch without break- language to the Saskatchewan and B.C. covenants on what ing?” he ponders. the theological purpose of the area church is and what shared “This diversity has made us dysfunctional and has taken expectations individual congregations agree to as members. away our ability to focus on the vision God has given us. Do What makes a covenant different from area church re- you keep on in a state of dysfunction, in basically spending structuring, which is also a typically lengthy process involv- your energy facing each other and discussing and dialogu- ing consultation, goal-setting and big-picture thinking about ing…instead of together focusing forward? It’s time, folks, what God is calling us to do? to stop and decide where we are going to get to…. It’s time In a church context, a covenant is a holy agreement for forgiveness, reconciliation, coming together, and to move between God and us. Many examples are found in the Old forward.” and New Testaments. While most agreements are contracts Living by our covenants is a challenge for all of us in between two people, a covenant is fundamentally first about the church. In early 2005, Ken Bechtel said of the MC God and then about what our relationship with each other Saskatchewan covenant: “We state our best intentions, rely- should be in light of this. The Bible as a whole follows this ing on God’s resources, forgiveness for failures and strength pattern, as does the most famous individual covenant, the for new beginnings.” That continues to be true today. Ten Commandments. —Tim Miller Dyck Mission statement: Published by Canadian Ross W. Muir, Managing Editor, Mennonite Publishing Service, Canadian Mennonite [email protected]; serves primarily the people and churches of Barb Draper, Editorial Assistant, Mennonite Church Canada and its five area [email protected]; conferences. 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ISSN 1480-042X 2 Canadian Mennonite June 25, 2007 Vol. 11, No. 13 ThisIssue June 25, 2007 4 UpClose Vol. 11, No. 13 In the face of barbarity 4 No gifts for Emily this year 7 8 Arts&Culture Challenging the resurrection 8 9 Faith&Life The children’s story 9 1 InConversation A train to nowhere 1 Letters 14 Page 8 To pledge or not 14 Breaking the bully cycle 15 Electronic delivery 17 LocalChurch Graduations 17 All subscribers can get the complete contents From mountain bridges 20 of Canadian Mennonite Transitions 25 Page 7 delivered free by e-mail or view selected articles online. For either option, 28 TheChurches visit our website at Celebrating peoplehood 29 canadianmennonite.org. The July 9 issue will be ready by July 5. 0 ToMorrow 2 WiderChurch Protesting dialogue 2 Aboriginal justice 5 Cover: The first night of the Mennonite- Muslim dialogue at Conrad Grebel University in Waterloo, Ont., had to be cancelled after Iranian expatriate protesters shouted down Page 4 clerics from the Imam Khomeni Education and Research Institute in Qom, Iran, forcing police to whisk the clerics out a fire exit. See stories beginning on page 2. —Conrad Grebel photo by Jennifer Konkle Canadian Mennonite June 25, 2007 Vol. 11, No. 13 UpClose Forgiveness in the face of barbarity: The story of John and Grace ohn Ochola was abducted harvest of groundnuts that he by the Lord’s Resistance and Grace had recently brought JArmy (LRA) from the home. All of their livestock— village of Kabong in northern goats, ducks, turkeys and Uganda during the first week chickens—were taken and the of June 2003. The rebels other crops that were almost attacked his village in the early ripe were destroyed. morning hours, surrounding his At the time of his abduc- compound and leaving him no tion, John and Grace had been way of escape. together for a year; Grace His captors soon began ac- was seven months pregnant cusing him of being part of the with their first child. As is the Ugandan military. He told them Acholi custom, they began their emphatically that he had never marriage by living together attended military training or and had not yet begun the next joined the Uganda People’s process in their tradition—pay- Defense Force (UPDF); that he ing the dowry and negotiating had always been in his home for all of the gifts that would village attending school and have to be given to the bride’s farming. family. The groundnuts they The rebels tormented John had gathered and goats they for a while before asking him, had raised were designated for “What kind of sleeve do you this purpose, but their efforts want—a short sleeve or a long were now thwarted. sleeve?” He learned later that In traditional Acholi culture, they were talking about his when the dowry has not been arm; if he had chosen a short paid the girl is often recalled by sleeve, they would have cut her parents in order to moti- his arms off at the shoulder. John Ochola six months after being abducted and vate or “provoke” the man’s Because he didn’t know what maimed by the Lord’s Resistance Army. family to start working harder they were talking about, he did towards paying the dowry. not respond. Normally, the family would They then informed him that they The rebels tormented John have given months or even years for were going to “teach” him for his “sin” the dowry to be paid, but Grace’s fam- of being part of the UPDF. With that for a while before asking ily perceived that John would never be they began hacking off his nose, lip able to pay, so they thought it wise to and ears with a knife.
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