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Philadelphia Indonesian Church Eagerly Awaits Bikemovement

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Last Sunday, Dave visited Philadelphia Praise Center (PPC), which has recently joined the Franconia Mennonite Conference. Bikemovement will be hosted by PPC on Thursday, August 24, the final stop on the tour before finishing in Ocean City the following day.

For a list of conversations being hosted by church congregations, click to view the large map on the route page.

Mennonite Weekly Review Article

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006


The article from EMS about Bikemovement and Alicia was reprinted online on Mennonite Weekly Review’s website: http://www.mennoweekly.org/JULY/07-03-06/BIKE07-03.html

Seminary Grad Anticipates ‘Moving Experience’

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Alicia Horstby Laura Lehman Amstutz

HARRISONBURG, Va. - When Alicia R. Horst began her studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, she was certain that she didn’t want to do an internship in a congregation, aware that some aspects of this task wouldn’t “fit” with her personality.

This summer, Horst’s desire for a different kind of internship will be fulfilled in a way she never imagined.

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Short Article in the Mennonite

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

We made it into The Mennonite with a short news brief in the June 1, 2006 issue. See the online version at http://www.themennonite.org/php/news.digest.php?news_digest_id=559.

Feel free to send the text from the vision page as a press release to other magazines, newspapers or organizations that might give us some more publicity.

Drew & Nathan are on the road

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Here’s a photo of Drew with our support truck in Texas. Check out the blog of their cross country road trip at http://www.movingjourney.blogspot.com/. Drew and Nathan will meet us to begin cycling in Oregon at the beginning of July.

We will also be having a second support vehicle, a Jetta, joining us to help transport peope and gear. Teresa Lehman has recently joined the bikemovement participants to help with driving and support.

For Participants: Fundraising Flier Available

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Participants:

Please note that there is a fundraising flier available in PDF form at this address: http://bikemovement.org/documents/bikemovement_fundraising_flier.pdf

This flier describes what we are doing and indicates how to contribute with a tear-off strip at the bottom that can be sent in to Mennonite World Conference with donations. Please print, copy and distribute this form widely to help in fundraising efforts.