Patient Advocate: The Center for Healing and Hope will have an opening for the Patient Advocate at the Goshen Center beginning in May.  The Patient Advocate meets with Clinic patients to conduct needs assessment and assists patients to secure needed services.  This is a full-time paid position.  Applicants must be fluent in English and Spanish and understand the importance of servicing the whole person when relating to patients.  College degree preferred.  Applications will be accepted up to February 17th.  Please send letter of interest and resume to Center for Healing and Hope, PO Box 195, Goshen, IN 46527 or dwentorfchhgoshen.org

This is Menno-Hof's second event in 2010 emphasizing believer's baptism in the 485th anniversary year of the first Anabaptist baptisms.    'The Radicals' will be shown on Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Menno-Hof.  This story of early Anabaptists Michael and Margaretha Sattler, will cause viewers to stop and think how much their faith really means to them.  Popcorn will be served and a free-will offering will be received.  Youth groups are encouraged to attend.  Call 260-768-4117 or e-mail for group reservations. 

A Hacienda Day will be held Monday, March 8 to benefit Bethany Christian Schools . Hacienda will donate 20% of purchases for food, gift certificates, and carryouts all that day with presentation of a token. Tokens may NOT be distributed inside or outside the restaurant that day. Tokens are available on the church bulletin board.   (Please fill in as applicable: in your mailbox, in the church office, on the literature table, in the newsletter, etc.)

March 1, at 7:30 p.m., the second ecumenical Lenten Centering Prayer service takes place in Koinonia Room of College Mennonite Church.   It begins promptly and last about a half hour, followed by a teaching via CD teaching by James Finley, author and retreat leader on Christian Meditation.  Our time together will end around 8:45 p.m. 

Goshen College Music Center is offering Music Together® classes in many area locations for children from birth to age 7, along with their parent or caregiver. Vital to our worship and a significant factor in our well-being, the experience of singing is meant to be for everyone.  These 10 weekly sessions help participants "find their voice," have fun with song and movement, plus foster loving interaction between parent and child through singing. Learn more from the poster/brochure on the bulletin board, or by calling the Music Center at (574) 535-7907.  Classes begin soon!

Goshen Middle School is hosting John Halligan for a public presentation on bullying and cyber bullying, Monday, March 22, 7:30 pm in the auditorium.  Halligan's compelling presentation grows out of losing his 13-year-old son Ryan to suicide in 2003 after repeated bullying.  Parents and others interested are encouraged to attend.

Sister-Care Seminar – May 14 & 15: This two-day seminar at Kidron Mennonite Church, Kidron, Ohio , includes biblical and skills training for effective lay caring in the congregation. This Sister-Care weekend has been planned by our conference Mennonite Women leadership. It will explore ways that women can continue to hear each other and nurture their life in Christ. Registration fee is $35 and includes in-home lodging (if needed) Friday night, a continental breakfast, lunch on Saturday, and a training manual. Registration deadline is April 30. Please contact the church office if you would like additional information or to request a registration form.