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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 1d

Amen! Here is a photo from this summer. A wooden plaque from 1680s in a Reformed church in Switzerland. My ancestor Christian Guengerich donated enough money that his family crest is on the bottom right. He was later kicked out of the country because his kids were rebaptized as Anabaptists.

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Lancaster Farming @lancasterfarming.bsky.social · 2d

Volunteers at the Mennonite Central Committee Material Resource Center in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, transform raw materials, donated goods and hours of service into life-saving aid for people facing war, displacement and disaster around the world. Watch here to step inside MCC's relief operations.

Dedicated to Relief, Development, and Peace at the Mennonite Central Committee

YouTube video by Lancaster Farming

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 10d

So hard to have conversations when this is the attitude from persons in church leadership positions. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-christia...

A "Christian" Pride Festival protestor stopped me in the grocery store... They're worse than you. think.

Our town recently celebrated it’s second annual PRIDE Festival.

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 11d

This is important, but I question this. "Yet, Mennonites have not deigned to weigh in on the morality of any of these conflicts...." I remember in the 80s/90s lots of comments and calls for peace coming from MCC and other Mennonite-related groups, including denominations.

Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 15d

And this is where we are at folks. #POTUS and his minions are making up things to get his base riled up. And I can tell you, it still works on far too many. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 16d

Some of the more traditionalist groups of Mennonites have created a cottage industry in providing phones and computers that limit web accessibility. They recognize the good in the tools, but fear opening the door to things they prefer not to engage in.

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 18d

Agree, Unexpected News: Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes by Robert McCaffee Brown had a profound impact on me as I studied International Development back in the late 80s

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 18d

Oh yes, Amish and plain dressing Mennonites use the train all the time. In fact hardly ever ride without seeing some

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 21d

Especially since parts of this group were distillers or brewers way back. Look up Henry Oberholzer in 1800s and some of my "Russian Mennonite" ancestors who had special permission from the Czar to brew beer.

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 21d

I live in the heart of Lancaster County and will attest to the fact not only is there autism but it is treated with modern techniques. I am still pissed at the way the GOP used/uses these groups to get their votes.

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 21d

Glad to be playing a small part in this effort.

Landis Communities @landiscommunities.bsky.social · 21d

Exciting News. Today Landis Quality Living and HDC MidAtlantic received funding to provide new low income senior housing in the city of Reading, PA www.landiscommunities.org/news/2025/10...

#LIHTC, #SeniorHousing #ReadingPA

HDC MidAtlantic and Landis Quality Living Awarded LIHTC Funding to Expand Affordable Senior Housing in Reading, PA. - Landis Communities

October 9, 2025 HDC MidAtlantic and Landis Quality Living are pleased to announce the award of $17 million dollars in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) funding to support the development […]

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 22d

Mackinac Island, Michigan, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, McGaheysville, VA. Gettysburg PA

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 24d

mcc.org/our-stories/... We give to MCC and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank along with our church, Danforth Mennonite Church, Toronto

Sharing peace with neighbors in Gaza amid devastation

Palestinian woman wins MCC’s 2025 Michael J. Sharp Global Peacemaker Award

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · 29d

To highlight one modern-day partnership, Friends Life Care and Landis Communities (Mennonite Aging Services organization) are working in a Continuing Care at Home effort for those who are aging in place but want to prepare for LTC in the future. You can see more at www.friendslifecare.org/landis

Landis

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Oct 1

Thought the same. Unfortunately too many folks in my part of the world seemingly are more interested in being "in" with Americanized National Christianity than holding the historic Anabaptist beliefs.

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Sep 30

I tried so hard to tell people that this was coming, and believers in nonviolence will not be "in." The reality seems to be that many would rather hold on to being "in" than staying true to what they have claimed to believe IMHO

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Sep 30

For 500 years, my faith tradition has posited there is a better, more Christ-honoring way than killing God's creation. His war talk does not change that. It is harder to turn the other cheek!

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Sep 29

This is part of rules about sharing information in the most spoken languages. In PA at least, PA Dutch is one of those languages.

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Sep 26

Great to see Landis Homes Healthcare team honored in this way. www.landishomes.org/2025/09/25/l...

Landis Homes Named to Newsweek’s 2026 Best Nursing Homes List - Landis Homes in Lancaster, PA

Lititz, PA — Landis Homes has been named to Newsweek’s 2026 Best Nursing Homes list, a prestigious recognition that honors excellence in long-term care across the United States. This means […]

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · Sep 24

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Sep 22

My friend created a documentary titled Unexpected Peace. unexpectedpeace.com A Venn diagram between the frostiest receptions and those who have the least knowledge about historical peacemaking and who are Mennonite has a huge middle part where they intersect.

Unexpected Peace

In search of the common good

unexpectedpeace.com

Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Sep 22

I have to assume this has never happened before for any schoo??? Might this be something to share with ESPN or other outlets?

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C.D. Burr @cdburrwriter.bsky.social · Sep 19

Before FREE SPEECH: TONGUE SCREW.... A way to silence opponents in the Middle Ages. "Anabaptist Hans Bret's tongue screw was taken from his ashes by another Anabaptist and preserved in the Mennonite church in Amsterdam." Image purchased from the Mennonite Archival Information Database.

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Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Sep 22

I got mine as a 30th birthday present from the church small group.

Larry G @guenybird.bsky.social · Sep 18

So, FCC Chair says publicly to ABC about @jimmykimmel.com: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way." Lo and behold #Disney and #ABC bend the knee. Imagine Laugh In doing that, or SNL over the years, or Carson. All skewered presidents.

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