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X-58
Seniors for
Peace, 1987-
Records, 1987-2004
3
Boxes (2 Gray, 1 Large)
Administrative
Information
These records of the activities of
the Greencroft Chapter of Seniors for Peace were deposited into the
Archives by
Florence B. Amstutz (Mrs. Clair Amstutz) and Evelyn Kreider in 1996. The files from the Seniors for Peace office
were deposited by J. B. Shenk in 1996.
Additional files from the Seniors for
Peace office were deposited by J.
B. Shenk in 2007 (Accession # 7309, 1 Box Large, January 7, 2008 /des).
Historical
Sketch
Started in 1987, this Seniors for
Peace program is run by a Coordinating Committee out of the College Mennonite
Church,
Goshen, Indiana. Persons included (in 1987) were Atlee Beechy,
Carl and Evelyn Kreider, John
and
Pauline Fisher, and Roy and Ethel Umble.
It is sponsored by the Mennonite
Central Committee U.S. Peace
Section. Its office is located in the College
Mennonite
Church,
1900 South Main Street,
Goshen, Indiana.
Its purpose is to encourage a ministry
of
reconciliation based on 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, "All this is from God,
who
through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of
reconciliation..."
Inventory
Listing
Box
1 (Gray)
Minutes of
Planning
Committee
Minutes, 1988-89
Activities
coordinated
by Florence
B.
Amstutz
Workshops at Greencroft Senior Center,
Goshen, Indiana, 1989-90
Box
2 (Gray)
Workshops
at Greencroft Senior
Center,
Goshen, Indiana, 1991-94
Records of
Evelyn
Kreider, 1988-95
[Not
Listed individually]
Seniors for
Peace
Office, Files from Atlee Beechy
Washington Seminar, 1987-89
Correspondence, 1987-89
Box
3 (Large)
Records,
1987-2004, deposited
by J. B. Shenk, April 17, 2007
3/1 Brochure,
"Seniors for Peace,"
produced by Coordinating Committee, Atlee Beechy, Carl and Evelyn
Kreider, John and Pauline
Fisher, and Roy and Ethel Umble [no
date, ca. 1987].
3/2 "Seniors for
Peace," by Ethel
Umble, 1 page. [no date]
3/3 "Seniors for
Peace, Information
Packet," July, 1987, distributed by Mennonite Central Committee U.S.
Peace
Section, Akron, Pennsylvania; MCC Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba; and
Inter-Mennonite Council of Aging, Elkhart, Indiana.
Also
includes Video and cassette tapes
[Rest
of files not listed]
Name
and Subject Tracings
Amstutz,
Florence
B.
Kreider,
Evelyn
Peace
March 27, 2008 / Posted on web / des
January
7, 2008 update / September 26, 1996 / Dennis
Stoesz
File:
"X-58 Seniors for Peace.doc"
Mennonite
Church USA
Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St.,
Goshen,
Indiana
46526
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