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            Mission '72, Harrisonburg, Virginia

1 Box (Green)

Administrative Information

            The records consist of correspondence, minutes, programs, notes, publicity, newspaper clippings and photographs of the local arrangements committee of Mission '72 that took place a Harrisonburg, Virginia, June 30-July 2, 1972.  It's theme was "Being Built Together" and featured speakers like Edward Stoltzfus, John W. Miller, Howard J. Zehr, George R. Brunk, and Lee Lowery.  Esther Augsburger and Dorothy Shank planned the Women's Pragyer Breakfast.  Gerald Hughes lead the music, Truman Brunk was experience (worship?) leader, Elton Nussbaum was youth coordinator and Howard J. Zehr was overall coordinator.  A similar Mission '72 program then also took place at Hesston, Kansas, July 7-9, 1972.

            A similar conference called Mission '71 had taken place July 1-4, 1971, at Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois.  And a Mission '70 had taken place July 1-7, 1970, at Christopher Dock Mennonite School, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.  All of these conferences were sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Missions.

            The Mission '72, Harrisonburg, records were deposited with the Archives by James O. Lehman in 1974.

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Green)

1/1       General Planning Committee, 1972

1/2       Chairman, Dewitt Heatwole, 1972

1/3       Publicity Committee, 1972

1/4       Newspaper Clippings, 1972

1/5       Photographs, 1972

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