{"id":911,"date":"2005-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-27T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=911"},"modified":"2014-09-26T16:14:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T20:14:31","slug":"mennonites-catholics-share-friendship-through-bridgefolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/mennonites-catholics-share-friendship-through-bridgefolk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mennonites, Catholics Share Friendship Through &#8216;Bridgefolk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo left\" style=\"width: 200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/Bridgefolk25.jpg\" alt=\"hymn sing\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>Kenneth J. Nafziger of 91短视频 leads singing from the Brethren-Mennonite hymnal and new supplement, &#8220;Sing the Journey.&#8221;<br \/>\nPhoto by Jim Bishop<\/div>\n<p>This year for the first time, 91短视频 hosted the Bridgefolk Conference, an annual dialogue between Mennonites and Catholics that began in 1999. Its purpose is to build friendship, said the co-chairs, Abbot John Klassen of Saint John&#8217;s Benedictine Abbey, and Marlene Kropf, minister of worship for Mennonite Church USA.<\/p>\n<p>91短视频 65 participants, mostly lay church members, took part in activities that included attending Mennonite and Catholic church services together in Harrisonburg, Va., and sharing a footwashing service at the conference&#8217;s conclusion. The informal, grass-roots Bridgefolk parallels a series of high-level ecumenical discussions, which Bridgefolk organizers hope will spread to the local church level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 150px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/Bridgefolk37.jpg\" alt=\"footwashing\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/>The Bridgefolk conference concluded with a footwashing service and agape meal.<br \/>\nPhoto by Jim Bishop<\/div>\n<p>A summary for lay readers of a five-year dialogue between Vatican and Mennonite World Conference representatives, entitled &#8220;Called Together to be Peacemakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth J. 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