Mennonite church on 1-yr sabbatical from committee work

Mennonite church on sabbatical - Winnipeg Free Press

"It's common for clergy to take sabbaticals -- time off for rest and rejuvenation. But can a whole church take one, too? That's what the Whitewater Mennonite Church in Boissevain is doing. Starting in September 2009, the congregation suspended all its committees and committee work for a year. "It's been a year of letting go of the assumptions of how we do church...