FOURTH ANNUAL
BRIDGEFOLK GATHERING
FRIENDSHIP ON THE BRIDGE
Mennonites and Catholics Together
Eastern
What’s on the Program . . .
The program will include all the things from past years that have proven successful—plus some new ones:
• Panels will again pair Mennonites and Catholics on a common topic. This year’s theme will be building bridges through friendship.
• Singing will be
led again this year by Ken Nafziger, the gifted
Mennonite musician who led the singing at
• Small Groups will provide participants with an opportunity to get to know and interact with other Bridgefolk in a comfortable and unhurried setting.
• Questions from the Hat, the popular activity that lets participants ask the questions they’ve always wanted to ask about Mennonites and Catholics, has been expanded to a full hour this year.
• ‘Haiku’ Stories, the snapshot accounts of personal experience that were added last year, will be continued this year, focusing on stories of Mennonite Catholic friendships on the bridge.
• EMU’s Conflict Transformation Program brings people from all over the world to the EMU campus to learn practical ways of overcoming violence and building peace. This summer’s program will include a full session on its groundbreaking work.
• Worship with a Mennonite Congregation on Sunday morning will give Catholics the chance to experience the Mennonite worship tradition.
• The Footwashing Service and Agape Meal, which has been a high point of past year’s gatherings, will be the concluding event on Sunday morning this year.
• Free Time for making new friends and catching up on old ones, for enjoying EMU’s beautiful campus, for rest and reflection, and for exploring the nearby area will again be part of the program.
• A Mennonite Tour of the surrounding area will be an optional event on Saturday afternoon, a chance to see the full spectrum of Mennonite life, from the most conservative to the most modern.