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Mennonites in Atlanta
300,000 Mennonites in USA
7,956 Mennonites gathered in Atlanta
2,459 Registered for adult convention
5,043 Registered for youth convention
220 Registered for junior high convention
234 Registered for children’s convention
3 months Age of both Hannah Kait Baker of Smithville, Ohio, and Isaac Sawatzky of Elkhart, Ind., thought to be the youngest convention-goers
94 Age of Marie Rupp from Westminister, Colo., thought to be the oldest convention registrant
63 Members in the largest registered youth group (Harrisonburg, Va., Mennonite Church)
2,633 Hotel rooms that Mennonites are occupying
461 MC churches represented

Kimberly Rohrer gathered the figures cited in the index.

Today's mPress - Include

Front page:
Quilting the church

Contents:
94-year-old enjoys coming to the table... p3

Muffins, coffee cake go quickly... p5
more inside ...

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7.5.2003
• Quilting the church
• New York pastor calls for more color in MCUSA
• CPT marches on World of Coke
• 94-year-old enjoys coming to the table
• Mennonites offer ‘gift of life’
• 'Woogyboogymoogy' church
• And you thought you had a long drive ...
• The man behind the booth
• Muffins, coffee cake go quickly
• 'Zacchaeus of our time'
• Mennonites make impact on Atlanta
• Diverse voices join in spirit
 
Fireworks for the Fourth!
Convention-goers joined thousands of Atlantans in Centennial Olympic Park to celebrate the visual artistry painted across the skies.
SARAH SHIRK


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