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Funky Urban Mennonites
An artist friend of mine once told me that the reason Lancaster, Pennsylvania had such a vibrant cultural downtown compared to the neighboring town of York was because Lancaster had so many FUMs. “FUMs?” I queried. “What are FUMs?” My friend explained that FUMs are Funky Urban Mennnonites. I got the picture. There was some truth to what he said. Lancaster is well-salted with young, creative FUMs, intentionally committed to the success of city life. York, while it has a growing core of dedicated downtowies, largely lacks that FUM element. Anyway, I told my friend Josh Seitzer about the FUM phenomenon, and he got inspired to make a t-shirt, just in time to wear to Shane Claiborne and Ben Cohen’s “Jesus, Bombs & Ice Cream event at the World Cafe Live in Philly.” So, Josh and I conspired on the design and message of the shirt, and humbly displayed them at the Philly event. People seem to like them.
