The youth at Pleasant View Mennonite outside of Hydro, Oklahoma are encouraged to initiate activities on their own. Recently, they chose to buy and put together relief kits for MCC. Spurred by a report from Kate Mast, who grew up at Pleasant View, the youth decided that they too wanted to help build relief kits. […]
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Journey’s central office support staff prepares the PowerPoint visual for each sermon series at Journey Mennonite Church that is utilized on all three campuses. Kendra Horst also prints them so that Journey@Yoder can display the sermon series on the wall as a visual reminder of the themes that have been preached in the course of […]
Read More On Sunday, October 15, Journey Mennonite Church celebrated 85 years of ministry with a gathering of members from their three campuses in the new multi-purpose gymnasium at South Hutchinson. The church began as a Sunday School outreach to children called Pershing Street Mission. It organized as Hutchinson Mission Mennonite Church in 1937 with 41 […]
Read MoreSpring Valley Mennonite Church is the oldest church in South Central Conference and the congregation is working at outreach in their community. The congregation is participating in the one year Revive Program that Journey Mennonite has developed. They are looking for ways that they can reach out to the people who live in the Canton […]
Read MoreThroughout this VBS experience there have been many things that have showed me the grace and power of God. From the kids we met, to the places we have gone, and the people who gave us lodging, I can see God’s hand at work. There are two people that stood out to me and have […]
Read More“My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever” (Psalm 145:21) I cannot stop saying God is good and praising God! Watch for God is what I always say. On Thursday, I spent the day preparing my apartment expecting the worst and had decided […]
Read MoreThe Junior High Youth group from Bethel Mennonite Church (Inman) recently spent a couple of days in Kansas City for a service project at Omot and Hanna Aganya’s home and then went on to the Creation Museum in Kentucky. On Saturday afternoon the 14 youth and 8 adult sponsors cleaned up the yard, cleaned and […]
Read MoreResearch from multiple sources has shown that the parents actually have a greater impact on faith development than any other source (including church). After several attempts at planning different events or trainings, I realized that parents don’t exactly have an abundance of time to come to meetings. So, in order to assist in their journey […]
Read MoreThe Perryton Area Parkinson’s Disease Support Group was started by a simple request from Winnie Swiegart at one of our monthly women’s meeting. Her husband Earl, had PD and she felt it would be helpful for those who had PD to get together and visit. Now 10 years later, we provide a lunch at noon […]
Read MoreI am a young, new pastor. I have now been at my first church call for almost eleven months. Before I was a pastor though, I had a different life. I was a middle-school teacher and coach. I did not leave teaching and coaching because I was tired of it; rather I felt God calling […]
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