Weekly Word

Local Christian author Kim Vogel Sawyer was hosted by Spring Valley Mennonite and other area churches October 16 at the Canton KS Community Center. Coffee, cookies and fellowship was enjoyed by about 40 ladies who came from seven of the surrounding communities. These ladies heard Kim’s remarkable story of a personal God who has been […]

We want to celebrate with Journey Mennonite Church the 50+ years of the Turkey Dinner that is coming to a close. Feeding 1,500 people a home cooked Turkey dinner with all the fixings and pie has been a huge undertaking. Facing another year of the effects of an ongoing pandemic, supply chain delays, and volunteers […]

Omot and Hanna Aganya, who planted Eden Life Church in Kansas City, MO in 2016, are working to resource and help organize a new church plant in Rochester, Minnesota.  When they became aware that many people from their ethnic group in Ethiopia were living in Rochester, South Central Mennonite Conference applied for a grant from […]

The Calico Rock (Arkansas) Mennonite Fellowship was started in 1967 largely as a result of Dr Meryl Grasse and his wife Gladys’ medical work in Izard County, Arkansas.  The church declined in the past few years to the point that the people remaining decided to close the church.  More conservative Mennonites have been moving to […]

God is Good!  Sometimes I am amazed at all the ways God provides and guides us to just where he knows is his best for us.  When I learned through my work with SCMC that the youth group from Iglesia Menonita del Cordero in Brownsville, TX was attending the recent MC USA convention at the […]

Sisters and brothers in Christ gathered in the Journey@Yoder gymnasium on Sunday, August 15, for the ordination of Judy Miller, conducted by Clarence Rempel, Regional Ministry Coach. Testimonies of life transformation and appreciation for Judy’s ministry affirmed the action of the Ministerial Leadership Team that approved the ordination on April 21, 2021. Judy is currently serving […]

        This pandemic year of 2020 was difficult for everyone including our church, Iglesia Menonita Fuente de Agua Viva. As pastors, Alejo and Alma Solis, following God’s will, never stopped preaching the gospel. We stopped indoor services in the month of March but continued to preach outside in front of the church building so that the […]

In March Tim Sweigart was named interim Regional Ministry Coach of UCIM for a six-month term.  In this new role, on April 21 he went on his first trip to South Texas to connect with 9 of the UCIM pastors.  The reasons for this visit included listening to challenges pastors were facing during Covid, imagining what is […]

Helping our community through Radical Hospitality is a central mission of Crystal Springs Mennonite Church, a rural church near Harper, KS. One way we can show radical hospitality is by helping local migrant families, undocumented children, and others as they pursue their dreams. Many of our local families struggle with legal paperwork, housing issues, language […]