South Central Mennonite Conference PO Box 564 Hesston, KS 67062 .620.327.4187

a Regional Conference of Mennonite Church USA

Herold Family Fun

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A Family Fun Night was held on February 24th in the Herold Family Life Center.  The event was sponsored by the WIM (Women in Mission) for the purpose of filling MCC Hygiene Kits; however, those gathered began by sharing tasty finger foods.

Prior to this evening, the WIM ladies sewed the 200 multi-colored bags in their homes.  The congregation contributed to the project by donating bars of soap at three Sunday morning services.

At this meeting, work stations were set-up for people to:

  • Cut lengths and burn ends on paracord laces;
  • Thread the laces thru tops of bags;
  • Fill the bags with MCC required health items;
  • Count and sack the completed kits.

Once again, Herold people enjoyed family fun as they fulfilled the WIM motto: “God’s Work—Our Hands.”

Eden Life Receives JoinHands Grant

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Eden Life Church in Kansas City, Missouri received a $30,000 grant from JoinHands to help them with building expenses.  Clarence Rempel, Tim Sweigert and James Wenger presented the check to the congregation at a worship service on Sunday, April 28, 2019.  About $24,000 will be used to pay down the church’s mortgage so that a balloon payment of $36,000 will be eliminated at the end of 10 years and $6,000 will be used for building repairs.  JoinHands is a program of Mennonite Men to help new congregations acquire their first building, providing up to 20% of the cost.   Pastor Omot Aganya said that he was very grateful for this significant help that is encouraging them to continue  their ministry.  Every Sunday the Eden Life church has four services in four different languages: Amharic, Anouk, French and English.  JoinHands seeks donations of $100 or more twice a year from individuals to fund these grants.  They also encourage congregations to tithe their building programs to help with this work.   Eden Life Church requests that we continue to pray for them.

Pleasant Valley partners in community.

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Two of our churches in Harper, KS, Pleasant Valley and Harper United Methodist, have partnered together for the past 3 years for a Wednesday night kids program called Kmotion. We trade each year hosting duties, and have been truly blessed. This past Wednesday marked our annual Spring Cleaning of the community park and assisted living center. It is a true joy to see the children of the Harper community come together laugh, serve, and share joy together. Communion in Christ is a beautiful thing!   -Kenzie Intemann

SENT

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Picture taken from the March 24 bulletin

Pleasant View Mennonite Church is doing a new thing in 2019.  For the first time, a theme for the year has been chosen to help the congregation be more intentional in the practice of their faith and engagement of the surrounding communities.  Pastor Jeff introduced the theme of “Sent” to the congregation during his “State of the Church” sermon February 3. “Sent” has its roots in Jesus’ words to his disciples as found in the later chapters of the Gospel of John.  Twice, Jesus tells his disciples “as the Father has sent me, I am sending you”. As a way of tracking the congregation’s “sentness”, individuals are invited to turn in volunteer hours each Sunday during the offering time. A running total of volunteer hours are listed each week in the bulletin.  ‘Volunteer hours’ are broadly defined as anything done for someone else in which one doesn’t receive financial compensation. The ultimate hope in choosing the theme of “Sent” is that God will use it and the tracking of volunteer hours to spur the congregation on to share Christ through their lives, in their communities and to the world.