Weekly Word

John Sharp has written First on the Prairie, The Story of Spring Valley Mennonite Church, in which he tells the story of the oldest Mennonite Church in Kansas.  He says that during the 1940’s and 1950’s, most years the congregation gave more than 80% of their budget to missions away from their local congregation.  Spring […]

Eden Life Church in Kansas City applied for a grant to improve the energy efficiency of their building.  Mennonite Creation Care Network had small grants available for that purpose and they also wanted to help new churches with limited financial means.  After completing the application process, they received a $2,500 grant to install new LED […]

Tim Sweigart began as Moderator-Elect of SCMC in 2016 and became Moderator in July 2017.  He has faithfully served as moderator of South Central Mennonite Conference, pouring his heart and soul into this servant leadership role.  We are grateful for his leadership and heart for the church.  He ended his time serving the conference in […]

The fifteen-voice Paradizo Choir of Amani Community Church premiered the first of their seven worship music videos on Sunday, September 20 to a very attentive audience. One fourth of the congregation was in the video. The worship videos were filmed August 21-23 at five different locations in Wichita with four outfit changes and then combined […]

Toward the end of March, in the midst of adjusting to Stay At Home orders, some individuals in Kingman, KS got together to brainstorm how they could help with needs that would possibly arise due to COVID-19. One among them was Kendra Harnden, who regularly gathers with the fellowship at Kingman Mennonite Church. Shortly after […]

“How many Bibles do you have at home?” The pastoral staff of Journey Mennonite Church encouraged their members to give enough money to buy the equivalent number of Bibles for the church in Tanzania where some pastors and churches didn’t even have a Bible. The result was a gift of 3,000 Bibles to the Bible […]

Five members of Pleasant View Mennonite Church (pictured left to right: Delvin Mast, Alliana, Zachary, Tonia, and Kevin Martin), Hydro, Oklahoma, had a unique mission trip on September 20 delivering a 2008 Chevrolet 15-passenger van to the Amani Community Church in Wichita, Kansas. The van arrived at 10 AM, just in time to make Sunday […]

I Corinthians 2:9 NIRV    It is written that  “no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has known.” (Isaiah 64:4)  God has prepared these things for those who love him. AnDena Collins could not have seen, heard, or known what God had prepared for her as He called her into […]

“Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” Adolphine Mateso was the first new believer baptized by Pastor Masemo Wakibogo in the Amani Community Church on Sunday, August 2. There was an outburst of joy in celebration as Adolphine rose out of the […]

Iglesia Menonita Rey de Gloria has been operating a summer daycare for many years and had been planning their summer programs when COVID-19 hit and School Districts closed in mid-April.  The daycare fills the supervision void left when schools close for the summer but parents must continue to work without means to pay for full-time […]