Weekly Word

While there are plenty of challenges each of us are facing and have been for over a year, I want to share some positive news.   In the wake of learning to do church in new ways, we at Inman Mennonite Church have found there are many people viewing our online services, people we do […]

Last Wednesday Pastor Clayton Gladish challenged the Hesston Mennonite Church MYF to consider the different things that they are passionate about and value. He then invited them to research charities and nonprofits that are doing work in those areas and make brief videos that talk about those charities with an invitation to give. If you’re […]

Published By Kevin B. Santiago, Pastor of Peace Mennonite Community Church On October 21, 2020 at his blog Christian Guard (used with permission) In Psalm 51:17 David offers a sacrifice to the Lord. It isn’t a typical animal sacrifice that is seen in other parts of the Old Testament, but a broken Spirit. What an […]

The pastoral team of Journey Mennonite Church was buoyed throughout 2020 by a fantastic partnership with eleven:28 ministries.  Each staff member was offered the opportunity to have monthly spiritual direction from one of eleven:28’s team of spiritual directors.  This provided each person on staff a chance to talk openly about the condition of their own […]

Friday, February 12, 2021 was a happy day for Pastor Omot Aganya, pastor of Eden Life Church.  That was the day insulation and new ceiling tiles were installed over their church building’s 2,000 square foot sanctuary.  It was also the day his wife, Hanna, had an interview and was hired for a job and Omot […]

Hesston Mennonite Church offered a warm winter welcome to their cross-campus neighbors at Hesston College. We prayed for rich learning experiences, delightful new adventures, and deeper relationships with Christ and the people surrounding each of the students. While the congregation longs to meet the students in person, to welcome them into our worship space and […]

We are overjoyed to announce that Cathy Wagler has been licensed for ministry as Co-network Director of South Central Mennonite Conference (SCMC).  As network directors, Cathy and her husband, Howard (ordained for pastoral ministry since 1992), work to support and encourage the congregations and pastors of SCMC.  Cathy was licensed by the SCMC Ministerial Leadership […]

The SCMC Network Leadership Team has been working to process data from the Discovery 20.21 Process as they discern and listen to God’s spirit together.  They are continuing into phase 3 of the process of discerning next steps but have not yet arrived at a clear vision of what God desires next for SCMC.  They […]

Church life was becoming more and more limited. We suspended our weekly Fellowship Meals and intergenerational activities due to Covid 19. We eventually went to Live-Stream only worship services. These changes were hard on the whole congregation, but especially our elderly. We pastors were brainstorming how to stay connected with the elderly. We divided up […]