Crystal Springs is a rural, welcoming, resilient congregation located a few miles southwest of Harper, Kansas. Given their smaller size, they function in many ways as a small group or large family. Words and phrases like “family,” “participate,” “a lot of grace,” are used by the members to describe themselves. When Pastor Josh Patterson was […]
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Persons from eleven South Texas congregations visited Nuevo Amanecer Mennonite Church on Good Friday afternoon. Nuevo Amanecer is a new Mennonite congregation located in the eastern part of Brownsville, Texas. They are now part of Unidad Cristiana de Iglesias Menonitas (Christian Union of Mennonite Churches) or UCIM. UCIM had asked Nuevo Amanecer to be host […]
Read MoreThis spring, at Camp Mennoscah near Murdock, KS, we see evidence of new growth all around us, but especially in creation, construction, and commitment! Creation: Each spring at camp, we try to conduct controlled burns in different sections of our prairie. While all appears to be lost in the charred remains, after several days of […]
Read More“Joyfully Chosen, Joyfully Appointed” was the sermon title and the spirit of Jill Schmidt Weaver’s ordination service on April 15 at Whitestone Mennonite Church, Hesston, KS. Jill and her father, retired pastor Steve Schmidt, shared the sermon reflecting on ways that God calls persons to ministry in the Bible and today. After years of teaching […]
Read More“I was called, but never asked.” Dale Kauffman, one of the pastoral team of four at Journey Mennonite Church in Yoder, sensed a call to pastoral ministry as a youth but went on to become a farmer and college professor, at least in part, because nobody asked. Nobody asked him to consider or serve as […]
Read MoreThe Mennonite Women’s Spring Supper attended by women of SCC at Whitestone Mennonite Church in mid-March collected an offering to assist with expenses for adult literacy teacher training in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). An amazing amount, $2045.00, was collected and forwarded to Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, the sponsoring agency that assists the Congolese Women’s […]
Read MoreAs an extension of their work with Argentine Mennonite Church in Kansas City, Abe and Cheri Mateo have been making community connections by helping with Snack Shack KC, a hang out for youth about four blocks from where they live in the church parsonage. Snack Shack opened in 2017 and developed from a youth […]
Read MoreEden Life Church is continuing to organize and plan for its official launch day of March 25, 2018. They are planning to launch with one service on March 25 that will start at 10 AM and will be primarily in English. Other Sundays they will continue with three services in different languages at their church building located at 3244 Independence Ave, […]
Read MoreAt the Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series the weekend of Feb. 23-24, over 200 persons, including a significant number of Hesston College students, were present to deal with areas of injustice and inequality that we face, some that are clearly obvious and visible, some that are more subtle and even hidden. I could not help but be […]
Read MoreTo help celebrate the Christmas season, people often adorn their houses and yards with brightly colored lights. Sports fans often fly team flags on game day to show their support. During election seasons, voters endorse candidates by posting signs in their yards. These outward displays cause me to wonder what Christians could or should do […]
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