After serving with Whitestone Mennonite Church as a licensed pastor of outreach since 2012, Ron Moyo was ordained as a minister of the gospel on May 22, 2016 at the church’s facility in Hesston, Kansas. This credential was given upon the recommendation of the Ministerial Leadership Commission of South Central Mennonite Conference; an area conference […]
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In recent Sundays 17 persons have been baptized at the three Journey Campuses. Eleven were baptized at Journey McPherson including adults, college students and youth. Four were baptized at South Hutchinson and two at the Yoder campus. McPherson adults baptized include persons with little or no Bible knowledge or church since childhood. Two men’s and […]
Read MoreTodd Lehman was ordained to the Christian ministry on April 23, 2016 at Hesston Mennonite Church. Todd has been serving as campus pastor at Hesston College for the past number of years. Todd is originally from Ohio and is married to Julie Lehman. They have two young daughters: Eliya and Aria.
Read MoreSouth Central Conference has been in conversation with Omot and Hannah Aganya about a church planting assignment in Kansas City beginning in July, 2016. Omot and Hannah came to the United States as refugees more than 20 years ago. They were associated with the Mennonite related church in Ethiopia. After coming here, Omot had a chance […]
Read MoreSCC Mennonite Women have an 11:30 a.m. Luncheon/Meeting on June 11, at Whitestone Mennonite Church in the Community Room. During this time, we would like to share with the women our hopes for the coming year. We are happy to announce the we received $1000 in donations for our grant program. We are working on finding a name […]
Read MoreMaria Hernandez, a Bluffton University math major from Iglesia Menonita Buenas Nuevas, recently returned from a spring break spent, not focused on herself, rest, or relaxation, but on service. Hernandez, along with a group from the university, spent her spring break doing service work in Pennsylvania. The group began their week at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center […]
Read MoreOn Dec. 6, 2015, Herold Mennonite Church celebrated the 100th anniversary of the church sanctuary with songs of praise and a message entitled “What Do These Stones Mean?” by former pastor Eugene Thieszen. After a time of fellowship over a carry-in dinner, the afternoon service focused on the history of the church with skits, pictures, […]
Read MoreThe Inman Community Food Pantry, initially called The Food Bank, was started in 2003. The 7th and 8th grade “God Squad” Sunday School Class was studying tithing. In order to help them understand the concept of giving 10% back to God, the teachers said they would match the 10% the students earned and gave during […]
Read MoreRecently, we received information from Mennonite Church USA that the Lilly Foundation has given 1 million dollars to help Mennonite Churches address economic challenges facing pastoral leaders. Over the next three years Everence will be administrating these funds; which have been divided into two funds to be used for specific initiatives aimed at addressing these […]
Read MoreThe Mt Pisgah Mennonite Church is re-visioning their life and mission in their rural community of large farms in northeast Missouri. With young people moving away they need to reach out into the community. It is one of the oldest Mennonite Churches, and only conference congregation, in the state. They have a regular attendance of […]
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