Don’t forget your camera!
How is your congregation celebrating Christmas Eve and Christmas this year? Share your celebrations with the rest of the conference by sending descriptions, memorable quotes, and photographs to eralphservant@mosaicmennonites.org by January 2, 2012.
Lombard Mennonite Peace Center presents, “Mediation Skills Training Institute for Church Leaders” on March 19-23, 2012 at Grace Episcopal Church in Wilmington, DE. All details regarding fees, times, etc. are included in a brochure available from the home page of their website: http://www.lmpeacecenter.org/. This course is designed to equip judicatory leaders, pastors, and other leaders, with the skills necessary to deal effectively with interpersonal, congregational, and other forms of group conflict. This institute also includes a component on congregational mediation and consultation, placed within the context of family systems theory.
Upcoming events from AMBS Church Leadership Center:
Lent Planner: Where Do I Sign?
Presenters: Marlene Kropf, Rosanna McFadden and Allan Rudy Froese
Saturday, January 14, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EST
Register by December 30
Leadership Clinics:
Monday, January 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. EST
Register by January 5
- Immigration and the Congregation (Iris de Leon-Hartshorn, Saulo Padilla and Andre Gingerich Stoner)
- God’s Story, Worship and the Arts (Rebecca Slough)
- Gathering for New Pastors (Nancy Kauffmann and Karen Martens Zimmerly)
- Turning Disgust, Demoralization and Depression into Empowerment for Ministry (Gregory A. Hinkle)
Pastors Week 2012: Understanding Revelation for Today
Presenter: Loren L. Johns, with a special session by J. Nelson Kraybill
Monday, January 23, 7 p.m.-Thursday, January 26, 3:30 p.m. EST
Register by January 5
Healing the Spiritual Wounds of War
Presenter: Carolyn Holderread Heggen
Wednesday, February 29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Register by February 15
Pastors and Business Leaders: Partners in Leadership and Ministry?
Presenter: David B. Miller
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Offered in Mt. Eaton, Ohio by AMBS, MEDA and Mennonite Church USA.
Registration opens January 9
The opinions expressed in articles posted on Mosaic’s website are those of the author and may not reflect the official policy of Mosaic Conference. Mosaic is a large conference, crossing ethnicities, geographies, generations, theologies, and politics. Each person can only speak for themselves; no one can represent “the conference.” May God give us the grace to hear what the Spirit is speaking to us through people with whom we disagree and the humility and courage to love one another even when those disagreements can’t be bridged.