Important!
Saturday, April 21, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
A Spring Resourcing event which all credentialed leaders are expected to attend.
Location to be determined.
More details will follow shortly.
Franconia Conference Wednesday Morning Prayers: Beginning Wed., Feb. 1 and continuing through Wed., Apr. 11, a group will meet at the Conference Center, 569 Yoder Road, Harleysville, 9 a.m.-10 a.m. to pray. Our prayers will be focused on praying for the region which includes the Franconia conference congregations, partners in mission, and conference related ministries. Everyone is invited to join our hearts with the heart of God to seek first his kingdom. Pastors and ministry leaders, you are invited to send any prayer requests and praises for your congregation/ministry directly to Sandy Landes, prayer ministry coordinator.
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Next Pastors’ and Leaders’ Breakfast: Friday, February 10, 2012, 8-10 a.m. – “Worship and Mission After Christendom” with Alan and Eleanor Kreider. A $6 donation is requested to cover the cost of the breakfast. Registration deadline: February 3.
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Plan ahead: On Thursday, March 8, the School for Leadership Formation breakfast (8-10 a.m.) features presentation by, and conversation with, Joanna Shenk, Associate for Interchurch Relations and Communication of Mennonite Church USA.
For two years Shenk has been visiting discipleship communities resulting in the recent Herald Press book, Widening the Circle: Anabaptist Experiments in Discipleship. This book tells the stories of 19 individuals and communities who have been shaped by and have offered much to the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. Some chapter authors are Mennonite, and others are not. Together they help the Mennonite church, as well as other Christians, think about what it means to be in relationship with discipleship communities at the margins of church institutions.
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.