This year during Mosaic Conference’s Fall Assembly Weekend, we’re excited to offer “Witness Together,” an evening of worship, equipping on Mosaic’s priorities of formational, missional, and intercultural transformation, and deepening intercultural relationships.
Join us on Friday, Oct. 31 from 4-8pm at Zion Mennonite (Souderton, PA).
Hosted by the Priority Leadership Ministers, this event builds on meaningful gatherings from past years and looks ahead to what God is doing in and through Mosaic. Even if you do not attend the Assembly on Saturday, you are welcome on Friday evening.
In previous years, leaders of color gathered on the Friday before Assembly for Renewing Nations and Generations, which has now grown into Oasis, a retreat that is part of Vibrant Mosaic through a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Past assemblies with Franconia Conference and Eastern District included equipping seminars, and in 2024, Mosaic hosted a brunch for leaders of Conference-Related Ministries, featuring dialogue with Assembly speaker Dr. Dennis Edwards. These past events sparked a desire to expand and deepen our opportunities to grow together during Assembly weekend.
This year, “Witness Together” is open to anyone connected with a Mosaic congregation, Conference-Related Ministry, or partner in ministry. Whether you are a pastor, lay leader, volunteer, or someone curious about what God is doing through Mosaic, this is a chance to grow, be inspired, and strengthen your sense of belonging in God’s mission.
Participants will gather for a time of worship, storytelling, and learning together alongside the 2025 Assembly preacher, Meghan Larissa Good. The first 50 participants to stop by the table will receive a copy of Good’s latest book: Divine Gravity: Sparking a Movement to Recover a Better Christian Story.
Fellowship around the dinner table will increase connections across the Mosaic community. Through workshops on formation, mission, and intercultural transformation, participants will be encouraged and equipped for witness in their everyday lives and congregations.
Learn more and register here: https://mosaicmennonites.org/assembly/equipping/
Workshop Topics:
Formational: The Spirit’s Voice and the Mission of God
Speaker: Meghan Larissa Good
Discover how the Spirit empowers and directs our witness, with practical ways to listen and respond.
Intercultural: Restorative Peace Circles
Speaker: Maati Yvonne (Mosaic Executive Committee Member)
Learn how peace circles can build empathy, resolve conflict, and strengthen church communities.
Missional: God’s People Are Sent (Panel Discussion)
Panelists: Ken Rush (Liberty Ministries), Paulus & Sumatha (PPMI), Bernie & Katie Chung (San Francisco Chinese Mennonite), Gary Alloway (Redemption Church of Bristol)
Moderator: Noel Santiago
Explore what it means to live missionally across diverse Mosaic contexts.
The event will also introduce a new resource for your congregation: Mosaic’s Priorities Guide—a Bible study designed to help congregations engage more deeply with our shared identity and calling. A print copy of one of these is available for each Mosaic congregation.
This equipping event will be capped at 100 registrants.
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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.