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A Spirit-Filled 2025 Assembly – Be My Witnesses
The 2025 Assembly brought together voices from many languages and cultures for a day of worship, discernment, and renewed commitment to Jesus-centered witness.

Delegates Affirm Mosaic Board’s Recommendation to Leave MC USA with 74% Support
At the 2025 Assembly, Mosaic Mennonite Conference delegates voted to discontinue affiliation with Mennonite Church USA and to pursue partnerships rooted in shared Anabaptist values.
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Free Narcan Available to Congregations
The life-saving medication, Narcan, is available to community organizations and churches, free of charge, to have on hand.

Powerful Kindness, Faithful Truth
Can we acknowledge our fraught past while allowing undeserved favor to move us into new possibilities together?

My Great-Grandmother’s Organ: A Parable
I took a deep breath and guided my circular saw across the center of my great-grandmother’s pump organ.

Mosaic Staff Explores Cultural Communication on Retreat
As Mosaic Conference becomes more intercultural, staff need to be equipped to work through and across cultures.

The Gift of Not Knowing
Not clearly seeing the pathway ahead […] is frightening, disconcerting, and uncomfortable.

Spruce Lake Introduces New “Gap Year” Program
Renew gives those students time and a structure to explore questions, such as: “Who has Christ created me to be?” and “What is my purpose in life?”

Finding My Seat at the Mennonite Table
I didn’t grow up Mennonite, or even Christian for that matter … My take was that Christians were conservative, nationalistic, pro-gun, and cared more about internal piety than systemic social justice issues.


Do We Really Disagree?
Once we are speaking the same language, we can move on to deciding whether or not we truly disagree.

Mosaic Conference Board appoints first California member, Lucy Hannanto Parsono
Lucy Hannanto Parsano is an elder at International Worship Center in San Gabriel, CA. She and her husband Alfred live in Hacienda Heights, CA.


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