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Building Partnerships and Belonging Across Mosaic
Across the board’s listening sessions, participants celebrated new partnerships, raised questions about belonging and discernment, and shared hopes for how Mosaic can grow.
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Healthy Niños of Honduras Shares Food and Mattresses with Victims of Storms of Dread ETA and IOTA
A few months ago I spoke with Herman Sagastume of the project Healthy Niños (“Healthy Children”). Along with getting to know about Healthy Niños, we discussed the Shalom Fund created by Mosaic Conference to deal with money shortages in communities in Honduras with which it works, in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Who Will Be A Witness: Igniting Activism for God’s Justice, Love and Deliverance
Two exciting new events are coming from the Mosaic Intercultural Team!
Gems and Birds and Good News
When Jesus talks about the Kingdom of God, He challenges that perception. He takes a well-known image and offers an alternative picture: the Kingdom of God isn’t like huge cedars with eagles; it’s like a mustard plant with birds.
Conference Related Ministries (CRM) Profile: Quakertown Christian School
Quakertown (PA) Christian School (QCS) was established in 1951 to provide students in grades K-12 with a quality academic education integrated with a Christian view of God and the world.
Chaos or Community: Living the Way of Christ’s Peace
This Martin Luther King Day, we recognize the lingering effects of white supremacy in our culture and lack of justice that cause Black and Brown people pain, trauma, and fear.
Band of 5 Boys Make Mischief, Speak using Signs, Run and Hide from Ana, and Study on Computers
Indonesian pastor Aldo Siahaan (Philadelphia Praise Center) shared the idea with pastors Fernando Loyola and Letty Cortés (Centro de Alabanza) about learning assistance that was already offered at Philadelphia Praise Center. They saw an opportunity to bless and assist more than one family in the church, and communicated this to their daughter, Ana Cortés. She accepted to become a part of the idea, offering her time as a tutor for children who attended the church.
A Message for All Seasons: Finding Grace and Joy
I invite you to watch Chaplain Sue’s practical message, entitled, “Finding Joy this Masked Season.” She engages us with her humor, practical suggestions, and stories of making space for joy, giving, and sharing self-grace. The message resonates for 2021. May it do so for you as you lead from and with God’s joy and grace.
Celebrating our African-American Culture
Kwanzaa, comes from the Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza,” or “first fruits of harvest.” It is celebrated annually, December 26 through January 1. “Kwanzaa celebrates and affirms black people. I invite you to learn and celebrate our culture, accomplishments, and principles with us in the same spirit that I celebrate with you.”
Encouraging Discipleship
[January 6] was perhaps the most disturbing day in my life as a citizen of the United States.
Conference Related Ministries (CRM) Profile: Healthy Niños Honduras
The main focus of Healthy Niños Honduras is to help children and families that are suffering from malnutrition in Honduras.
A Mosaic Reflection on the Siege of the Capitol Building
As people committed to mutual transformation through intercultural relationships, we acknowledge the racism that fueled yesterday’s rally and siege of the Capitol. We grieve the continued power that white racial narratives hold over us as a nation and, particularly, as followers of Jesus.
Strangers at the manger scene: Seeking truth then and now
Like the wise ones of old, we must be smart as serpents and innocent as doves in our navigation. Despite, and maybe even because of the cultural complexities around us, we are called to remain undaunted in our pursuit of truth.
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