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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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Conference Related Ministries (CRM) Profile: Peaceful Living
Peaceful Living is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that identifies and seeks to engage the gifts of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
I Feel as if God Has Given Me a New Name
We don’t need to conform to any dominant culture but be transformed into God’s image. I believe God is against cultural homogeneity and ethnocentrism. No culture or ethnicity is better than another. We are equally broken and equally beautiful.
A Year-end Request
As we end 2020, please consider a year-end gift to the Shalom Fund. Your gift will multiply blessings of mutual aid and witness to some of the most vulnerable communities in our conference and our ministries.
Introducing the New Intercultural Committee
We have this intercultural priority: “As human beings made in the image of God, we acknowledge, own, and celebrate our cultural differences, allowing ourselves to be changed by the relationships we build across cultures while we work together for racial justice.”
It’s Always Winter, But Never Christmas
Even in the dead of winter, amidst all the ice and snow, hope grows. Hope grows because we know Emmanuel has come to be with us. The lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world has come. True righteousness and justice have come through Jesus. No more let sins and sorrows grow nor thorns infest the ground because Emmanuel has come to make His blessings flow far as the curse is found.
Yoder recognized with Journey Award
David D. Yoder, of Salford (Harleysville, PA) congregation, is this year’s recipient of the Regional Journey Award from the Everence Financial® office in Souderton, PA.
Introducing Mosaic Institute
You are invited to join one of the first classes of our new Mosaic Institute! View the brochure here, or find more information and register now at MosaicMennonites.org/Institute. This post is […]
A Momentous Number “40”
With God’s grace, our first official Sunday service was on November 8, 1980 and this year is our 40th anniversary. SFCMC just reached this milestone—our first 40 years of serving our community—at the same time as we engaged in new, effective ways of serving during this historic pandemic.
Community Soup in Mennonite-Anabaptist Churches in Latin America, an Opportunity in Venezuela in Crisis
In spite of this global panorama, anabaptists churches around the world continue finding incentives to face the crisis in the Bible, remembering two fundamental values we understand from scripture and from our callings as the church: persisting in the community and helping one another.
Lighting Candles
As we walk through this time of Advent, I am particularly drawn to the idea of Advent as a journey of preparation. The turmoil of this year, with the coinciding stress and desire for the usual ways we celebrate, can distract from the WHO and WHY we celebrate.
A Mosaic Christmas Playlist
Mosaic staff collaborated on creating a Spotify Christmas playlist. The end result was an interesting and diverse mix of holiday music in different languages and genres.
How a Problem’s Solution Became a Bike Shop
Scott Roth often says, “Most people have learned to ride a bike. Most people smile as they ride and cry when they fall. The good news is that we get to be Jesus to most people since most people have a bike.” Jesus used fish and healing to bless others. Bike & Sol blesses and heals through bicycles.
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