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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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From Sea to Shining Sea?
These new member congregations will continue to re-shape our Conference community.

Hurricane Harvey Update: MDS Team in Texas
(Originally Published on MDS Website – August 30, 2017) By Mark Beach Lititz, Pa. – A Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) assessment team arrived Wednesday in southeast Texas to explore early response […]

Staff Meeting Heads to the Margins of Vermont
By locating ourselves physically in other people’s spaces we are re-placed and invited to see how the Spirit is present …

Listening for Pentecost
Taking a listening posture rather than a defensive one allows us to hear both critiques and affirmations.


When You Get Older You’ll Understand
by Ken Burkholder, pastor at Deep Run East Mennonite Church There was a spirit of anticipation, joy, and camaraderie, at the combined worship service between the Mennonite churches of Deep […]

Next Generation Ministry
On July 20th, over forty credentialed leaders from Franconia Conference and a few from the broader community including all the way from Lancaster, PA, gathered to hear about “Next Generation […]

Retreat Before Moving Forward
by Paula Marolewski, Franconia Conference Board Member and Elder at Perkiomenville Mennonite Church What characterizes the culture of Franconia Mennonite Conference (FMC) today? How do we respond to the crowded, […]

Five Signs of Hope in a 300 Year Old Community
There is growth and challenge across our Conference community these days.

The Risk of Asking & Answering
by Maria Hosler Byler, Associate Pastor for Youth and Family Faith Formation Sometimes it takes great courage to ask a question, especially if you are not sure that you can […]

Whose Image Do You Bear?
By Noel Santiago Philippians 2:5-7, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to […]

Taking the Light Out of the Building
As the world we live in continues to change within our congregations, we still seem to expect people to come to us. As a city on a hill, the light […]
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