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Community Outreach through Cemetery Upkeep

March 9, 2016 by Bryan Miller

Salem Mennonite Church says they were being challenged by God “to watch, look, and listen…” then join in! As they did this, Pastor Bruce at Salem was invited to organize […]

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Blooming Glen holds annual harvest festival

November 6, 2014 by Conference Office

by Lora Steiner, managing editor Every year, members of Blooming Glen Mennonite Church throw a party. It’s got all the necessary elements of a good celebration: games, food, music, and […]

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Waiting together in the cold

October 9, 2014 by Emily Ralph Servant

by John Stoltzfus, conference youth minister Recently, I spent three days with a group of conference leaders who work in youth ministry. This is an annual gathering at a beach […]

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, Conference Assembly

From there to here: a story of community

November 13, 2013 by Emily Ralph Servant

I came back from Mennonite Church USA Convention in July feeling challenged and uncomfortable, the kind of feeling that means I need to do something. In Phoenix, I’d prayed about how to respond to a drone center coming to our area. I went to the next protest. Still, I remained uncomfortable.

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Entering into grace: The Cross

March 28, 2013 by Emily Ralph Servant

At a gathering of church leaders at camp Men-O-Lan in the early 70’s, I heard Gerald Studer (then pastor of Plains Mennonite) say something like: “If I were the only person living on earth, God so loved the world that he would have sent Jesus to die for me.”
As a teenager I was never sure I was good enough to take communion. I knew I did not live up to the expectations of the church community, nor of the Scriptures so I always took communion with much anxiety and guilt. I lacked an understanding of the grace of God and of my own self-worth. All my being and doing good didn’t achieve the peace and confidence I was taught or hoped for.

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Observing together what God is saying and doing

July 31, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

I’ve been a follower of Jesus in the Mennonite tradition for many years. Therefore, for me “to Mennonite” is to instinctively follow the many rhythms and routines that express my core beliefs about Christian discipleship. I engage in particular rhythms of corporate worship and private devotion, action and reflection, exercise and rest, (lots of) work and (sometime too little) play, (too much) speaking and (too little) listening, communal discernment and personal choice. I could expand on each of these routines but I have chosen to address only the last of these several pairs.

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Mennonite community … and community that Mennonites

July 24, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

It is not easy separating the noun “Mennonite” and the verb “to Mennonite.” I think it is because the terms are not mutually exclusive. Those of us who identify as Mennonite, ethnically or culturally, and practice a Mennonite faith are likely already Mennoniting. Here are a few examples that come to mind that demonstrate the close relationship between our beliefs (as Mennonites, the noun) and our practices (as we Mennonite, the verb)….

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Franconia Conference empowers young adult leaders through summer ministry initiatives

September 16, 2011 by Bryan Miller

Benjamin Sutter, Franconia Conference Communication Intern, benjamins5@goshen.edu Franconia Conference’s vision is to equip leaders to empower others to embrace God’s mission. This summer ten young adults, pastors and congregations embodied the […]

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Toward transformation with the Wild Goose

September 16, 2011 by Bryan Miller

Steve Kriss, Philadelphia Praise Center, skriss@mosaicmennonites.org In late August the board and staff of Franconia Conference gathered to share dreams and visions, to work at logistical details for assembly and to […]

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Climbing walls and coffee shoppes: Transforming meetinghouses and cities in the UK

September 16, 2011 by Bryan Miller

Tom Albright, RIPPLE Allentown, tomalbright1@gmail.com This summer I spent two weeks in the United Kingdomtraveling by train to visit eight distinctly unique Urban Expression gatherings. As pastor of Ripple, an inner […]

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Philly Churches plan festival to benefit MCC

September 16, 2011 by Bryan Miller

Ken Beidler, West Philadelphia, kenbeidler@yahoo.com Philadelphia Anabaptist churches are planning the first ever Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Benefit Festival in Philadelphia. This inaugural event is scheduled for Saturday, October 29, 2011, […]

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To each according to their need: Ongoing partnership in the Vermont Mountains

September 16, 2011 by Bryan Miller

Brandon Bergey, Bethany, brandon@bethanybirches.org Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged presents ideas that are seemingly opposed to the Reign of God. Ayn Rand’s philosophy on the matter of need suggests that […]

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Celebrating Souderton: A missional direction

July 14, 2011 by Emily Ralph Servant

by Scott Hackman, Salford, scott@myohai.com Celebrate Souderton was a missional faith experiment birthed from the imaginations of the Open Hand Initiative, a group of people who want to help local […]

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