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Nueva Vida Norristown New Life

Backpacks for the Border

November 7, 2019 by Conference Office

With a matching grant from the Conference, Franconia congregations raised over $20,000, which made it possible to donate more than 370 kits.

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Congregational Profile: Nueva Vida Norristown New Life

June 25, 2019 by Conference Office

Ever since, the congregation has tried to minister to the community it represents. Interculturalism and integration have become part of NVNNL’s way of life, including bilingual services and a team of pastors that represent different ethnic groups.

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Summer Interns to Serve and Learn

May 21, 2019 by Conference Office

“Each year it is a gift to interact with this next generation of leaders. We learn alongside them and contribute to their formation in the way of Christ’s peace.”

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The Beauty of an Intercultural Childhood

February 13, 2019 by Conference Office

I am able to see people for who they are, because I know how it feels to not know who I am or where I belong. / Soy capaz de ver a las personas por lo que son, porque sé cómo se siente no saber quién soy ni a dónde pertenezco.

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Norristown Congregation to Receive Sacred Places Grant

November 29, 2018 by Conference Office

by Sharon Williams, Nueva Vida Norristown New Life, with Carrie Hagen One hundred years ago, the Franconia Mennonite Conference planted its first mission in Norristown, Pennsylvania. The Norristown Mission began […]

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A Community of Sisters for the Journey

October 4, 2018 by Conference Office

… a true experience of the joy of seeing God’s Spirit going above and beyond what we could have hoped for or imagined.

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A Summer Spent Exploring Ministry

August 8, 2018 by Conference Office

The Ministry Inquiry Program is a partnership between Mennonite colleges, Mennonite Church USA and local congregations. Upon completion, students receive scholarship money. This summer one Franconia Conference congregation hosted a student, […]

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Interspace – Courage to Stand Between

April 5, 2018 by Conference Office

This interspace of being in a different country required courage, creativity, willingness to fail, and engagement with people who were different.

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Anniversary Celebration

March 9, 2016 by Bryan Miller

What is now Nueva Vida Norristown New Life (NVNNL) formed from one of the first mission outreaches of Franconia Conference in 1919. The conference would see two initiatives in Bridgeport […]

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Leadership Development in Cuba

March 8, 2016 by Bryan Miller

In 2015, Franconia Conference provided a Missional Operations Grant to assist Nueva Vida Norristown New Life in a partnership with CIMPEC (Cuba’s national pastors’ and ministers’ association). According to CIMPEC […]

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Franconia Conference & Eastern District Women Gather  

March 19, 2015 by Conference Office

by Doris Diener  On the morning of Saturday, March 7, approximately fifty women joined together at Nueva Vida Norristown New Life congregation to “set the day apart” for worship, learning, […]

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"Make the Crooked Path Straight": Witness & justice within MCC

February 11, 2015 by Conference Office

by Sharon K. Williams Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is recognized around the world for its stellar work, as its tagline says, in “relief, development and peace in the name of […]

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Waiting and hoping on the One who is faithful

November 12, 2014 by Conference Office

by Marta Castillo, assistant moderator (Nueva Vida Norristown New Life) I have been delighted to read the previous blogs in this series, “Esperando: Waiting and Hoping.” When the leadership group chose […]

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