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Pastor's Breakfast

Sharing Breakfast and Life

March 28, 2017 by Conference Office

Taking time to be together to learn, to network, to eat together … helps keep our leadership and relationships vibrant and lively.

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, News

On Becoming a Church Invested in Racial Justice

January 16, 2014 by Emily Ralph Servant

Ewuare Osayande, anti-oppression coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee, joined us Thursday for a pastors breakfast entitled “Proactive Pastorship: On Becoming a Church Invested in Racial Justice.”
Ewuare challenged congregational leaders to understand the concept of “race:” a social construct emerging out of colonialism and slavery. Once congregations understand race, they can begin to have a conversation about racism and the impact racism has had on all people.

Filed Under: Multimedia

Worshiping our way into God's future

October 1, 2013 by Emily Ralph Servant

James Krabill from Mennonite Mission Network stopped by our Pastors and CRM Leaders Breakfast on September 26 to guide our leaders in imagining an intercultural future, beginning with the way […]

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Gathering with Elizabeth Soto Albrecht

August 29, 2013 by Emily Ralph Servant

Elizabeth Soto Albrecht, the new moderator of Mennonite Church USA, recently completed a 3-week journey around the United States visiting Mennonite Church USA congregations. Elizabeth joined pastors and Conference Related Ministry leaders on August 23 to share her learnings and challenges from that journey and hopes for the future of the church and to listen to stories and answer questions from Franconia and Eastern District leaders.

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Preventing Gun Violence

February 21, 2013 by Emily Ralph Servant

Drick Boyd, professor at Eastern University, and Fred Kauffman from Mennonite Central Committee (both from West Philadelphia congregation) shared stories of gun violence and redemption and encouraged leaders to engage their congregations around the topic of gun violence and gun control. There are deeper issues in our culture, Boyd said, and getting rid of guns won’t remove those deeper issues, but “at least we’ll live long enough to address them.”

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U.S. War-culture, Sacrifice and Salvation

January 10, 2013 by Emily Ralph Servant

This morning, Denton-Borhaug spoke at the Pastors and CRM Leaders’ Breakfast about the topic of her book, U.S. War-culture, Sacrifice and Salvation. A “war-culture,” said Denton-Borhaug, is the increasing interpenetration of the ethos and practices of war into ever-increasing facets of daily human life. Using information from economists, theologians, and philosophers, Denton-Borhaug gave illustrations of how this war-culture has developed and overdeveloped, especially in the years since 9/11, and how the language of sacrifice fosters what can be considered a national “war religion.”

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Welcoming ex-offenders: Pastors Breakfast with Liberty Ministries

July 19, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

Liberty Ministries exists to serve offenders in prison and ex-offenders in the community by showing God’s love, providing practical assistance, and supporting Biblical standards of justice.  At Wednesday morning’s breakfast, […]

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Business as Mission

June 19, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

Steve Hackman from One Village Coffee and Dale and Bethsaba Nafziger, missionaries in Nepal and proprietors of Top of the World Coffee, spoke at the June 14th Pastors and Conference Related Ministry Leaders Breakfast at the Conference Center in Harleysville.

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Widening the Circle: Pastors Breakfast with Joanna Shenk

March 9, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

Joanna Shenk, editor of the book Widening the Circle: Experiments in Christian Discipleship, led a conversation about emerging church and relationships between institutions and movements. Tweets from the event: “It’s […]

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Former missionaries encourage missional imagination

February 13, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

Authors Eleanor and Alan Kreider, longtime missionaries to the United Kingdom, encouraged leaders toward missional imagination at a monthly pastors’ breakfast on February 10. It is only by worshiping a […]

Filed Under: Multimedia, News

Managing Conflict from a Christian Perspective

September 26, 2011 by Emily Ralph Servant

Rev. Dr. Barbara Moses, the principal of Philadelphia Mennonite High School, encouraged conference leaders to take control of conflict situations in the only way possible: by controlling themselves.

Filed Under: Multimedia, News

Church leaders discuss ways to build bridges with Muslims

May 14, 2011 by Emily Ralph Servant

by Emily Ralph Norristown, PA — “The greatest challenge the church is facing today is the rapid rise of Islam around the world.” It was a bold statement, but Dr. […]

Filed Under: News

The Why, What & How of Social Media: Pastors Breakfast

April 12, 2011 by Conference Office

Pastors’ Breakfast March 17, 2010 Discussion: The Why, What & How of Social Media: Engaging Your Community in the Context that is Revolutionizing the Way the World Connects. [podcast]http://mosaicmennonites.org/media-uploads/mp3/The Why […]

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