Pentecost 2025

A few weeks prior to Pentecost 2025, Sandy Drescher-Lehman, Pastor of Methacton (PA) Mennonite, reached out to 13 other Mosaic pastors, asking them to share how they see the Holy Spirit alive in their congregation. Many of them wrote back, and Mosaic communication staff reached out to some additional pastors for their congregations.  

On Pentecost Sunday, Methacton lit a candle and prayed for many Mosaic congregations who had shared about where the Holy Spirit was moving in the congregation.

Here are the responses of some of the congregations, along with a few photos of other joint Pentecost worship services. 

The Holy Spirit is alive among us in welcoming the congregation into a new day of multiplying our pastoral leadership as the congregation has unanimously invited Jordan Luther to become a co-pastor with me, beginning June 1. We’re excited about how the Spirit will use the combination of our ages, giftedness, interests and vision to lead us into the weeks and years ahead in mission and ministry. – Sandy Drescher-Lehman, Pastor of Methacton (PA) Mennonite 

We have experienced the Holy Spirit’s nurture and care through provision and some new and committed members. We have enjoyed partnering with multiple Mosaic congregations and the two Spanish speaking congregations that also use our building. A new intergenerational Bible study on Wednesday nights has been a blessing. Our Friday prayer team not only prays for our congregational members but has been called on to pray for many beyond our doors. And God keeps surprising us with new situations and people we didn’t know to expect or pray for. – Rose Bender Cook, Pastor of Whitehall (PA) Mennonite 

God is sending more children to our Sunday school, so that we need a bigger space for them. Many individuals take part in serving the community. The Spirit is comforting many families who are vulnerable. They show up every Sunday, praising Jesus and are active in the church.  – Aldo Siahaan, Pastor of Philadelphia (PA) Praise Center 

We felt the Spirit’s nudge as we coordinated a second annual End Gun Violence walk and Memorial to the Lost t-shirt display with Zwingli UCC in Souderton. It was a rainy day, and we were wondering if attendance would be low, but at least 100 people came out to join publicly witness for peace and to write letters advocating for reasonable gun control legislation. The diversity of the group, and the various faith traditions represented, reminded us that in a time of division and polarization, a testimony shines through when we work together to proclaim peace and justice. – Mike Ford, Pastor of Zion Mennonite (Souderton, PA)  

We’ve seen the Holy Spirit leading us to fruitful partnerships and connections with our neighbors and local organizations as we’ve hosted the reopening of the Ambler Community Fridge in March.  – Michelle Curtis, Pastor of Ambler (PA) Mennonite 

We have been experiencing the Holy Spirit’s nudging us to spend the fifth Sundays as an opportunity to be more involved in community engagement. In March our members visited six mostly Mosaic congregations. We hope the fifth Sundays can continue to grow and that others can find it to be a fruitful way of discovering what the Holy Spirit is doing in the community and throughout the world. – Bev Benner Miller, Pastor of Plains Mennonite (Hatfield, PA) 

We have been experiencing the movement of the Spirit through the voices and energy of our children. They ask good questions, share their enthusiasm during worship, and bless us with their artwork on our bulletins each Sunday. I’m also experiencing the Spirit move through our older persons and the way they share about God’s faithfulness in the past that gives us hope for our future. – Laura Alderfer, Director of Music at Salford (PA) Mennonite 

Refuge has experienced the Spirit when we explore gospel stories together. Every time we gather, even when we feel tired or stressed, we experience the Spirit’s whisper through the stories of Jesus, imaginative prayer, and silence. We see the things we hear from God taking root in our lives and neighborhoods—changes in our relationships, ways of relating to our community, and expectations of ourselves. Often, we hear God reminding us we are loved! – Emily Ralph Servant, Pastor of Refuge (virtual)

At Alpha we know that the Holy Spirit is alive and well in our church in the ways God is revealing our spiritual gifts and reconnecting us to our community. 
At Ripple we know the Holy Spirit is at work in our church in the many ways we witness and experience transformation in the lives of our members and in our own lives. – Charlene Smalls, Pastor of Ripple Church (Allentown, PA) and Alpha (NJ) Mennonite 

I see the Holy Spirit at work in our congregation by changing people from the inside out—healing hearts and shaping lives. – Stephen Zacheus, Pastor of Jemaat Kristen Indonesian Anugerah (Sierra Madre, CA)  

I see repentance and a longing to pray and draw closer to God and others, regardless of ethnicity, race, or background. As the Holy Spirit moves, we have added more prayer meetings to our schedule and church collaboration.  – Hendy Matahelemual, Pastor of Indonesian Light Church (Philadelphia, PA) 

I know the Holy Spirit is alive and well through guidance, comfort, and inspiration. As a very small congregation, it’s easy to question whether you are valued and even to wonder if you will make it another year. Yet in times of struggle there have been glimpses of the Spirit’s encouragement, in the form of a small group new folks joining the congregation, new possibilities for connecting with our community, and people’s willingness to share their gifts with the church and try new things. The congregation is actively pursuing physical upgrades to make the meetinghouse more accessible, which will allow the space to be a “meetinghouse” for church and community.  – Chris Nickels, Pastor of Spring Mount (PA) Mennonite 

God’s Spirit is stirring in many ways at Souderton Mennonite: we celebrate Spirit’s work within our women’s Bible Studies and in the lives of loved ones who are passing to their eternal home; we celebrate the addition of new families, young adults and friends from various countries in Africa; and we look forward to an interdenominational worship service in the Souderton Park.  – Jenifer Erikson Morales, pastor at Souderton (PA) Mennonite 

Our congregation is blessed with prayer warriors. It is a gift to see and feel the Holy Spirit at work as we pray for each other, our families, the community, and the world. Our time of Selah, reflection, and sharing during our “Words From The Lord” time in our service enriches our lives. – Beth Davco, pastor at Wellspring Church of Skippack (PA)