by Sheldon C. Good Many Christian congregations commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday, and three Franconia Conference congregations in particular acknowledged the Spirit’s movement through the […]
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Lehigh Valley congregations partner to support youth minister
by Sheldon C. Good HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. – Some of the most diverse growth in Anabaptism along the East Coast is occurring in Allentown, Pennsylvania’s fastest growing city and now a […]
Worship event to foster connection among youth
by Sheldon C. Good HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. – Franconia and Eastern District Conferences are hosting junior and senior high youth this June at an event that will feature elements very similar […]
New LEADership Ministers join Franconia Conference staff
Experienced Mennonite pastors John Bender and Aldo Siahaan have joined the Franconia Conference team of LEADership Ministers, bringing experience in church planting, intercultural leadership, and congregational pastoral work. Each will serve alongside several congregations….
On ‘Titanic’ centennial, missionary’s life remembered
When Annie Clemmer Funk, a Mennonite missionary to India, learned her mother was very ill in Pennsylvania, she quickly packed her bags and caught a train to Bombay. From there she traveled to England, where she learned a coal strike had delayed her ship’s voyage to the U.S.
So she paid a few extra gold pieces for a spot on the Titanic, which set sail two days later.
Haitian pastor, family attacked
A group of robbers attacked an orphanage in Haiti early on March 19, killing one person and raping another. They injured at least three others, including Mennonite Pastor Lesly Bertrand.
At about 1 a.m., the robbers jumped over the wall surrounding Grace Children Home located in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, eight miles northeast of Port-au-Prince. They shot and killed the security guard and took his keys.
Unexpected mutual aid helps save church building
Why did we do this? Plains has a history of assisting members in time of need and this was an opportunity to extend assistance at a conference level. This action […]
Ministry in “thin places” marks Frankenfield’s journey
by Sheldon C. Good, Salford, with Stephen Kriss, Philadelphia Praise Center shelds3@gmail.com, skriss@francoiaconference.org After dropping her young children off for Sunday school, Marlene Frankenfield often sat on the sidewalk outside […]
Unexpected mutual aid helps save church building
By Sheldon C. Good Mennonite Weekly Review When Nueva Vida Norristown (Pa.) New Life Church acquired a 9,000-square-foot office building adjacent its meetinghouse in November 2007, a local realtor projected […]