Pentecost seems full of possibility. I’ve often thought that Pentecost is about sharing and expressing, receiving and speaking. But it is also about listening.
Stephen Kriss
When We Are Not of One Accord: Moving Forward on the Pathway
We choose, in the face of diversity and adversity, not fight or flight, but engagement and connection.
The Steadfast Love of God in a Time of Change
“What we learned from Kansas City is that we are not at our best with processes that lead to divided votes resulting in winners and losers rather than inclusive discernment.”
Choosing Peace in Solidarity with Ukraine
We want to be part of Christ’s ongoing witness of peace while also empowering those on the ground to respond to real needs.
On Being Community in the Time of a Plague
In the past, the church has responded to plague and pandemic with care for the most vulnerable. This is the consistent invitation of Jesus …
Mosaic Conference Board Continues to Take Shape
Roy Williams of College Hill congregation in Tampa (FL) and Herman Sagastume of Perkiomenville (PA) congregation joined Mosaic Board in their respective positions as chairs of the Intercultural and Conference Related Ministries (CRM) Committees.
God Multiplies the Small Things
I notice the small things along the way that when invested in the dream of God, result in unexpected blessing and possibility.
Giving that changes me
by Stephen Kriss The powerful words of Advent readings from Isaiah tend to get lost in this feel-good season of tinsel and twinkling lights. Familiar music, family gatherings and special […]
Waiting and working and hoping
The Spanish words meaning “to wait” (esperar) and “hope” (esperanza) suggest that there’s a ready connection between the two. We wait for something that we expect to happen. We don’t wait for things that we don’t anticipate will actually occur.
Franconia Conference gathers to celebrate, pray, confer, listen
Franconia Conference delegates and leaders gathered November 2 at Penn View Christian School in Souderton, Pa. to celebrate God still at work. With a packed auditorium for a third united assembly with Eastern District Conference, representatives gathered to listen and pray, to celebrate newly credentialed and ordained pastoral leaders, and to work alongside one another after an over 150-year rift created two separate Mennonite entities. The theme “God still @ work” was an extension of the 2012 theme, “God @ work.”
Conference review report released; board acts on immediate recommendations
Stephen Kriss, skriss@mosaicmennonites.org Franconia Conference’s Review Steering Committee met with the Franconia Conference Board of Directors on May 4, 2010, to receive the review and recommendations of LaVern Yutzy, consulting […]
Review Steering Committee develops process, expresses appreciation, invites prayer
Stephen Kriss, skriss@mosaicmennonites.org The Franconia Conference Review Steering Committee met April 28, 2010, at the Mennonite Conference Center in Harleysville, Pa., to continue to develop a path for discernment and […]
Review Steering Committee names co-chairs and calls the conference to prayer
Stephen Kriss, skriss@mosaicmennonites.org The newly configured Franconia Conference Review Steering Committee met for the first time on April 21, 2010, at the Mennonite Conference Center in Harleysville, Pa., to continue […]