Franconia Conference has begun building an intercultural youth formation team to resource youth leaders and to connect youth across congregations, geographies, and cultures.
Youth
Teenagers or Screenagers?
by Maria Hosler Byler, Associate Pastor for Youth and Family Faith Formation at Salford Mennonite Church On November 25th, 120 people gathered in Salford Mennonite Church’s sanctuary to view Screenagers, […]
Visioning for Conference-wide Youth Ministry
In a time of significant changes with youth ministry staffing and high school age youth demographics, last month Franconia Conference began a Youth Ministry Review/Visioning taskforce. The Taskforce will be […]
Story Project: A Faith Nurtured and Renewed
Our children may have something to teach us about being peacemakers if we as adults are willing to listen!
Would you Rather Be a Bear or a Penguin?
By John Stoltzfus, Conference Youth Minister A junior high youth sponsor needs to be prepared to answer all kinds of questions; however, I wasn’t prepared for “would you rather be a […]
Value-Based Decision Making
As parents and/or youth workers it is important that we help keep the focus of our youth on Christ and being disciples.
Together Despite Differences: Youth Worship Event Report
By Madison Smith, Deep Run East In order to bring teens “together despite differences”, Eastern District and Franconia Mennonite Conference held their annual Youth Worship Gathering on June 4, 2016. The […]
Waiting together in the cold
by John Stoltzfus, conference youth minister Recently, I spent three days with a group of conference leaders who work in youth ministry. This is an annual gathering at a beach […]
Youth Gather for Outdoor Worship
by Lora Steiner, managing editor Youth from Franconia Conference and Eastern District gathered on Sunday, June 1, for an afternoon of worship, celebration, and inspiration. The event, held under tents […]
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 […]
Ministerial Update (April 2014)
Steve Kriss, Director of Leadership Cultivation, provided this update from the March & April meetings of the Credentials and Ministerial Committees.
Seeking peace and pursuing it with Conference youth
What happens when a youth group from a 274-year-old congregation (Methacton) meets with the youth from a community outreach that is just about a year old (Arise)? What happens when you then pile those youth in a couple of vans and drive two hours to a cabin where they will be cooped up for a couple of days? What happens when you add to this mix three 50-something-year-old leaders who want to connect with these kids and have a serious discussion about being peacemakers? You get a weekend when all of us learned a lot about each other and probably a little more about ourselves, a weekend when we all learned that we can have a lot of fun together.