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Sprouts, November 18, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS November 18, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, November 12, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS November 12, 2014 HOME-GROWN MISSION FESTIVAL Zion Mennonite Church (Elbing, KS)—like many congregations—usually has a Harvest Mission Festival around this time of year. Traditionally we invited […]

Sprouts, November 11, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS November 11, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Pick My Brain: Revisiting the Alternative Holiday Approach, November 4, 2014

Pick My Brain – Revisiting the Alternative Holiday Approach by Marlene Bogard, Minister of Christian Formation Got Christmas on your mind? Most of us don’t…yet….but we are about to […]

Sprouts, November 4, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS November 4, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Clarion Call: Avoid, Pursue, Tend, November 2014

Clarence’s Clarion Call – Avoid, Pursue, Tend by Clarence Rempel, WDC Conference Minister Some Christians strongly believe that people in covenanted same sex relationships must be included in congregational […]

Sprouts, October 28, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS October 28, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Sprouts, October 21, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS October 21, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, October 15, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS October 15, 2014 HOFFNUNGSAU MENNONITE CHURCH ANNUAL MISSION SUPPER SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 18 Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church (HMC), rural Inman, has scheduled its annual Mission Supper from […]

Sprouts, October 14, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS October 14, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, October 8, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS October 8, 2014 Manhattan Mennonite Takes Fund-raising to New Heights Many pastors may not consider it a compliment to have their congregation pay for them to […]

Pick My Brain: A Brush With Life, October 7, 2014

Pick My Brain – A Brush With Life by Marlene Bogard, Minister of Christian Formation All of us carry within us the essence of an artist. Agreed? So what […]

Sprouts, October 7, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS October 7, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Many participate in Polity/Sexuality Survey

by Clarence Rempel, WDC Conference Minister The Discernment Task Force of Western District Conference (WDC) is delighted with the strong participation in the twenty-statement online survey regarding human sexuality, polity, […]

50 years and counting for God

By Laurie Oswald Robinson Gilberto Flores, associate conference minister for Western District Conference (WDC) in Texas, has traveled many miles since he began ministry 50-plus years ago. And yet he […]

Hoffnungsau congregation links 140 years of history to future hopes

By Laurie Oswald Robinson During a Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church (HMC) 140th anniversary event, signs pointing the way to tours of the historic Immigrant House site caused a stir that may […]

WDC Garden, October/November 2014

Sprouts, September 30, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS September 30, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Clarion Call: Healthy, Missional Churches, October 2014

Clarion Call – Healthy, Missional Churches by Clarence Rempel, WDC Conference Minister When I became Conference Minister, I named “resourcing healthy, missional churches” as one of the core tasks […]

Seeds, September 24, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS September 24, 2014 FESTIVAL OF BOOTHS What better way to celebrate a Year of the Bible than with a Biblical Festival?? At Tabor Mennonite Church, we […]