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Sprouts, Mar. 19, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS March 19, 2013 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, Mar. 13, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS March 13, 2013 WDC CHURCHES WELCOME IMMIGRANTS An often-repeated instruction in the first five books of the Bible is that God’s people should care for the […]

Sprouts, Mar. 12, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS March 12, 2013 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, Mar. 6, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS March 6, 2013 REIMAGINING SUNDAY MORNINGS Southern Hills Mennonite Church in Topeka, KS, has been reimagining what their congregation does together on Sunday mornings. Worship now […]

Pick My Brain: Hands-on Faith Formation! Mar. 5, 2013

Pick My Brain: Hands-on Faith Formation! March 5, 2013 by Marlene Bogard, Minister of Christian Formation I pass on to you a wonderful list of faith formation ideas and […]

Sprouts, Mar. 5, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS March 5, 2013 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, Feb. 27, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS February 27, 2013 GODSPELL JUNIOR On Sunday evening, March 10, the off-Broadway musical Godspell Junior will be performed by the children and youth of Bethel College […]

Clarion Call, March 2013

Clarion Call – A Bible-Formed People March 2013 by Clarence Rempel, WDC Conference Minister How were these people formed that they were able to confront the dominating, collusive powers of […]

Sprouts, Feb. 26, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS February 26, 2013 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, Feb. 20, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS February 20, 2013 NUEVO AMANECER A few years ago, a couple in our congregation who spent several months working in Guatemala told us about Nuevo Amanecer, […]

Sprouts, Feb. 19, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS February 19, 2013 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, Feb. 13, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS February 13, 2013 STRENGTHENING YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES After a year and a half of prayer, study, planning and discernment, Southern Hills Mennonite Church in […]

Sprouts, Feb. 12, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS February 12, 2013 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, Feb. 6, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS February 6, 2013 JUBILEE I attended Pastors Week at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana (January 28 – 31). The vibrant worship, reconnecting with friends, and […]

Pick My Brain: Year of the Bible, Feb. 5, 2013

Pick My Brain – Year of the Bible February 5, 2013 by Marlene Bogard, Minister of Christian Formation 1. Wow, we are SO excited about the NEW Year of […]

Granddaughter Takes Root in a Ready-to-Close Rural Kansas Congregation

By Laurie Oswald Robinson When Katy Pasnick came from Chicago to Pawnee Rock, Kans., in 2004 to care for her grandfather, Earl Schmidt, a longtime member of Bergthal Mennonite Church, […]

Open Wide and Say AHHH….

By Laurie Oswald Robinson Members of Houston Mennonite Church know that daily Bible reading is at a scant 32 percent among Mennonites. But they also know it is not just […]

Year of the Bible

www.yearofthebiblenetwork.org Make this your go-to site for all things Year of the Bible. Explore each drop-down, connect with others, discern next steps for your congregation. New ideas and links added […]

Sprouts, Feb. 5, 2013

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS February 5, 2013 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Garden, Feb./Mar. 2013