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WDC Sprouts, May 4, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS May 4, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

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A pause – and a pathway toward peace

Last Tuesday afternoon (April 20), as an announcement of the Derek Chauvin trial verdict was imminent, I was participating in a zoom meeting of conference ministers in Mennonite Church USA. […]

WDC Sprouts, April 27, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS April 27, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Sprouts, April 20, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS April 20, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Reopening and Rejoicing! April 8, 2021

Reopening and Rejoicing! The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Oklahoma in early March 2020. Without hesitancy, Susan Hart, the Pastor of the Koinonia Indian Mennonite Church, closed the […]

WDC Sprouts, April 13, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS April 13, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Easter Forgiveness, April 6, 2021

by Jennie Wintermote, WDC Resource Library Director In March, the WDC Resource Library’s Final Thursday Book Discussion was on Michele Hershberger’s book, Why Did Jesus Die and What Difference […]

WDC Sprouts, April 6, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS April 6, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Congregational discernment in a pandemic Easter season

by Heidi Regier Kreider, March 30, 2021 As your congregation observes Holy Week and celebrates Easter, do you sense new hope, energy and purpose for the future as […]

WDC Sprouts, March 30, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS March 30, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Sprouts, March 23, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS March 23, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Sprouts, March 16, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS March 16, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Sprouts, March 9, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS March 9, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Resource Library News

Final Thursday Book Discussion Please join us the final Thursday of every month for a Zoom discussion from 7:00-8:00pm. Contact the library to borrow a copy of the book, or to […]

God’s Timing: Parable of the Prodigal Hen

I live with my husband David on a farmstead at the edge of town. For many years – even before the pandemic made backyard chickens popular – we have […]

WDC Sprouts, March 2, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS March 2, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

New Creation Fellowship Church, Newton, KS

By Gordon Houser February 25, 2021 Forty-eight years ago, in February 1973, seven people from two dismantled groups in Newton, Kan., rented a van and traveled to Evanston, Ill., to […]

WDC Sprouts, February 23, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS February 23, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Sprouts, February 16, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS February 16, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Sprouts, February 9, 2021

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS February 9, 2021 A weekly communication for WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]