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Listening

When have you felt most alive and vibrant as a congregation, or as a participant of your congregation? What is foundational and reassuring about your congregation that has helped in […]

WDC Staff Announcement

WDC Staff Announcement: Shari K. Scheffler will begin in July as WDC’s new Business Manager, a half-time position based in WDC’s North Newton office. Shari is a member of Faith Mennonite […]

Worshipping Visually

*Pictured: Artwork by Jason Miller of Shalom Mennonite Church, Newton, KS created for Shalom’s Lenten series 2023. I had the opportunity to grow up at Hope Mennonite Church in Wichita. […]

Houston Mennonite Church, Houston, TX

Houston Mennonite Church is looking for a full-time Pastor. Houston Mennonite Church Pastor Job Description Please contact Western District Conference (wdc@mennowdc.org) for the Congregational Information Form.

Multigenerational Faith Formation…

Multigenerational Faith Formation where everyone teaches and everyone learns Before you go to your committee that is responsible for faith formation and suggest that your congregation focus on multigenerational faith […]

Being the Church Together

Pictured: Participants at the WDC Church Planting Summit experience connections between different parts of the church Two recent experiences have prompted my reflection on what it means to be the […]

Working toward racial justice in WDC

In Spring 2022, the WDC Executive Board appointed a team to do an anti-racism audit of WDC’s structure, program and policies, as we seek to fulfill WDC’s vision for the […]

The beauty of a pastoral transition

Article by: Rachel Ringenberg Miller, Denominational minister for ministerial leadership for Mennonite Church USA Pastoral transitions are a natural part of congregational life. At some point, your pastor will leave. […]

Hope Mennonite Church, Wichita, KS

Hope Mennonite Church is looking for a full-time Pastor. Hope MC Pastor Job Description Please contact Western District Conference (wdc@mennowdc.org) for the Congregational Information Form.

Moving Forward

Transition and change seem to be a constant in life. We all deal with change regularly in our personal lives. Right now, we have many WDC congregations in pastoral transition. […]

Faith Formation Resources!

Faith Formation resources for you – The WDC Resource Commission has paid for a subscription for the Vibrant Faith 2023 Masterclass Season Pass of faith formation webinars! Vibrant Faith seeks to transform the […]

Spring Cleaning

Spring is a time of new beginnings, a time to clear out what weighs us down and start fresh. It’s a time of new beginnings and making room in the library […]

Los llamados Afuera

Vamos a la iglesia me decía mi abuela Angelica, para mi no era vamos a un edificio o a una reunión acostumbrada, lo que yo oía era vamos a la […]

Lessons Learned – Lesson Three: Listening to the Quiet Ones

The pandemic taught us lessons. Some of them we may have already been pondering, but we hadn’t implemented them yet in our congregations. Other lessons took us by surprise. For my next […]

WDC Mustard Seed Grants Available!

Spring is here! Now is an ideal time to plan for ways to connect with your community through fellowship, food, service, or some other creative idea. Remember that the Western […]

Güete Resumes Pilgrimage Along el Camino de Santiago

Mennonite Education Agency is excited to share with you “a journey of many steps.” Marco Güete, director of MEA’s Hispanic Ministries programs, and his wife Sandra are preparing to embark […]

Bearing Grief, Building Hope

Last month I attended the annual Pastors and Leaders event at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. It focused on the theme of Reimagining Ministry, in these times of collective trauma stemming […]

Growing in Community

According to thirdwaycafe.com, “In the 1500’s the early Anabaptists believed that each person should be able to read the Bible for him or herself (a radical idea for the time) and that the […]

Dismantling Racism in WDC

Dismantling racism in WDC: The WDC Executive Board is working on next steps following an anti-racism audit of WDC’s organizational culture and leadership structure https://mennowdc.org/wdc-anti-racism-report-announcement-summary/. If you – or another WDC member you […]

Lessons Learned – Lesson Two – Let’s Reimagine Faith Formation!

The pandemic taught us some lessons. Some we may have been pondering, but hadn’t put into practice yet. Others may have caught us by surprise! For my next couple blogs I […]