Ministry Openings
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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.
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Church Libraries–We are Here! Spotlight on Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church Library
Several weekends ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to check out the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church Library. I left the church building feeling energized and excited about the ways the library […]
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Condolences Notices
WDC offers condolences: – To the family of retired minister James (Jim) Dunn, who died February 13 in Hesston, KS, and formerly served as pastor at several Western District Conference […]
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WDC Anti-Racism Audit Report Announcement & Summary
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 […]
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Lessons Learned – Lesson One: Let’s Re-Imagine Who Is Part of Us!
The pandemic taught us some lessons. Some of these, we may have already been pondering, but we hadn’t planned for or implemented them yet in our congregations. Other lessons took us […]
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WDC Mustard Seed Grant Accepting Applications
The Western District Resource Commission is offering Mustard Seed Grants for up to $500 to WDC congregations who are seeking to share the good news of Jesus in their communities. […]
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One, Two, Three…Lift!
Last week WDC staff members gathered at Camp Mennoscah for our annual staff retreat. This was a time to reflect on WDC’s mission, share updates about current initiatives, and vision for […]
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Relaxing into God
New year, fresh start hasn’t felt very true at our house. New year, more of the same chaos and uncertainty from day to day feels more accurate. This is not […]
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Starting Something New
I didn’t make any New Year’s Resolutions this year. In the past I’ve set goals for myself–more exercise, reading through the Bible before the end of the year, finishing that […]
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