Upcoming Events
- Jan 21, 2021 – Jan 21, 2021
WDC Executive Board meeting - Jan 28, 2021 – Jan 28, 2021
WDC Resource Commission meeting - Feb 4, 2021 – Feb 4, 2021
WDC Church Planting Commission meeting - Feb 19, 2021 – Feb 19, 2021
WDC Ministerial Leadership Commission meeting - Mar 2, 2021 – Mar 2, 2021
WDC Stewardship Commission meeting - Apr 20, 2021 – Apr 20, 2021
WDC Healthy Boundaries 101 training (Day 1) - Apr 22, 2021 – Apr 22, 2021
WDC Healthy Boundaries 101 training (Day 2) - Jul 30, 2021 – Aug 1, 2021
WDC Assembly
- Jan 21, 2021 – Jan 21, 2021
Category Archives: Christian-Formation
Joy to the World, Jan 5, 2021
by Jennie Wintermote, WDC Resource Library Director Yesterday our 3-year-old danced across the kitchen floor in her sock feet singing, “Joy to the world, the Ward has come.” What a delight. I know the “L” sound is one … Continue reading
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Psalms: Real Prayers for Real Life, Nov 3, 2020
Psalms: Real Prayers for Real Life by Kathy Neufeld Dunn, WDC Associate Conference Minister (Kansas-Based) Are you excited for the election results? Are you anxious? Do you wonder who will represent “the least of these” in your state and in … Continue reading
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Singing for Joy, October 6, 2020
by Jennie Wintermote, WDC Resource Library Director But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, so that those who love your name may exult in you. –Psalm 5:11 … Continue reading
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Faith Formation in Challenging Times / La formación en la fe en tiempos desafiantes, September 1, 2020
Faith Formation in Challenging Times by Kathy Neufeld Dunn, WDC Associate Conference Minister How can we teach children about Jesus safely and effectively? How can older adults with underlying health concerns get together to pray? How can we try to … Continue reading
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Spiritual Discernment, Please! August 4, 2020
by Kathy Neufeld Dunn, WDC Associate Conference Minister We thought this virus was going to decrease in the warmer months. It hasn’t. We thought surely it would be under control by the time school starts. It’s not. I … Continue reading
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Questions for 2020: What is an Anabaptist Christian, July 7, 2020
by Jennie Wintermote, WDC Resource Library Director In the popular booklet “What is an Anabaptist Christian?” by Palmer Becker (published by Mennonite Mission Network and available on their website), Becker writes that the core values of Anabaptist Christians can be summarized … Continue reading
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What Are We Wearing These Days? / ¿Qué llevamos puesto estos días? June 2, 2020
by Kathy Neufeld Dunn, WDC Associate Conference Minister (Kansas-Based) What are we wearing these days? For some of us essential workers, we’re probably wearing our face masks and uniforms. For others of us mostly staying at home, we might be … Continue reading
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Old and New Wine and Wineskins / Viejos y nuevos vinos y pieles de vino, May 19, 2020
Old and New Wine and Wineskins By Kathy Neufeld Dunn May 19, 2020 Matthew 9.16-17: 16 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is … Continue reading
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Safer Online / Más seguros en línea, May 5, 2020
Safer Online by Kathy Neufeld Dunn, WDC Associate Conference Minister (Kansas-Based) While we’ve all sort of settled into this in-between time of congregational life–worshiping online, having bible study online, and gathering in small groups in digital break-out rooms, … Continue reading
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New! Book Bundles for Group Study, March 1, 2020
The Conference Resource Library now offers multiple copies of books for group studies in Sunday school classes, small groups, Wednesday night groups, etc. Contact Jennie Wintermote, Library Director at 316-283-6300 or crlib@mennowdc.org
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