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WDC Sprouts, August 11, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS August 11, 2015 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Seeds, August 5, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS August 5, 2015 First Mennonite Church (Halstead, KS) receives former Burrton Mennonite Church Members On July 5, the First Mennonite Church of Halstead was blessed to […]

WDC Sprouts, August 4, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS August 4, 2015 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Reflections on Mennonite World Conference, July 28, 2015

by Christina Litwiller, Pastor at Salina Mennonite Church, Salina, KS As I searched the enormous room looking for the circle of chairs labeled H373, I wondered what my assigned […]

WDC Sprouts, July 28, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS July 28, 2015 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

On Forbearance, July 7, 2015

by Richard Gehring, WDC Moderator By now, most people who are interested have likely heard the results of votes taken at last week’s Mennonite Church USA Convention in Kansas […]

WDC Sprouts, July 21, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS July 21, 2015 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, July 14, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS July 14, 2015 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, July 7, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS July 7, 2015 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, June 30, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS June 30, 2015 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, June 23, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS June 23, 2015 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

The Pastor’s Heart

by Clarence Rempel, Conference Minister “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). A serendipity meeting of past, present, and […]

WDC continues discernment on resolution regarding congregational freedom and same-sex unions

by Laurie Oswald Robinson WICHITA, Kan. – Western District Conference (WDC) leaders continued their year-long discernment process regarding whether congregations will be freed to sanction same-sex covenanted unions at Reference […]

Two WDC churches plow up the old, plant the new

by Laurie Oswald Robinson for Western District Conference Seed bombs is a phrase that West Zion Mennonite Church’s pastor, Brad Roth, uses these days to symbolize the congregation’s friendship evangelism […]

WDC Seeds, June 17, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS June 17, 2015 Church builds house in parking lot The parking lot at First Mennonite Church in Newton, KS was transformed into a construction zone May […]

WDC Sprouts, June 16, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS June 16, 2015 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, June 9, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS June 9, 2015 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

WDC Garden: June/July/August 2015

Clarence’s Clarion Call, Fix the Church? Fix the World? June 2015

by Clarence Rempel, WDC Conference Minister As movie titles get shorter, book titles seem to be getting longer. Kingdom Come: Why We Must Give Up Our Obsession with Fixing […]

WDC Seeds, June 3, 2015

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS June 3, 2015 Men gather at 9:09 pm for book study Several young adult men have begun meeting at Associate Pastor Derek King’s house for a […]