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WDC Garden, December 2014/January 2015

Sprouts, December 9, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS December 9, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Clarion Call: Thanksgivings and Transition, December 2014

by Clarence Rempel, WDC Conference Minister “Praise be to you, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ. […]

Church closes after 11 decades of family bonds and vibrant service

by Laurie Oswald Robinson for Western District Conference When Aoife Rose Compton was born Nov. 18 to Rachelle and Martin Compton, she was the last child to become part of […]

Sprouts, December 2, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS December 2, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, November 26, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS November 26, 2014 Sunday school class seeks spiritual renewal The New Disciples Sunday School class at First Mennonite, Newton has a desire for spiritual renewal! They […]

Sprouts, November 25, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS November 25, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Lifelong ministry bears fruit of redemption

by Laurie Oswald Robinson for WDC In fall of 1962 when Jim Dunn was a senior at Bethel College in North Newton, Kan., the local African Methodist Episcopal (AME) […]

Themes bubble up from WDC’s uncertainties on sexuality, governance

By Laurie Oswald Robinson for WDC MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. – When Western District Conference (WDC) leaders met Nov. 15 to discuss conference-wide survey results on how church governance should be practiced […]

Sprouts, November 18, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS November 18, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, November 12, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS November 12, 2014 HOME-GROWN MISSION FESTIVAL Zion Mennonite Church (Elbing, KS)—like many congregations—usually has a Harvest Mission Festival around this time of year. Traditionally we invited […]

Sprouts, November 11, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS November 11, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Sprouts, November 4, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS November 4, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Clarion Call: Avoid, Pursue, Tend, November 2014

Clarence’s Clarion Call – Avoid, Pursue, Tend by Clarence Rempel, WDC Conference Minister Some Christians strongly believe that people in covenanted same sex relationships must be included in congregational […]

Sprouts, October 28, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS October 28, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Sprouts, October 21, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS October 21, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, October 15, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS October 15, 2014 HOFFNUNGSAU MENNONITE CHURCH ANNUAL MISSION SUPPER SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 18 Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church (HMC), rural Inman, has scheduled its annual Mission Supper from […]

Sprouts, October 14, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS October 14, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]

Seeds, October 8, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SEEDS October 8, 2014 Manhattan Mennonite Takes Fund-raising to New Heights Many pastors may not consider it a compliment to have their congregation pay for them to […]

Sprouts, October 7, 2014

WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPROUTS October 7, 2014 A weekly communication for: WDC Churches and Pastors WDC Executive Board, Commission, Committee and Task Force members Any content may be used in […]