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God Sightings!

As our calendars show the beginning of a new year, we pause to reflect on how we have seen God at work in our churches and in our lives. Some […]

Telling the Story

It’s almost Christmas–our Advent wreath is brighter each Sunday, the pile of packages under the tree is growing and our pile of Advent books is dwindling. Excitement builds as we plan […]

Hope, peace, joy, and love are not just seasonal aspirations.

As the world ushers in the Advent season, a reflection on the experiences of asylum seekers and displaced individuals reveals a narrative of resilience, faith, and the pursuit of hope […]

No Christmas in Bethlehem This Year

Christmas 2005 was like no other for my husband and I. His brother had been diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease in early December. I was so grateful for online […]

Generosity: Year-end and year-round!

It’s that time of year again! My post-office mailbox, email in-box and at-home desk are filled with end-of-the-year giving appeals. This includes WDC’s annual fund-raising letter, and my own congregation’s […]

Gearing up for the Holidays

*Photo credit: creativeexiles.com Thanksgiving. Christmas. The New Year. All should be a time of blessings, joy, appreciation and hopeful anticipation. Unfortunately, there are often many barriers to it actually being […]

Advent Traditions

I know it’s only mid-November, but already we’re making plans at my house for Advent. Anyone who has young children in their lives knows that the anticipation of Christmas is huge. Several Christmas […]

Cultivating Gratitude in a Culturally Diverse Church: Building Bridges of Thankfulness

*Pictured: Iglesia Menonita Monte Horeb, Dallas, TX celebrating multicultural day. In today’s world, places of worship often serve as melting pots of diverse cultures, bringing together individuals from various backgrounds, […]

Risk Loving Others while we follow Jesus

How does the good news of God’s love shape our lives? How does following Jesus in showing love shape our churches? How does our faith influence us to act differently […]

People of peace in a world of war

At a meeting in March 2022,United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated, “We are facing the highest number of violent conflicts since 1945…As we meet today, one quarter of humanity lives […]

God’s Holy Darkness

Fall has finally come to central Kansas. It’s the time of year when I have to carefully consider the forecasted high for the day and make sure my first grader […]

Seeking Peace in Israel-Palestine

As people committed to nonviolence, MennoPIN and the Israel Palestine Task Force of Western District Conference (Mennonite Church USA) strongly condemn the current violence carried out both by Hamas and […]

Believing and Belonging: Back to the Basics

*Image: As posted on the Anabaptist Disabilities Network’s website, “Peter’s Sermon” by Dona Park – an illustration in Believing and Belonging: An accessible Anabaptist membership curriculum by Jeanne Davies. Sometimes we […]

Unique Identity as Church Plants in WDC

*Pictured: Members of WDC Church Plant, Iglesia Menonita Casa de Restauración, Houston, TX, enjoy a meal together. / En la foto: Miembros de WDC Church Plant, Iglesia Menonita Casa de […]

Annual Assembly Reflections

*Pictured: Several Assembly attendees pose for a picture together. One of the things I appreciate most about the WDC Annual Assembly is the opportunity for members of different WDC congregations […]

What’s New at the WDC Resource Library!

Check out below What’s New at the WDC Resource Library! Click here to view the WDC Library webpage. ¡Vea a continuación las novedades de la biblioteca de recursos de WDC! […]

Growing in Christ!

Annual Assembly is this weekend! This is our chance to get the “big picture” of what’s going on in our conference. One of the things you may notice is […]

It’s time for Assembly: We’re all in this together!

“We’re all in this together…” This phrase has been going through my mind frequently this summer as I attended MennoCon23 (Mennonite Church USA convention and delegate assembly), plan for a […]

Introducing Shari Scheffler, WDC’s new Business Manager

Hello! I am so excited to be joining the team of staff at Western District Conference! My only disappointment is that Beth Yoder is moving on to new things in […]

Coming Home: Featuring the Hope Mennonite Church Library

Last week we stopped by my home church while in Wichita–Hope Mennonite. I’ve always felt a special connection to the church building where I worshiped for the first two decades […]