WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE
SEEDS
February 6, 2013
JUBILEE
I attended Pastors Week at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana (January 28 – 31). The vibrant worship, reconnecting with friends, and being back on the seminary campus renewed my soul. This year’s theme was “The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Us: The immeasurable Dimensions of Jubilee” led by Kim Tan from Great Britain. He is a venture capitalist connecting business people in assisting the poor to create their own businesses. Kim Tan looked at the Old and New Testament concept of jubilee. For Tan wealth is not evil in itself. It is how we conduct our business and what we do with created wealth that becomes the important ethical questions. The Gospel calls us to find concrete ways of practicing the immeasurable dimensions of jubilee.
–Submitted by Eric Buller, Pastor, Inman (KS) Mennonite Church, imcinman@inmanks.net, 620-585-6550
WDC SEEDS is a weekly communication for WDC churches announcing what’s new and good in Western District Conference. Please forward this to congregational members. Pastors are invited to submit one paragraph summaries of kingdom initiatives that will encourage the networking of best practices across Western District Conference. WDC Seeds is also available at: www.mennowdc.org. Western District Conference 2517 North Main, PO Box 306 North Newton KS 67117 316-283-6300; FAX: 316-283-0620 Email: wdc@mennowdc.org Website: www.mennowdc.org