Escrito por Jessica Griggs para la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. ELKHART, Indiana (Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU.) — El comité de planeamiento de cultos de adoración de MennoCon23 ha publicado los nombres de los oradores para los cultos de la convención denominacional de la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. (MC USA por sus siglas en inglés), a realizarse del 3 al 6 de julio en el Centro de Convenciones de Kansas City (Misuri). El tema general de la convención es “Sé transformado” (“#BeTransformed”) y está inspirado en Isaías 43.19-21 y 2 Corintios 5.17. Entre los oradores de los cultos... read more →
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Hugo Saucedo is an elementary school principal in San Antonio, Texas, where he lives with his wife, Danielle, and two kids. Hugo has been volunteering at convention since the 2003 convention in Atlanta, Georgia, and has served in a number of capacities. Hugo enjoys live music, traveling and sampling local cuisine. ______________________________ The first convention I attended was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1993. I was 16 years old, when my youth group drove from Brownsville, Texas, to Philadelphia. In spite of the long drive, the memories I made... read more →
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Rachel Ringenberg Miller serves as denominational minister for ministerial leadership for Mennonite Church USA. She focuses on engaging conferences and congregations, providing resources and services to meet the diverse demands facing congregations today. She graduated from Goshen (Indiana) College and Eastern Mennonite Seminary, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with an MDiv. She served as associate pastor for Portland (Oregon) Mennonite Church and as pastor of Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas. ______________________________________________ Pastoral transitions are a natural part of congregational life. At some point, your pastor will leave. They will leave for... read more →
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This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Becky Degan serves as the associate pastor of worship and Christian education at Forest Hills Mennonite Church in Leola, Pennsylvania. In her free time, she accompanies a community choir and directs middle and high school plays. Before beginning her current position at Forest Hills in 2006, she worked for 10 years as a music therapist for children with special needs. Becky holds a bachelor’s degree in music therapy from Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania) College and is currently working toward a Master of Arts in Christian... read more →
By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA) — The MennoCon23 worship planning committee has released the names of the worship speakers for the July 3-6 Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) denominational convention, which will take place at the Kansas City (Missouri) Convention Center. The convention’s overall theme is “#BeTransformed,” which is inspired by Isaiah 43:19-21 and 2 Corinthians 5:17. Worship speakers include Nelson Okanya, Brian Moll, Iris de León-Hartshorn, Dianne Garcia and Jon Carlson. Each speaker will provide the main message for one morning or evening session and will focus on the event’s worship theme,... read more →
By MC USA staff ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA) — Ryan and Friends, featuring comedian/ventriloquist Ryan Bomgardner, will be performing during MennoCon23, Mennonite Church USA’s (MC USA) leading faith formation event, in Kansas City (Missouri) Convention Center, July 6, 2023, at 9 pm. Bomgardner performs over 175 shows per year throughout North America. He is known for his hilarious and family-friendly ventriloquism act with his “friends,” including eight-year-old Jeffrey, the self-proclaimed star of the show, Ardy the skunk, giggly Tiffany and more. According to his website, Bomgardner has performed for major corporations and organizations across the country and traveled to... read more →
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This post is part of MC USA’s #BeTransformed series. Republished with permission from Leader magazine, a publication of MennoMedia. MennoMedia is the publishing agency of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada. Leer en español aquí. Ertell M. Whigham is an associate pastor of Nueva Vida Norristown (Pennsylvania) New Life Mennonite Church and an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) administrator, trainer and consultant. He enjoys spending time with his family — wife Patricia, three adult children and six grandchildren — and playing the alto saxophone. _________________________________ The Bible has several examples of God changing or updating the name or descriptor of God’s servants... read more →
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This post is part of MC USA's #BeTransformed series. It was originally published in the Central District Conference Connector. Shared with permission. The Sacred Listening Project is an ongoing project of Central District Conference, in which congregations hold a one-day event that provides an opportunity for congregants to share their stories about their church experience with one another and with representatives of the conference. These stories are intended to reflect how congregants and congregations have encountered transformation through the COVID-19 pandemic, welcoming/affirming LGBTQ+ siblings, and national issues dealing with justice, culture, power, creation care, immigration, and race. [caption id="attachment_71719" align="alignleft"... read more →
Mennonite Church USA (MC USA por sus siglas en inglés) se está preparando para su principal evento de formación de fe, la convención MennoCon23 que ser realizará en Kansas City, Missouri, del 3 al 6 de julio de 2023. El equipo de planificación de la convención, encabezado por la gerente de proyecto Lisa Lehman, publicó recientemente un horario tentativo del evento y tarifas de inscripción en el sitio web oficial de MennoCon23 (https://convention.mennoniteusa.org/). Las inscripciones se abrirán a principios de marzo. “La convención MennoCon23 brinda una oportunidad única para aprender, adorar y conectarse con viejos amigos y nuevos conocidos en... read more →
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz is Mennonite Church USA’s denominational minister for Peace and Justice. For more than 25 years, she served as the coordinator of Mennonite Central Committee’s Restorative Justice program. She also co-authored “The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools” and “What Will Happen to Me?” Lorraine graduated from Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work, and earned a master’s in Social Work from Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania. She and her husband attend Blossom Hill Mennonite Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. _________________________________ In his book, “Forty... read more →
Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) is gearing up for its leading faith formation event, the MennoCon23 convention, Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6, 2023. The convention planning team, headed by Project Manager Lisa Lehman, recently posted a tentative event schedule and registration rates on the official MennoCon23 website (https://convention.mennoniteusa.org/). Registration will open in early March. “The MennoCon23 convention provides a unique opportunity to learn, worship and connect with old friends and new acquaintances across MC USA, reminding us that we are a part of a much larger body of believers,” said Lehman. “Convention is an excellent chance to immerse youth in... read more →
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Rachel Ringenberg Miller serves as denominational minister for ministerial leadership for Mennonite Church USA. She focuses on engaging conferences and congregations, providing resources and services to meet the diverse demands facing congregations today. She graduated from Goshen (Indiana) College and Eastern Mennonite Seminary, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with an MDiv. She served as associate pastor for Portland (Oregon) Mennonite Church and as pastor of Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas. She is a member of Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas. ______________________________________________ I stare at the open U-Haul trailer. The trailer... read more →
By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA ELKHART, Ind. (Mennonite Church USA) — The worship planning committee for the 2023 Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) denominational convention, MennoCon23, has officially begun preparing for the event, which will take place at the Kansas City (Missouri) Convention Center, July 3-6, 2023. The committee spends the year prior to the event organizing the worship services that make up MennoCon. They design the experience by identifying the themes and Scriptures for each worship service. They, then, outline the service, incorporating all the elements that will be included, and identify speakers. The committee is made... read more →
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. This post was originally published on A Light So Lovely. Reprinted with permission. Melissa Marquez Weaver is a former English/ESL teacher who lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where she cares for her husband and three young children, more pets than they planned on, unruly gardens, and her neighborhood. She serves as co-coordinator of Christian formation with Immanuel Mennonite Church, seeking to empower families and individuals to follow Christ by nurturing learning and practices of belonging, hospitality and hope. As part of her position, she writes a blog called... read more →
Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) has launched ”Learn, Pray, Join: Mass Incarceration," an initiative to raise awareness about the injustices in our criminal legal system that cause pain and suffering, especially for poor people and people of color. This initiative is in response to a recently adopted MC USA study resolution titled, “For Justice in the U.S. Criminal Legal System," written by Zachariah Begly and Eli Reimer. During September and October, MC USA will seek to engage people in the initiative by offering resources, prayers and ways to care for those harmed by our criminal legal system and to... read more →