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David Maldonado, who works both as a pastor of College Mennonite Church and a construction worker, shares what life in bivocational ministry is like and why someone might choose that path in an interview with Adriana Celis of MenoTicias. This blog has been translated from Spanish. See the original Spanish article in MenoTicias. Lea la versión en español aquí. Adriana Celis writes for MenoTicias, the Spanish-language digital newsletter of MC USA and Hispanic Ministries of Mennonite Education Agency. She lives in Colombia and is pursuing a degree in law. ______________________________________ Bivocational ministry is loved by many and hated by others. Therefore, we...
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This blog post is part of the "I choose to be Mennonite because ..." series. See the call for blogs and submit your own here. Roger Farmer is a retired pastor of the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church, Wayland, Iowa. He graduated from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), in 1993, where he raised the average age of the student body. Roger has served as the chair/a member of the outreach and service committee of the Central Plains Mennonite Conference and as a member of the Mennonite Mission Network Peace and Justice Support Network. He also volunteers as cashier at the Crowded Closet MCC Thrift Store in Iowa...
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Talashia Keim Yoder is in her 15th year as a pastor at College Mennonite Church in Goshen, Indiana. She is currently the relating pastor for worship and Christian formation, as well as a student at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and the high school theater director at Bethany Christian Schools. You can find more of her writings on https://www.buildingfaithfamily.com and https://www.godsstorygodssong.com. Talashia, her husband, Daniel, and their two children live in Goshen. Talashia is the author of this year’s Lent at Home resource, which offers individuals and families flexible options for participating in Lent in their own home environments. Lent at...
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Dr. Michael Badriaki, is the superintendent at Lancaster Mennonite School. He is married to Kristen. A Badriaki, and they have a daughter in middle school. Michael earned a Doctor of Leadership in global perspectives degree from George Fox University. He also holds a Master of Arts in pastoral and intercultural studies from Multnomah University and Biblical Seminary and a Bachelor of Science from Concordia University. He continues to pursue a Ph.D. in intercultural education from Biola University. His professional experience includes business ventures, global health, consulting, leadership development and international relief, as well as educational projects in Africa, Asia, South...
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Session 4: Us vs. Them Time: Each session is designed to be 45-60 minutes. Supplies: Notebook, pencil/pen, technology to watch the videos Biblical Text Acts 10 Facilitator’s Notes Key learnings for this session: Revelation is progressive and there are more perspectives than our cultural narrative. We need to know who we are and who we are not. God wants to teach us how to know each other. The work of the Spirit models mutual transformation and conversation. Difference is not about being better than or less than. God does not practice favoritism. Observations to highlight: Making...
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Introduction Welcome to this exciting and challenging four-week study, Diversity: God’s Design. This is a basic introduction to the celebration and acknowledgment of difference. We are peculiar people gifted with the invitation to go out from ourselves and be in relationship with others who are also peculiar masterpieces of the Divine Creator. Choosing to see the beauty in the diverse world God has created is a gift. When...
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This article is part of Mennonite Church USA’s Cost of Poverty: Learn, Pray, Join initiative. Read in Spanish here. Erick Josue Martinez was born in the heart of Los Angeles, California. He was surrounded by immigrants and grew up understanding that he may not always fit into the mold others set for him, but it is also not his problem to fix. He comes from a beautiful family and was raised by immigrants. Erick attends Goshen College, with the dream of becoming a financial planner to help those people with no resources in his community. He wants to live the life his...
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This blog is shared in celebration of Pastor Appreciation Month. Joe Hackman is the director of development and partner engagement for MennoMedia. Prior to his current role, he served as lead pastor of Salford Mennonite Church in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, from 2011-2019. He currently lives with his wife, Angela, and two children in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ________________________________________ When I was a young pastor in southeastern Pennsylvania, my congregation showed me multiple forms of generosity and appreciation. One of the times I felt most appreciated was when a 90-year-old member rolled up to church on a Wednesday morning in his brand-new Toyota Camry....
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During the Voices Together (VT) Dedication event on December 13, 2020, the first of four online Launch webinars, the committee received more questions than we had time to answer. Here are the remaining questions from that event. By Katie Graber Do you expect congregations that primarily sing contemporary worship music projected on screens to adopt Voices Together instead of continuing to project music? We do not expect Voices Together to fulfill every Mennonite congregation’s needs, but we hope it will bridge gaps and be useful for a variety of communities. For example, the Voices Together projection version will be...
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Denomination-wide research study: Learn more here. The work of Women in Leadership includes: Women...
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By AMBS, Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Mission Network staff More than 150 Mennonite church leaders and educators gathered at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana, last week to discern the benefits and challenges of digital technology. ELKHART, Indiana (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary/Mennonite Church USA) — In an age when people turn instinctively to Siri for directions, Mennonite church leaders and educators found that Divine Lady Wisdom’s words from Proverbs have an amazing wealth of guidance for navigating digital culture. Lady Wisdom, along with six fools and a wise person, emerged...
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Suzy Brugger Kanode recently graduated from Eastern Mennonite Seminary where she also earned a spiritual direction certificate through the Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation. She serves as an elder in a new Mennonite church plant in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and works part time as a client advocate at AVA Care of Harrisonburg. Are you going to keep going to a spiritual director your whole life? This question was posed to me after the end of my spiritual direction and seminary training. It was asked by a person who has never experienced direction of this sort and wondered why I would pay...
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This post is part of our #BringThePeace series. #BringThePeace is a call to action for individuals and congregations to extend peace in their communities. It is also our prayer inviting God to bring the peace that expands our capacity for empathy, compassion and love that actively seeks to dismantle oppression and violence. Learn more at mennoniteusa.org/bringthepeace. Lynda Hollinger-Janzen has served with Mennonite Mission Network from 1985 to the present. She lived in the West African country of Benin with her family where she worked in community health. In 2000, the Hollinger-Janzen family moved to the United States, where Lynda began writing...
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By Mennonite Church USA staff This year marks 400 years since 1619, the year when a ship carried enslaved people from West Africa to the British colony of Virginia for the first time. This is a season to grieve for all those who have been dehumanized in our country’s particularly brutal system of slavery, and it’s a time for action. The systemic roots of slavery’s horror and oppression persist not only “out there” in the world but also within our church. Black members of our community face the daily reality of systemic racism and address issues of historical trauma...
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