Crossroad Gift & Thrift, Inc.

Hearing, responding and exploring God’s sense of call: Summer interns serve across conference congregations and ministries

Steve Kriss, Philadelphia Praise Centerskriss@franconiaconference.orgMy colleague Noah Kolb said that when Kaleem Kheshgi stood up to preach at Plains Mennonite Church on his last Sunday of the Ministry Inquiry Program that the church was quickly wooed and warmed by a youthful and irresistible smile. Kaleem, a native of Chicago, was one of over a dozen [...]

Posted on 29 September 2008 | 11:42 pm

Farewell to 2008 IVEPers

Posted on 10 July 2008 | 9:48 am

Celebrating a donation of time: Working to alleviate poverty

Cory Suter, Nueva Vida Norristowncorysuter@gmail.comFour mornings a week, Clara Mae Panczyk gets up early, prays that her car will start and journeys across town to Crossroad Gift & Thrift. Half an hour before even the manager arrives, Clara Mae is hard at work. At over 80 years of age, her hands are still nimble as [...]

Posted on 21 April 2008 | 9:35 pm

International volunteers serve in Conference Related Ministries: Hospitatlity from an unexpected place

Renee Gehman, Salfordreneegehman@gmail.comEntering the room, my eyes rest on the small gathering around the sofa. At the center sits 20-year-old Lenard Geiser of Switzerland, lap strewn with multicolored baby hats and scarves and gloves, all hand-knitted. I smile, as tall, jockish-looking Lenard proudly displays the wintry garments he has learned to craft in the knitting [...]

Posted on 11 February 2008 | 10:45 am