Congregations: New Hope Fellowship/Nueva Esperanza

Franconia Conference Summer 2009 Class of Interns

Blooming Glen • Benjamin Bergey (Blooming Glen) spent his summer with his home congregation as part of his studies at Eastern Mennonite University. Bergey will enter his junior year at EMU as a double major in church music and vocal performance. Church of the Overcomer • Julianne McDonald (Church of the Overcomer) interned with the Church of [...]

Posted on 3 November 2009 | 11:10 pm

Centro de Alabanza begins public worship in South Philadelphia

Stephen Kriss, Philadelphia Praise Center I know I am a child of the 1980’s when in the midst of a moving worship event, I am drawn to a line from the A-Team, “I love it when a good plan comes together.” At the time of the first Sunday morning worship of Centro de Alabanza de [...]

Posted on 1 September 2009 | 4:04 pm

Establishing Partners In Mission: Finding ourselves transformed by God as well

Noel Santiago, Executive Ministernsantiago@franconiaconference.orgEstablishing Partners In Mission: Finding ourselves transformed by God as well“…that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself…” 2 Corinthians 5:18-19, NASVThis text shapes a critical piece of the heart of the work we as God’s people are called to – joining Christ in reconciling the world to God!Franconia Conference [...]

Posted on 29 September 2008 | 11:44 pm

A closer look: Cultivating leaders through partnerships

Steve Kriss, skriss@franconiaconference.orgAsk Danilo Sanchez from Boyertown Mennonite Church to tell you about Franconia Conference’s Partners in Mission (PIM), and he’ll likely begin with a story. Sanchez has been up close and personal with a variety of PIMs, some as part of a summer ministry internship and some as part of congregational life at [...]

Posted on 29 September 2008 | 11:43 pm

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

Interns connected with Franconia Conference in the Summer of 2008

Danilo Sanchez is a Youth Ministry major at Eastern University from Birdsboro, Pa. This summer he interned at Good Shepherd Community Church, Reamstown, Pa., through Franconia Conference’s Via Verano program.Brian Waidelich is an English major at Goshen College from Pettisville, Ohio. This summer he interned at New Hope Fellowship, Alexandria, Va., through Goshen’s Ministry [...]

Posted on 29 September 2008 | 11:32 pm

Flowing with the Holy Spirit: Congregations partner to learn and support

Lora Steinerlsteiner@franconiaconference.orgWhen Mennonite churches have thought about mission, they’ve tended to think out of country and in terms of monetary support. But a number of Franconia Conference churches have begun partnerships with each other for missional efforts both near and far.Blooming Glen (Pa.) Mennonite Church and Oxford Circle Mennonite Church, a Partner-in-Mission congregation in Philadelphia, [...]

Posted on 6 June 2008 | 1:19 pm

New Hope Fellowship Nueva Esperanza baptism photos

Posted on 23 May 2008 | 8:31 am

Emerging church profiles: Furthering the reign of God

Lora Steinerlsteiner@franconiaconference.orgEmerging church groups are hard to define. There is no pastor’s office, just a home phone number. Often there’s no set meeting time and, if there is, it’s not on Sunday morning. All of the following emerging worshipping groups are somehow affiliated with the conference —sometimes through a member, sometimes through the leaders, sometimes [...]

Posted on 21 April 2008 | 9:44 pm

New Hope Fellowship Nueva Esperanza June 2007 photos

Posted on 23 June 2007 | 9:11 am