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Reflections from a long internship: Four summers, one title, diverse experiences
Sheldon Good, Salford Many of my college friends have worked their same respective summer jobs for years. Though I worked for the same company through four years of high school, I have considered my summer arrangements quite varied. But I came to a striking realization this summer: I have been a Franconia Conference intern for four [...]
Posted on 3 November 2009 | 11:10 pm
Stories of faith: Experiences that change what we care about
Maria Byler I have been hard pressed to find a clear and concise way of saying what I did for my Ministry Inquiry Program assignment. I worked for the Mennonite church –– but I didn’t work in a church. I worked with a group of people of faith who care about recent immigrants and I [...]
Posted on 3 November 2009 | 11:10 pm
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
Embracing God’s mission: Being and becoming people of peace
Gay Brunt Miller, Spring Mount In February of 2008, urban minister Jim Kilpin gave Blaine Detwiler (conference Moderator and pastor of Lakeview Mennonite Church), Steve Kriss (conference Director of Communication and Leadership Cultivation) and myself a tour in of East London. He shared how his family had moved to this neighborhood a decade earlier to [...]
Posted on 1 September 2009 | 4:04 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
Fashioned after Christ: Life after the altar call
Jessica Walter, Communication and Leadership Resources Manager Over the last few years I’ve asked and been asked the following question: What comes after “being saved”? I grew up with a theology that centered almost completely around the salvation experience. Over and over again I was told that what really mattered was whether or [...]
Posted on 13 July 2009 | 3:16 pm
Exchanging a free meal for a listening ear: Worm Project shares stories and inspires action
Jessica Walter, Communication and Leadership Resources ManagerOver a meal of well seasoned red beans and rice in a packed banquet hall more than 200 people sat down to hear about the work Claude Good and the Worm Warriors are doing to fight the infestation of intestinal worms that plague whole populations of children and adults [...]
Posted on 13 July 2009 | 3:14 pm
Kingdom Builders and MCC partner to meet building needs
Jessica WalterKingdom Builders Anabaptist Network of Greater Philadelphia, in partnership with Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Philadelphia office, has launched Kingdom Builders Construction a new renovation and construction project for the various Anabaptist churches and ministries in Philadelphia.Dan Umstead, a Spring City, Pa., resident and recent Eastern University graduate, will serve the Kingdom Builders and MCC [...]
Posted on 12 May 2009 | 11:29 am
Learning to like funny cake and wear batik
Stephen Kriss, Philadelphia Praise Center We still eat Mrs. Benner’s funny cake* from Landis Supermarkets at the Mennonite Conference Center, though some days Claude Good or other staff banter in Spanish and someone could be caught decked out in Indonesian batik. In these pages, you’ll see not only the stories of who we are becoming, but [...]
Posted on 2 March 2009 | 1:04 pm
Shrinking an ocean: Learning from post-Christendom ministry
Gay Brunt Miller, Spring MountThe Atlantic Ocean is getting smaller. No, I’m not referring to the impact of global warming but to Franconia Conference’s partnership with the Anabaptist Network in the United Kingdom. As this partnership grows deeper and wider, the Atlantic Ocean feels like it is shrinking.Ten Franconia Conference congregations are participating in the [...]
Posted on 2 March 2009 | 1:02 pm
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