Landisville-Manor District Congregations Unite for Special Church Service Saturday, May 7, 2023, Living Light Mennonite Church and Millersville Mennonite Church united together to welcome Pastor Pedro Moreira from Brazil to share a special sermon on the power of prayer (Mervin Charles translated). Pastor Pedro shared how over 40,000 people came to hear about Jesus in one of the most dangerous areas in Brazil—through the power of a small number of Christians, including himself,… Read More
Always More Walking with Jesus, we discover that God pours abundant grace into our lives. The flow of grace never ends. We are leaky vessels like clay jars that are cracked and broken. (II Corinthians 4:6-12 AMP). But there is always more of His grace. Even in our brokenness, He uses and fills us. (II Corinthians 12:9-11) Filled with His love and grace, we are joined with… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Biweekly Email – Carta quincenal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles “Don’t Scare the Fish . . .” Earlier this year, while I was leading another “Learning Journey” group to southern Bulgaria, we as a team were having a conversation with Hari, our Bulgarian host, about the way God has led him to be a witness in the Muslim villages where he serves and loves the people.… Read More
Peace Sunday 2023 PEACE SUNDAY 2023 | We are Family! | Participating in God’s family Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace! We invite you and your congregation to observe Peace Sunday together with brothers and sisters in the global Anabaptist church family on 17 September 2023. Accompanying this letter, we send worship resources you may use in celebrating Peace… Read More
Just Follow Jesus’s first words to His disciples were, “Come follow me!” He later told them to go and make disciples of all nations. If we have not first encountered Jesus and fallen in love with the “Word who became flesh,” we cannot partner with Him in making disciples. We must learn to hear His voice, trust Him to guide us, and follow wherever He may lead… Read More
The Invitation God invites us into communion with Him. Jesus spoke these words, “Come to Me all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].” (Matthew 11:28 AMP) When we accept this invitation and get to know Him, we experience His love, grace, and goodness. Our lives are transformed into His… Read More
Women’s Global Village From the Margins to the Marketplace Together Women’s Global Village believes in the vision of empowering immigrant women. Elizabeth Soto and community volunteers gather with immigrant women weekly as they engage in healing arts, sewing, learning English, and telling their stories. Childcare is provided. On April 26, a graduation ceremony was held at HUB 450 for the twenty-five women who completed the twelve-week program.
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al español después de la de Ingles All Things Are Possible with The Lord One Thursday evening in 2000, two new Vietnamese student believers came to our door with a young Vietnamese couple, whom they have just met that same day at a grocery store. The two young men had been at our house a week before for dinner, and now they wanted… Read More
Shalom News special edition LMC gathered at Petra Church on March 31 and April 1, 2023, for the Spring Leadership Assembly and Celebration of Church Life. The missional conference included worship, equipping, and fellowship focusing on becoming “A Holy Spirit-led movement to make disciples of Jesus.” The plenary sessions celebrated LMC’s mission to make disciples of Jesus. They were inspired and framed by the paintings titled: The Invitation, Just… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Do you need permission to multiply? Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles I recently had a conversation with a colleague who asked the question; “do we need permission to multiply churches?”. Those of us who are Apostolic, Evangelistic or Prophetic (fondly referred to as APE’s), identified in Ephesians 4, are often driven by a mission impulse to go and do something new. … Read More