Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elder’s Team – Weekly Letter June 5, 2023 MARGIN We live in an ever-increasingly fast-paced world. We have all kinds of resources to make us more “efficient”. These resources can be a blessing and can be used to build the kingdom, but they can also drive us to try to “do more” than we are… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elders TeamWeekly EmailMay 30, 2023Submitted by Marcia Mylin In Ruth Haley Barton’s book, Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Barton uses the illustration of a jar of muddy river water to illustrate our busy lives. She talks about how our lives can get cloudy and dirty by the stuff of life and it can become difficult for leaders… Read More
Unity Builds a Future Children’s Ministry By Nely Elizabeth Lara Dear brothers and sisters in the faith, may God pour out unto you his love, peace, and an ardent desire to serve Him as He has done with me. Within Concilio Iglesias Evangelicas Shalom (CIES) I work as a leader of the children’s ministry. I have been a children’s leader and a youth counselor for ten years. I have… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elders TeamWeekly Email for May 22Submitted by Bishop Rodney Martin I recently was in a conversation with another bishop who mentioned that they likened LMC’s current liminality to the journey of Abram. LMC is in this time of deep change. We know the mission; “To be a Spirit-led movement”. But we do not know what this will look like. God called Abram to… Read More
Power of Hope As the world seems to grow darker and more polarized, finding hope is more imperative than ever. That’s why LMC Legacy Foundation’s life-changing mission is to promote hope, healing, and wholeness through integrative behavioral healthcare resources that nurture mental health, resilience, and innovation. As essential beacons of light and hope in the community, churches are in special positions of influence. Although we offer grants to… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email-Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elders TeamWeekly email for May 15thBy Bishop Tuyen Nguyentuyennguyen4mail@gmail.com Today, as I was preparing to teach a Bible class for Vietnam, I came across Romans 1: 20-21 – “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,… Read More
From Around LMC (April-June Shalom News) Congregations who would like to report briefly on events in their congregation should send a descriptive paragraph and a high resolution picture to smartin@LMCchurches.org Motley Dinner Church Motley Dinner Church was birthed from the New Danville District out of a need to reach people who don’t fit into a traditional church format. Twenty to thirty people gather each Tuesday evening at HUB450 around the dinner… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email-Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles “The Invitation . . . Just Follow . . . Always More” As I reflect back on the Celebration of Church Life – CCL weekend,March 31 – April 1 there is a warm stirring in my heart; a sense of God’s smile and God’s favor upon us as a fellowship of Anabaptist Churches. The truth is that anything… Read More
LMC – News Notes (April-June Shalom News) Evangelical Garifuna Mission Joins LMC Omar Guzman was recently called as Bishop of the Evangelical Garifuna Mission district. On June 24, 2022, the LMC Board of Bishops affirmed the EGM as a network of Garifuna congregations within LMC and as a district of LMC. Bishops gathered with joy around Omar Guzman for prayer and blessing. With approximately 1,200 members, Evangelical Garifuna Mission is now a… Read More