More Stories Told at Celebration of Church Life On March 17 and 18 over 400 people gathered to worship, fellowship, network, and listen to stories. The assembly heard stories in full session with numerous additional stories during the two seminar blocks. If you were unable to hear these stories in-person at Celebration of Church life, you can see them at the Missional Church playlist on the LMC YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/2160LMC. Nelson Bechtold,… Read More
Manicure as Mission A Story told at the 2017 Celebration of Church Life By Khon “Keon” Tran While living in North Carolina a few years ago, I had a dream. I was in a shoe store where I saw a pair of sandals that I really liked. This was not normal for me because I do not like sandals. However, in the dream I liked them and bought… Read More
LMC Legacy Foundation Update When WellSpan Health and Philhaven signed an affiliation agreement bringing the two organizations together with a shared mission and vision to improve the behavioral health of the community, WellSpan agreed to contribute a total of $7.26 million to enable the Lancaster Mennonite Conference to create and operate a new charitable foundation named the LMC Legacy Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is to assist Lancaster… Read More
Oxford Circle Mennonite Church DISTRICT: Philadelphia LOCATION: 900 E Howell Street, Philadelphia, PA 19149 DATE OF FOUNDING: 1946 AVERAGE SUNDAY WORSHIP ATTENDANCE: 170 SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE: 11:00 a.m. PASTORS: Leonard Dow, Lynn Parks Oxford Circle Mennonite Church and the allied ministry, Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association, meet diverse needs in Northeast Philadelphia. We are a very diverse congregation, racially, socio-economically, and theologically. There are a number of mixed… Read More
OPEN HOURS, OPEN SHOP By Jaye Lindo and Akeia Haddox-Rossiter If you visit Capital Christian Fellowship (CCF) in Lanham, Maryland, on a Thursday afternoon, you may think it is an unusual time for church. Cars begin arriving around 1:30 p.m., but they do not stop at the main entrance to the lobby. Instead, they stop at the far side of the church at a spot called “Janet’s Garden.” The… Read More
780 Miles from New York to Chicago A Pastor’s Prayer Walk is Full of Surprises, Hope, and Hospitality By Reverend Al Taylor In 2008, New York City churches began a men’s prayer walk in the Polo Grounds, a public housing complex in Harlem. After four homicides in a 30-day period, the objective was to walk into the roughest and most dangerous communities where gun violence and the death of young black teens… Read More