Child Protection Reminder/Recordatorio para Protección Infantil Local Child Protection Teams are encouraged to keep their policies current and in force. Keep your Child Protection Team fully active and all personnel background checks within the five-year window. Execute any training regimen your policy requires. Contact the LMC office for more information if your congregation does not have a Child Protection policy. Se anima a los equipos locales de protección infantil a mantener… Read More
Pausing Celebration of Church Life 2024 The Conference Executive Council and the Board of Bishops recently decided that LMC will not hold a conference-wide CCL event in 2024. A team has been commissioned to review the purpose and goals of the event and decide how we can better meet those goals for all who are a part of LMC. The pause in the event for 2024 is to give the review… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Monthly email~Correo Electrónico mensual del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Bishop Elders Team Monthly Email Submitted by Marcia Mylin The Kingdom Where Jesus is King! In preparation for 2024, the bishop elders team discerned that we should focus on the theme of “kingdom” for this year. In our first email of 2024, Keith Blank identified four key areas to help us understand what it means to live as kingdom people. As a follow up to Keith’s email, this month we… Read More
International Partner Delegate-IMA Gathering Indonesia Tom Eshleman, LMC International Partner Delegate, traveled to Indonesia for the October 16-20 International Missions Association (IMA) gathering at the GKMI Sempakata Medan. IMA is an international, Anabaptist, cross-cultural missions association with members from Ethiopia, Kenya, Honduras, Nepal, Mission Red, USA, Philippians, and Tanzania. On opening day, the newly appointed president, Bishop Glenn Kauffman, led the group in discussing and processing the identity document created… Read More
LMC Resource Partner Organization Reception On Thursday, November 9, 2023, LMC held its annual luncheon to appreciate its resource partner organizations. A representative from the leadership team and Board Chairs from these organizations joined the LMC staff for a time of fellowship, food, and conversation. Each organization received a certificate of appreciation for its unique influence and impact on their communities and briefly shared about their organization’s vision and how… Read More
Why Give to LMC “The generous man [is a source of blessing and] shall be prosperous and enriched, And he who waters will himself be watered [reaping the generosity he has sown].” Proverbs 11:25 (AMP) When the LMC Financial Stewardship Team (Louis Kabamba, Tuyen Nguyen, Paola Sanchez, Mindi Hoover, and Paul Pearce) spend time together, we meditate on the Word of God, listen to the Holy Spirit, share what… Read More
Bishop Elder Team Bi-Weekly Email (Final) – Correo electrónico quincenal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos (final) Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles January 31, 2024 “May Your Kingdom Come” Jesus taught his disciples this prayer . . . We call it “The Lord’s Prayer” and pray it often . . . “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name. May thy kingdom come, and thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us… Read More
Weaverland Anabaptist Faith Community Celebrating 300 Years of God’s Faithfulness District: Valley-Mountain PA-East Location: East Earl, PA Date of Founding: 1723 Average Sunday Worship Attendance:490 Worship Service:Sunday school for all ages – 9:30 amSunday worship – 8:00 am & 10:30 am Leadership Team:Brian Martin, Lead Pastor; Al Stoltzfus, Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach; Dale Zimmerman, Pastor of Life and Student Ministries; Abigail Huber, Director of Children’s Ministries; Josh Lapp,… Read More
Defiance Church Congregational Profile District: TBD Location: Glenwood Spring, CO Date of Founding: 1955 Average Sunday Worship Attendance: 40 adults and 20 children Worship Service: 10:00 am Pastor: Matthew Shedden serves as pastor. He in his wife have three young children who love to be outside and enjoy the Colorado life. Defiance Church is a growing community rooted in God’s love for the people in and around… Read More
Soar On Wings Like Eagle: Insight and Eagerness Found in the Scriptures By Annabelle Perri The Spirit was powerfully present at the Immanuel Community Church’s annual Labor Day weekend retreat. The months prior to the retreat, the Lord was already at work preparing the hearts and attentions of the attendees. Our Young Adult Bible study was going strong and increasing in fervor and size. Several of them decided to be… Read More