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Celebration of Church Life Saturday, March 21, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (one-day only!) Mount Joy Mennonite Church, Mount Joy, Pa. "Cultural Hospitality: Hosting the global church for Pennsylvania 2015"
Optional prayer breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Registration required by March 13 for both the breakfast and Celebration of Church Life event: 717-293-5246 ext. 100 or jsantiago@lancasterconference.org
Update and Informational Meeting New Pennsylvania Child Abuse Reporting Policy Tuesday, April 7, 7:00 p.m.
Lancaster Conference Office, Lancaster, Pa.
Registrations are helpful but not required.
Contact: 717-293-5246 ext. 100 or jsantiago@lancasterconference.org
Kansas City Delegate Meeting Thursday, April 9, 7:00 p.m.
Lancaster Conference Office, Lancaster, Pa. Mennonite Church USA Executive Director Ervin Stutzman will be present. Orientation for Newly (or Recently) Credentialed Leaders Tuesday, April 21, 7:00-9:30 p.m. Lancaster Conference Office, 2160 Lincoln Highway E., Lancaster, PA 17602 Please RSVP by April 13: 717-293-5246 ext. 100 or jsantiago@lancasterconference.org God's Design for Gender, Marriage, and Sex Thursday, April 30, 7:00-9:30 p.m. Stumptown Mennonite Church, Bird-in-Hand, Pa. A freewill offering will be received. No registration required. For more information: 717-293-5246 |
LMC Agency Events & Information
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Eastern Mennonite Missions  Just sayin' Short-term mission trips can do long-term harm. Can they do long-term good? We are beyond asking if we should participate in short-term mission. We must keep on asking how we can participate in ways that lead to transformation. Join the conversation Saturday, April 18, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church in Lancaster. For more information, visit emm.org/events or contact Jessica Mueller at 717-898-2251. Un comentario... Viajes misioneros a corto plazo pueden dañar a largo plazo. ¿Pueden dar beneficios a largo plazo? Estamos más allá de preguntarnos si debemos participar en misiones a corto plazo. Tenemos que seguir preguntándonos cómo podemos participar en formas que conduzcan a la transformación. Únase a la conversación el sábado, 18 de abril desde las 9 a.m. hasta las 12 p.m. en East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church en Lancaster. Para obtener más información, visite emm.org/events o póngase en contacto con Jessica Müller llamando al 717-898-2251. |
Pies in the Mennonite Tradition
"Pies" en la Tradición Menonita Ven a la Sociedad Histórica Menonita de Láncaster el sábado 14 de marzo entre las 6:00 y las 8:30 p.m. para aprender cómo hacer la costra del "pie," y para saborear una muestra de pedazos de "pie" con un buena taza de café. Para asistir, reserve sus boletos de $15 llamando al 717-393-9745 o vaya a lmhs.org/home/classes. El evento se llevará a cabo en la Sociedad, 2215 Millstream Rd., Láncaster, PA, 17602
Book Discussion on African Anabaptists
To prepare for Mennonite World Conference Assembly in July, hear input, responses, and discussion about "Anabaptist Songs in African Hearts," the Africa volume of the Global Mennonite History Series on Sunday, March 15 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at Landis Homes, West Bethany Chapel.
Discusión de Libro Sobre Anabautistas Africanos de CMM Para perpararte para la Asamblea de la Conferencia Mundial Menonita (CMM) en julio, escuche información, respuestas, y discusión sobre el libro "Anabaptist Songs in African Hearts," el volumen de los anabautistas africanos de la Serie de Historia Menonita Global el domingo 15 de marzo de 3:00 a 4:30 p.m. en Landis Homes, West Bethany Chapel. Annual Banquet
Come hear Nancy Heisey, former president of Mennonite World Conference, speak on the topic "Does Mennonite World Conference Unify All Anabaptists?" at Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society's Annual Banquet at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 11 at Yoder's Restaurant and Banquet Facility. Tickets are available for $25 at lmhs.org or 717-393-9745. Banquete Anual Ven y escucha a Nancy Heisey, ex-presidente de la Conferencia Mundial Menonita, hablar sobre el tópico "¿Únifica a todos los anabautistas la Conferencia Mundial Menonita?" en el banquete anual que se celebrará a las 6 p.m. el sábado, 11 de abril, en Yoder's Restaurant and Banquet Facility. Boletos se pueden obtener por $25 en lmhs.org o llamando al 717-393-9745. |
Celebration of New LMS CampusHershey Christian School is now officially the fifth campus of Lancaster Mennonite School. We believe that joining LMS with HCS strengthens our collective mission to educate children in the way of Jesus Christ throughout Central Pennsylvania.
You are invited to a "gathering, vision and celebration" event Monday, March 9, at the Hershey Campus, 1525 Sand Hill Rd, Hummelstown. A student jazz band will perform at 6:30 p.m., followed by a short program at 7 p.m. The main focus of the evening is for parents, staff, students and friends of the Hershey Campus and our other campuses to meet and celebrate together. Tours of the school and light refreshments will be provided.
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Landis Communities
SAVE THE DATE! Landis Communities is holding a Clergy Breakfast on May 21 at Yoder's Country Market Banquet Hall in New Holland from 7:30-9:00 a.m. Pastors and others in congregational leadership are invited to learn how Landis Communities is creating comforting live at home services and feel at home communities across a variety of needs and financial settings. Optional tour of Welsh Mountain Home and the under-construction Mountain View Terrace will be offered. Mountain View Terrace will open this fall and provide 36 apartments for those age 62+ with limited financial details. Register with Larry Guengerich 717-381-3526 or LGuengerich@landiscommunities.org
Landis Communities
Landis Hom es and the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Pennsylvania Chapter are hosting a meeting Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. in the Warwick Room at the Heritage Entrance. The speaker is Lisa Paulson from the Lancaster County Office of Aging and she will be sharing about Community Resources for those who are walking with people who have Alzheimer's. Respite care is available during the meeting with 24 hour advance notice. For questions or to make respite reservations: 717-581-3939. |
LMC Fraternal Ministries Events & Information
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Garden Spot Village Movies with a Message: The Good Book
March 7, 7:00 p.m. In the chapel at Garden Spot Village Faith-based entertainment is in focus when Garden Spot Village screens The Good Book. This Dove "Family -Approved" film for children 12 and older, tells the stories of seven people who are suffering and whose lives are changed when a small copy of the New Testament passes through their hands. The moving stories are told without dialog, accompanied by a powerful musical soundtrack. |
Harmonies "Sing Spring" is the theme of the 10 th Annual Harmonies Hymn Sing on March 22 at 6:30 pm at Blossom Hill Mennonite Church. Celebrate spring just two days after the vernal equinox and a week before Palm Sunday! Sing your way through hymns of the seasons, old favorites and new classics-to-be, with the Blossom Hills String Band and audience singing led by Stan Godshall, Margaret High, Glenn Lehman, and David Sauder. The Blossom Hills String Band brings a cheerful folk style to favorite hymns and gospel songs as well as bluegrass ditties, children's songs, and contra dance tunes with their guitar, mandolin, upright bass, and violin. End the celebration of the seasons with some contemplative evening songs. A freewill offering will benefit Harmonies Workshop ( www.harmonies.org). |
No Longer Alone Ministries FunFestival Saturday, March 14, 10:00am - 1:00pm Lancaster Brethren in Christ Church, 1865 Fruitville Pk, Lancaster Enjoy unique music by This Way Up!, John Martin's BBQ, homemade chicken corn soup and whoopie pies, and other tasty food. There will be crafts, games, and educational information about mental wellness for people of all ages. $10 unlimited band or $1 tickets for activities and food. 717-390-4891 Family Support Group
Sunday, March 22, 3-5pm Rossmere Mennonite Church, 741 Janet Ave, Lancaster Topic: How to Help when Someone you Love has been Abused, presented by Elaine Bledsoe, Domestic Violence Services Volunteer Paths to Discovery Support Group Thursday, April 2, 11am - 12:30pm 630 Janet Ave, Room B103, Lancaster Topic: Medication Decisions and Recovery. NOTE: Paths also meets at The Salvation Army in Lancaster, The Factory Ministries in Paradise, and ELANCO Social Services Network in New Holland. For dates and times: 717-390-4891 |
Congregational Events & Information
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Grace Community Education Centre near Nairobi, Kenya is an outreach ministry of the African Community Church of Lancaster (ACC member) and the Ethiopian Evangelical Church in Lancaster (LMC member). GCEC is a nursery care through grade 6 school for 127 children who live in a nearby impoverished small town of nearly 8,000 residents. A fundraiser meal will be available for eat-in as well as take-out on Saturday, March 7, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Ethiopian Evangelical Church, 175 Church Street, Landisville, Pa. RSVP response is welcome but not required: 717-940-4922, ahaile@verizon.net. |
Churchwide and Other Events & Information
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| Mennonite & Brethren Marriage Encounter Mennonite & Brethren Marriage Encounter is sponsoring a 7-week marriage enrichment series. Held on Monday evenings beginning April 13 and ending May 25, the series will be held at Ridgeview Mennonite Church in Gordonville, Pa. Any married couple interested in enriching their marriage relationship is encouraged to attend. For more information or to apply for the series: 717-569-5676 or www.marriageencounter.org.
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Beyond Ourselves Benefit Concert Lancaster's Beyond Ourselves chamber ensemble is teaming up with Lancaster Mennonite School's Campus Chorale to present a benefit concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at James Street Mennonite Church. Beyond Ourselves musicians are saxophonist Ryan Kauffman, violist Christy Kauffman, pianist Rosemary Blessing, and clarinetist Doris Hall-Gulati. The entire freewill offering will benefit a Mennonite Central Committee program that helps provide a safe learning environment for children traumatized by the ongoing conflict in Syria. For more information: 717-291-0514.
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Rachel Held Evans to appear on April 18, 7:00 p.m. Why should I go to church? That's the question many people, especially those in their 20s and 30s, are asking these days, according to New York Times bestselling author and popular blogger, Rachel Held Evans. |
Church World Service Lancaster Are you a pastor, small group leader, or devoted congregant who likes to stay up-to-date on local refugee needs? Please join our new Church Newsletter where Christine Baer, Congregational Resource Developer, will keep you informed of local stories, highlights, and volunteer/donation needs. Click this link to subscribe to the CWS Lancaster newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/j/513D5A180330BF33or e- mail Christine at cbaer@cwsglobal.org to subscribe. |
Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship
Scholarships Graduate Students in Healthcare Professions: Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship (MHF) offers scholarship funding for Anabaptist students to learn and serve in cross-cultural mission/service settings in developing countries. Deadline for 2015-16 academic year is May 15, 2015. For details and application form, see http://mennohealth.org/SET, email info@mennohealth.org, or call 1-888-406-3643.Annual Gathering
How does your faith integrate with your studies and work in the healthcare field? Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship (MHF) invites all healthcare workers, past, present, and future, from medical, mental health, and chaplaincy professions, to come, along with their families, to its Annual Gathering, July 19-21, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Come to learn, fellowship, worship, network, and be encouraged in your Christian faith! Annual Gathering is a family-friendly event with a children's program for ages 0-18. The theme is "Walking Together for Healthy Communities." Grants available for students, volunteers, and those outside U.S./Canada. For more information, go to www.mennohealth/gathering, email info@mennohealth.org, or call toll-free 1-888-406-3643. |
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