Announcements
from Indiana-Michigan Mennonite ConferenceWe share announcements from our partner organizations and items that may be of special interest to those within our conference. If you would like to request an announcement be featured here, contact the Conference Office.
AMBS Practical Leadership Training presents a 4-part online workshop on the topic Women and Power in the Church led by Conference Minister Amy Zimbelman and Pastor Erica Lea-Simka. The workshop will include looking at case studies, analyzing power dynamics, sharing sermon resources, hearing updates from the research project with Elizabeth Johnson on MC USA women in ministry, watching clips of clergywomen in popular media, […]
Michiana Voices for Middle East Peace is hosting Archbishop Emeritus Elias Chacour in Goshen for two events: Wednesday, October 11 (note date change) at Greencrofts’s Jennings Auditorium at 1:00 pm and again on Friday, October 11 at Eighth Street Mennonite Church at 7:00 pm. As a Palestinian Christian, three-time Nobel Prize nominee Archbishop Elias Chacour […]
A documentary on the Colossian Forum will be released on October 8. Synopsis: Twelve diverse Christian leaders find hope and fellowship at a series of boundary-breaking retreats in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Brought together by Michael Gulker of The Colossian Forum, five women and seven men struggle with some of today’s most contentious issues. The divisions […]
The Anabaptism at 500 Tool Kit was designed for churches, conferences, historical societies, and schools. It provides a rich set of free resources to help you plan your 500th anniversary celebration. What’s inside? Learn more and download your copy.
This 8-week program by The Colossian Forum invites Christians to cultivate mindsets and habits to grow in Christian virtue. This isn’t about changing political positions, but learning how to hold others’ beliefs –and still be in relationship with them. You’ll learn how to show up and love one another in these politically polarizing times. Learn […]
The events of the past several years have made pastoral leadership particularly exhausting. An ongoing challenge for pastors is tending one’s own spiritual growth in a sustainable way. Leadership in any setting is also increasingly complex. When and how do you find the time to get clear on where to focus? These sessions are […]