Dec 15, 2025
Joanne Gallardo, IMMC Conference Co-Minister, reminds us that we are all in need of God’s provision. With the holiday season arriving, the adage “‘tis better to give than to receive” comes to mind. Of course, in Christian love, this is true. We are to give to...
Aug 13, 2025
Sharon Yoder, IMMC Conference Co-Minister, reflects on learning from Jesus to stretch our borders. Love has no borders. As I was engaging this theme in preparation for Summer Fest ’25, I realized that there are, in fact, many borders around us. I have lots. And...
Apr 11, 2025
Joanne Gallardo, IMMC Conference Co-Minister, reflects on the Civil Rights Pilgrimage in February. A lot of our energy this spring has gone to our Spring Summits. Our in-person and Zoom options happened in March. One of the highlights was being able have a group of us...
Jan 15, 2025
Sharon Yoder, IMMC Conference Co-Minister, reflects on the connecting power of loving relentlessly. “Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all...
Oct 24, 2024
Joanne Gallardo, IMMC Conference Co-Minister, reflects on how the stories we tell shape our communities. Recently for a Doctor of Ministry course I was taking, I was asked to read “Memories, Hopes, and Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry, Missional Engagement, and...
Jul 5, 2024
Sharon Yoder, IMMC Conference Co-Minister, reflects on her call to ministry and the potential for cultivating a culture of call in our faith communities. Stephen Lowe’s sermon at Spring Summit included a powerful testimony of God’s call in his youth. He shared a...
