College Community Church Mennonite Brethren

Hearing God's voice and following him

By Julie Wiens

Listening is just plain difficult. I’m not referring to hearing or the process of perceiving sound. I can hear just fine, but can I listen? It’s hard work. Listening well means letting go of what’s on your mind, being still and focusing on someone else.

This year I am part of the Elijah...

Adios 11-11-11 takes entire church to Mexico

By Myra Holmes

What if an entire congregation could experience short-term mission together? How might that experience not only impact the culture they served but also transform the congregation and their community back home?
And what if the church taking on such a mission was not 50 people or 100, but 1,000?

“Sure it’s a crazy...

MCC begins three-year rebuilding program

by Sheldon C. Good for Meetinghouse

Nearly two years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, about $9 million of Mennonite Central Committee’s $16 million disaster response funds have been spent and allocated on projects to revitalize Haitians’ lives. MCC is a Mennonite agency for relief, development and peace.

The remaining $7 million, including funding...

Turning over leaves, looking for church planters

I earned my living as an agricultural crop consultant in the early 1980s. I walked a lot of fields and made a lot of recommendations to growers. One crucial aspect of my work was identifying beneficial insects among the nasty insects in a field. Since most insects live on the underside of crop leaves,...