Archive for May 2018

Some of our members traveled to Topeka; on Monday; to participate in the Poor People’s Campaign.  Activists flooded the streets and shut down a downtown Topeka intersection as part of a nationwide protest by poor and disenfranchised people, clergy, and advocates. Beginning at the statehouse, they moved to the intersection of SW 9th and Topeka…

#UnitySummer #BuildingBridges A benefit dinner will be held Friday, May 18, 6:30pm (First Mennonite Church of Newton, 429 E. First St., Newton) to help rebuild Petra Restaurant.  Purchase tickets no later than May 17, from First Mennonite Church of Newton (316) 283-0273.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the garage sale! In addition to supplementing our operating budget by $4,351.05, here’s what our sale has done: We provided treasures to those who shopped. We supplied a couch to a new refugee family through EMM. All of the left over clothes went to Table of Hope for…

This year’s Pentecost Special Offering is May 20 – 27. Half of the Pentecost Offering collected is designated to the local Christian Disciples Region/Area in an effort to start and sustain new churches. The other half is used by Hope Partnership to support the recruitment, assessment, training and coaching of new church leaders at events…

Graduation season is time of joyous celebration. Announcement cards are being readied. Caps and gowns sized and ordered. Final exams are fast approaching. Parties are being planned. Diplomas are being printed. Commencement speeches are being written with opening lines like “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you…