Archive for July 2023
Sharing our Surplus
In early 2017 some of us proposed setting up a special giving table at the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale as a way of adding to the total revenue generated for Mennonite Central Committee through this fall auction and craft and food sales. With the approval of the Sale’s executive committee a Sharing Our Surplus (SOS)…
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POST SUMMER ASSEMBLY THOUGHTS I know I can speak for all of iCLT when I write that all of us took a deep breath and exhaled following our 2023 Summer Assembly. Perhaps many of you did as well. When asked how the assembly went, I answered that our worship was great, the mission stories were…
Read MoreTwo of Three Resolutions pass
Two of Three Resolutions pass at Virginia Mennonite Conference 2023 Summer Delegate Assembly July 21, 2023 | June Miller | Virginia Mennonite Conference Harrisonburg, VA – On the final day of the assembly Virginia Mennonite Conference (VMC) delegates passed two of the three resolutions. “Year of Worship, Healing, Reflection and Renewal” passed with 91% approval.…
Read MoreiCLT News Rivers of Hope
Rivers of Hope Everywhere the river flows (Clap), everything will live (Clap). Everywhere the river flows (Clap), everything will live (Clap). This chant of hope from Ezekiel 47:9 with its catchy, rhythmic cadence was introduced to me by J.D. Walt in Seedbed Text. Say it out loud. Repeat it often. Turn it into a cheer,…
Read MoreiCLT News Abiding in the Vine
Abiding in the Vine According to John 15:4-5 in the Common English Bible (CEB), it is emphasized that remaining in Christ and having Christ remain in us is essential. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own but must stay connected to the vine, we too cannot bear fruit unless we remain in…
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