iCLT News: The Best View

The Best View Summer…. vacations…family reunions…picnics…For many, summer is the season of relaxing, resting and disconnecting from the regular rhythms. Growing up in Germany this was a given whether you were in your first year with a company on your 25th year. Even Jesus sought to get away from it all at times, sending the…

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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

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…

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Two 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.…

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iCLT 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,…

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iCLT 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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Four Webinars planned for VMC assembly prep

VMC is expanding its pre-assembly offerings to delegates so that we can all come to assembly better informed and ready to discern together. Delegate Orientation and Overview of VMC Polity and Structure Session for new delegates, and for returning delegates who had questions about VMC’s organizational structure, history, and the role of delegates. Monday, June…

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Volunteer at 2023 VMC Summer Delegate Assembly

We need your help! Volunteer opportunities at the 2023 VMC Summer Delegate Assembly are needed. A variety of shift options and positions are available. The event begins Thursday, July 13 and ends on the 15th at Park View Mennonite Church (PVMC) with the Pastors and Credentialed Leaders Appreciation Dinner at Shady Oak. Questions can be…

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