The Holy Spirit Gives Gifts: Trissels Mennonite Church at 200

By Jon Trotter | August 3, 2022 | Comments Off on The Holy Spirit Gives Gifts: Trissels Mennonite Church at 200

An address given to Virginia Mennonite Conference, July 15, 2022, under the oaks at Trissels Mennonite Church, using Acts 2:1-4; 14-21; Video of the address. The Holy Spirit empowers congregations for ministry, service, and witness. When the believers at Pentecost received the Spirit, they moved out from their Jerusalem home base. Spirit-empowered mission is my…

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Delegates Focus on (RE)PACKING at Summer Delegate Assembly

By Jon Trotter | July 25, 2022 | Comments Off on Delegates Focus on (RE)PACKING at Summer Delegate Assembly

  The past several years have been challenging for Virginia Mennonite Conference. Most obvious have been the extended difficulties of navigating COVID-19, but in the past year, VMC also had a crisis of leadership resulting in investigation and resignation of the Executive Conference Minister. Some congregations have left the Conference. The recent resolutions passed at…

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Basil Marin, Pastor of New Song Anabaptist Fellowship, Dies at 62

By Jon Trotter | July 1, 2022 | Comments Off on Basil Marin, Pastor of New Song Anabaptist Fellowship, Dies at 62

Pastor Anastacio Basil Marin, 62, of Harrisonburg, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Sentara RMH Medical Center. He was born April 15, 1960, in Dangriga, Belize and was a son of Andrew Marin and Doris Ovado. Basil received his B.A. at Goshen College and his Masters of Divinity at EMU. He was the lead…

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