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Dec 14, 2018
Ripples of Healing and Change
At this summer’s National Campus Ministry Association conference attendees focused on a quote from Mother Theresa which reads, “I alone...
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Oct 26, 2018
Presentation to the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board
On October 20th, 2018 BMC and SCN Pastors presented to the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board. Above are slides and below...
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Aug 31, 2018
"Compelled" - Sermon from BMC Worship at COB Annual Conference 2018
Video Recorded in Cincinnati Ohio at the BMC Inclusive Worship during COB Annual Conference 2018 Speaking: Elizabeth Ullery Swenson...
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Aug 17, 2018
Reflections and Recommendations on Church of the Brethren National Youth Conference
As part of my role as Kaleidoscope Coordinator with BMC, on July 21st I joined 1200 youth and 600 advisors at the Church of the Brethren...
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Jun 29, 2018
BMC at Church of the Brethren Annual Conference
It’s that time of year again! As the Church of the Brethren frets about its future, BMC will be there to offer a presence of persistence,...
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Mar 30, 2018
Time for this to Stop
How much evil throughout history could have been avoided had people exercised their moral acuity with convictional courage and said to...
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Oct 27, 2017
A Call to Decency
The COB Newsline article on the recent Mission and Ministry Board Meeting reported that a leader from the Brethren Revival Fellowship...
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Aug 10, 2017
Confusion, Distractions, and Hope: Thoughts from Annual Conference
A Brief Overview Some places stay in your body long after you have physically departed. Grand Rapids is one such place. As I wandered...
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Jul 21, 2017
A Holy Divorce: A Queer Reflection of the Future Church Summit
On the first night of the Future Church Summit (FCS) at the MCUSA convention, we wrote down values we wanted our table to have on...
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Jun 12, 2017
BMC at MCUSA Convention 2017
July 4 – 8, 2017 Tuesday, July 4 @ 1:30-4:30 pm Location: Pink Menno Room, W209C If you are part of an SCN congregation, an inclusive...
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Jun 12, 2017
BMC at Annual Conference 2017
June 28 – July 2, 2017 Claiming Our Space: SCN Briefing & Gathering Wednesday, June 28 @ 1:00 - 4:00 pm Location: Amway Grand Haldane The...
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Dec 14, 2016
Theda Good Ordained
It is an honor to be here and represent the larger BMC community. This seems a beautiful way to end BMC’s 40th Anniversary year; it just...
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Nov 8, 2016
Dancing and Dismantling
According to Webster, a marginalized community is a “group that is relegated to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or...
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Nov 8, 2016
Listening to Our Ancestors, Talking with Our Children
In a space like this, in a time like this, we are grounded by being present with those who came before us, those who shaped up, those who...
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Nov 8, 2016
Tear Down the Wall: Original Hymn
Pax Ressler wrote an original hymn for BMC's 40th anniversary. Listen and watch to the song in the attached video and find the music below.
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Oct 21, 2016
Breadth and Width of Fullness: Reflections on BMC's 40th Anniversary
Around this time eight years ago, I was at a camp in the Rocky Mountains for a purity retreat hosted by my church. Between free time when...
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Sep 2, 2016
BMC at COB Annual Conference: Reflections
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. - Nietzsche The context in which the lgbtq and allied community gathered for the...
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Sep 2, 2016
BMC 40th Anniversary Sermon – Hope Beyond Our Sorrow
Preached by Bonnie Kline Smeltzer July 1, 2016 Annual Conference Greensboro, NC Months ago when I was invited to preach at this worship...
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Aug 19, 2016
Loving the tradition from the margins: What Malcolm Gladwell is missing about power in his Mennonite
This article was originally posted on Pink Menno's blog. Chester Wenger’s “An open letter to my beloved church” in 2014 was a beautiful,...
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