Welcome to the blog of Berlin Mennonite Church. This is the place where you will find articles about a variety of things about the church and its mission. These are things written by members of the church, mission updates, articles from service trips, youth convention reflections.
It has been a wonderful week back at BMC. My family and I had a wonderful sabbatical, part of which included serving with Mennonite Mission Network in their SOOP program in La Mesa, Colombia.
Lexi Yoder - We started off the day a little bit earlier than normal, so we could head up to the Irazu volcano and possibly miss the clouds or rain, which we did. It took us about an hour or a little more to get up to the top of the volcano. The way up we played a lot of games, many of which...
Today is Tom and Angie Yoder's 25-year anniversary! Miguel and Karina made sure that we celebrated right, with a special cake they ordered to celebrate. Emily Troyer and Christopher Schlabach write tonight's blog.
Emily - We started off the day by venturing off to one of the...
Michaela- After an amazing breakfast cooked by the Hotel we climbed into our tiny bus and drove to church with work on our minds. When we arrived at the church we all split up into different groups to clean and fix up things around the church and the local streets. I was a part of the group who...
Brady - Today I went to a church in a different country. Having never even left the United States before this trip, it was very interesting to see. La Iglesia de la ciudad started at ten. When we arrived we all shuffled along in a group, as few of us can really speak Spanish fluently. Our group...
After a long day of travel, our group is settling into our hotel outside of San Jose, Palma Real. Isaac Troyer writes, "We started the morning off bright and early. We arrived at the church at 3:15 am and left for Cleveland at 3:30 for our first flight. We got a connection flight from Cleveland...
Hi everyone,
Our youth group is about to embark on a weeklong experience to Costa Rica. We will be staying just outside San Jose, the captial city in a suburb called Alajuelita. We are working with a church there called Iglesia de la Ciudad. Admitedly, this is our Plan B. Our original...
Our pastor, Myron Weaver, is on sabbatical from May 26 through August 26. Come see some of the amazing things he is doing! One of the first things Myron will be doing will be to bicycle 3,500 miles across the United States. https://pedalingparson....
Love One Another – Summer 2017
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,
if you love one another.” - John 13:34-35
It's something that Jesus commanded his...
How do you take a step toward improving the education level in a society, where one third of children never complete elementary school?* By focusing on feet!
As 2016 drew to a close,...
Embracing our mission
What is the church supposed to do? What is it supposed to look like? Since September, our church has been studying the Begin Anew discipleship series. The most recent segment of study, belonging to community have led to several discussions of what the church should...
For our first day, two groups went to The Boulevard, a place where people discharged from hospitals who have no place to live can find temporary shelter, recovery, and a place to plan their future. We helped in the kitchen, making...
I recently had a conversation with a younger pastor of a church. Their church was small when he got there – no more than 20 people attending each week. They said that they wanted to grow. So the pastor did as the church asked. He invited the neighbors nearby. And many new people started coming!...