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Western District Conference web site The Western District Conference is a regional conference of the Mennonite Church USA. WDC has 64 member congregations, three associate member congregations, and four church plants. Member congregations are located in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska. Western District Conference empowers its Anabaptist/Mennonite congregations to:
Witness and invite others to faith in Jesus Christ,
Dwell in just and loving relationships,
Connect to God's mission in the world. Donate to Western District Conference
Click on links below to view 2 short videos featuring testimonies from WDC/SCC congregations and leaders about how God is calling our congregations to ministry and how we are answering. To download the videos to your computer, right click the titles and choose Save Link As.
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SABBATICAL BIKING! Three Western District Conference Kansas pastors, all on sabbatical from full-time pastoring, biked across Kansas with over 800 other bikers. They biked 545 miles in eight days. From left: Eric Massanari, Shalom Mennonite Church, Newton; Corey Miller, Tabor Mennonite Church, rural Newton; Heidi Regier Kreider, Bethel College Mennonite Church, North Newton
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Soul-searching leads pastor to take radical journey with Jesus By Laurie Oswald Robinson Gilberto Flores seen here at a 1985 gathering of pastors from Central America, Mexico and Panama focusing on the theme of Christian Communities and Pastoral Ministry in Societies in Conflict.
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Jenny Warkentine reflects on camping experiences and how to apply them to everyday life in winning speech Read Story
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Executive Board makes plans for executive director transition Read Story |
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Organ transplant gives life to congregation
Kansas City’s oldest pipe organ is the newest architectural feature of Rainbow Mennonite Church. Read Story Pictures
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 | Spiritual homelessness leads to working with homeless in Harvey County “For me to continue to be spiritually healthy, I needed to better connect Sunday worship with real needs of real people. I needed to integrate my heart with my hands". Lee Penner Lee Penner, right, sits on the steps of the Harvey County Homeless Shelter with residents Daniel and Mary in October. Photo by Laurie Oswald Robinson.
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Consultation to focus on immigration Western District Conference,
Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership
and Mennonite Mission Network
are partnering to plan and convene
“And you welcomed me: a consultation of the people of God on immigration.” September 18 to 20, 2009
Lakeview Camp and Conference Center in Waxahachie, Texas More Information
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Annual Conference more info 
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Coming Events June 30 - July 5, 2009 - MC USA Convention 2009 , Columbus, OH August 6, 2009 - Discovery Day - Optional all-day pre- annual conference events.
August 7-8, 2009 - WDC Annual Conference, Bethel College and Bethel College Mennonite Church, North Newton, KS Annual conference brochure. Spanish brochure.
August 15, 2009 - Day on the Farm , Maynard Knepp/Carol Duerksen farm, rural Goessel, KS August 23, 2009 - IGNITE! (for youth sponsors, pastors, workers), Whitestone Mennonite Church, Hesston, KS September 6-7, 2009 - Mental Health Spiritual Retreat, Camp Mennoscah
September 11-13, 2009 - Mennonite Women in Mission Retreat, Camp Mennoscah
September 18-20, 2009 - "And You Welcomed Me: a Consultation of the People of God on Immigration" , Dallas, TX (a national gathering to network, resource and develop pastoral solutions to the challenge of immigration, sponsored by Mennonite Mission Network, hosted by Western District Conference) September 20-24, 2009 - Work & Play Camp, Camp Mennoscah October 9-11, 2009 - MennoFolk Family Camp, Camp Mennoscah October 24, 2009 - WDC Reference Council, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, Wichita, KS
October 30-November 1, 2009 - Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series 2009: "Learning the Bible in Life-giving Ways: History, Hooks, and Heilsgeschichte", Hesston College, KS
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