Conference Assembly

Save the Date

Franconia Mennonite Conference in conjunction with Eastern District Conference announces the date and location for Assembly 2012.  United Conference Assembly will be held on Saturday, November 10 at Penn View Christian School, Souderton, PA.  The theme for the one day event is God’s Power @ Work, based on Ephesians 3:20 – 21.  Save the date and plan now to participate in God’s Power @ Work.

Materials to be Printed

Delegates, please print the following documents and bring them with you to Conference Assembly. –COMING THIS FALL

  • Introductory Letter
  • Full Online Docket
  • Ministerial Changes
  • Ballot

Materials for Review

These are materials that are either included elsewhere or will be provided for you when you arrive, so please review them, but you don’t need to print them. –COMING THIS FALL

Reports

Delegates, these are reports from conference-related and denomination-related ministries.  You may print these if you’d like, but you will not necessarily need to refer to them during delegate sessions, so printing is not required. –COMING HIS FALL

  • Conference Related Ministry Reports
  • Church-Wide Agency Reports

Worship

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Translation

Interpretation will be offered again at conference assembly in Indonesian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Translation of a several assembly documents will also be available at franconiaconference.org. Please email office@franconiaconference.org to request assistance in accessing translated materials.

Penterjemahan ke dalam bahasa Indonesia, Spanyol, and Vietnam akan disediakan lagi pada sidang konferensi. Penterjemahan untuk beberapa dokumen sidang juga akan tersedia di www.franconiaconference.org. Untuk mengakses materi yang sudah diterjemahkan, harap kirimkan email ke office@franconiaconference.org.

Habrá interpretación disponible en la Asamblea de la Conferencia en indonesio, español y vietnamés. La traducción de varios documentos de la asamblea también estará disponible en fraconiaconference.org. Para pedir asistencia para el acceso a los materiales traducidos por favor envíe un correo electrónico a . office@franconiaconference.org

T ại Hội Đồng sắp tới cũng sẽ có thông dịch bằng những tiếng Nam Dương, Tây Ban Nha và Việt. Cũng sẽ có vài tài liệu hội đồng trên mạng <franconiaconference.org> Xin vui lòng gởi email office@franconiaconference.org nếu bạn cần sự giúp đở để đọc tài liệu n ày.

Logistics

News Feed

Eastern District and Franconia gather on “holy ground”
by Stephen Kriss, skriss@franconiaconference.org Gwen Groff, pastor at Bethany Mennonite Church in Bridgewater Corners, Vermont, drove the seven hours south for the joint Franconia and Eastern District Conference Assembly on November 11-12 for what she suggests became a “beautiful cacophony.” Groff and more than 300 others from across both Conference communities along with Mennonite Church USA representatives gathered Friday night at Penn View Christian School in Souderton, Pa, in the first joint worship service for both Conferences since 1999.   The opening worship, which featured a combined cross-conference, multi-ethnic and multilingual worship team, kicked off the gathering switching swiftly back and forth between Creole, English, Indonesian, Spanish and Vietnamese—the worshipping languages of the 60 congregations that make up both conferences. Groff … read more
An invitation to Conference Assembly
David Hersh – Moderator, Eastern District Conference John Goshow – Moderator, Franconia Conference For the first time since 1999 Eastern District Conference and Franconia Conference will hold their annual assemblies together at Penn View Christian School on November 11 and 12. We want to extend our personal invitation to all members of both conferences to attend Assembly 2011.  On Friday evening at 7 PM we will join together in worship with Rev. Dr. Dennis Edwards from Peace Fellowship in Washington D.C.  Dr. Edwards is known widely for his energetic preaching style and his gifted teaching of the Word.  On Saturday we will meet both jointly and individually to do the business of our respective conferences. In 2001 the General Conference … read more
Meet Dennis Edwards, speaker for Conference Assembly
As we gather together on Friday, we will worship in song, through story and in listening to the word of God communicated in a fresh and compelling way through Dennis Edwards, pastor of Peace Fellowship Church in Washington, DC. read more
Franconia Conference and Eastern District Conference announce joint assembly
By Emily Ralph, eralph@franconiaconference.org Franconia Conference and Eastern District Conference of Mennonite Church USA will hold a joint conference assembly this November. “We felt that this is an exciting opportunity resulting from a long standing conversation about what it means to work together for God’s purpose and ministry in our region from Georgia to Vermont,” says Ertell Whigham, Franconia Conference’s executive minister. The annual gathering, which will be held November 11-12 at Penn View Christian School in Souderton, Pa., will be planned by a team consisting of members from both conferences.  Although some details are still in process, the event is already scheduled to include a joint worship service on Friday evening and then separate delegate sessions on Saturday. The … read more
Conference Assembly 2010 Reflections
Franconia Conference Assembly 2010 kicked off with the music of James Crumbly of Tampa, FL, along with a multiethnic worship team and multilingual worship to help celebrate the life of the conference community. Featuring input from Mennonite Church USA Executive Director, Ervin Stutzman, the highlight of the first night included welcoming a new congregation–Greensburg (Pa) Worship Center–into membership of the conference and Mennonite Church USA. Saturday’s sessions included conversation around key issues for the ongoing life of Franconia Conference together as well as an invitation to dream of a future together. Congregational leaders told stories of how the LEAD platform for congregational oversight continues to emerge and shape the life of conference churches. New leaders were recognized and introduced to … read more

2011 Videos

Friday Night Video: Together

Recordings of Web Broadcast from 2011 Assembly

Highlights from Conference Assembly 2011: