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Worship

A word for the small churches

Among American churchgoers, roughly half are concentrated within a small fraction — less than 10% — of the nation’s churches, according to data reported earlier

Karen Swallow Prior | Religion News Service

October 22, 2025

WDC receives $677,730 grant for children’s ministry

Western District Conference of Mennonite Church USA has received a $677,730 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support its new Kids Meet Christ program, encouraging congregations to reimagine worship with innovative ideas that engage and celebrate children’s faith.

Western District Conference

December 18, 2024

Signing church services for the Deaf is a work of love — and a willingness to learn the Bible

At the First Baptist Church of Suitland, just across the District of Columbia border in Maryland, a typical Sunday service includes coffee and pastries, warm

Reina Coulibaly | For Religion News Service

December 4, 2024

Mosaic Mennonite Conference receives $21,000 grant for vital worship initiative

Mosaic Mennonite Conference received a $21,000 grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship to discern the theological distinctiveness and ethnocultural diversity of the church’s

Mosaic Mennonite Conference

May 21, 2024

Worship that offers something to chew on

Congregations incorporate meals into services, not waiting until the potluck to gather around the table

Tim Huber | Anabaptist World

March 5, 2024

Lifelong love song

An iconic Anabaptist hymnal inspires a journey of rediscovery — and a last song for Dad

Elam Stoltzfus

January 16, 2024

Churches harmonize in Washington

Mennonite congregations took the stage at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., to lead and participate in public hymn sings and to talk about music from a Mennonite perspective June 29, July 1, 3, 4 and 6.

Smithsonian Institution

August 9, 2023

MWC Indonesia connections lead to worship exchanges in Uganda

A chance airport encounter allowed Simon Okoth to bring the cultural mixing of Mennonite World Conference to Mennonite congregations in Uganda.

Karla Braun | Mennonite World Conference

April 5, 2023

Songs of Zion in a new land

Neither avid churchgoers nor spiritual dropouts, millennials are forging their own paths. What can we learn from their spiritual practices?

Debbi DiGennaro | For Anabaptist World

January 21, 2022

Songs of peace

Swiss couple create new praise songs to better reflect Anabaptism

Dennis Thielmann | Bienenberg magazine

October 15, 2021

How to get started with the new hymnal

The team behind Voices Together has created online resources to help congregations introduce it.

John Longhurst | For Anabaptist World

June 24, 2021

To sing, or not to sing?

There are no one-size-fits-all answers

Amy Gingerich | MennoMedia

April 27, 2021
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