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The Hesston Community is invited to a Community VBS Service today at 10:30 a.m. at Hesston High School. This is a great opportunity to worship with others from our community who attend other churches.  Also, it is a great way to support our kids who will be singing songs and reading Scripture from VBS week.  This service is all about the kids. Don't use this as an excuse to stay home, but join us at 10:30 a.m. For those who need extra assistance, there will be golf carts in the parking lot to help you get to the high school doors.   There is not regular Go Deeper Hour or a worship service at Hesston MB.

Tonight, Hesston MB Church invites all ages and the community to join us as we put together boxes for Operation Christmas Child.  We will gather from 7-8 p.m. in Fellowship Hall and the old sanctuary to put boxes together followed by dessert together.  All donations of items and cash ($9 needed for shipping of each box) are appreciated. 

The public is invited to gather to pray on Sunday, September 18th, for our local schools at the beginning of this school year.   Please join us as we pray at each school or see the schedule below if you can only attend the school where your child attends.   We will meet at the flagpole.   Thanks in advance for your participation!   6:30 - Hesston Elementary                    6:50 - Hesston High School                       7:10- Hesston Middle School                                    If you have questions, please contact J.L. Martin at 327-2847.

Tomorrow at Hesston MB, we have special activities for kids from 2 years old through 4th grade during our worship service.  Our service begins at 10:10 a.m.  Special activities occur after singing.  Here is what is planned for this week: Children kindergarten and younger will process into the worship service with palm branches.  If you want your child to participate, please drop them off in kid's classrooms by 10 a.m. on Sunday.  Special Activities-Every Palm Sunday, we have special activities for kids including games, video, music, coloring, and a live donkey.  On these days, fuzion students (5th/6th graders) serve as buddies for the younger children.  Below are a few pictures from previous years.  I hope you will join us tomorrow!

This Wednesday, November 18th is our third annual all-church family night.  On this evening, all of the Wednesday night ministries are canceled and everyone gathers at the church.  It is for all ages not just those with kids in Wednesday night ministries.  Our family night includes a meal provided by the church, fun/learning, and filling Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Last year, we filled around 100 boxes.  So, we would like to try to match the number again this year.  Below you will find the suggested items to donate as well as those items that are not allowed. You can also donate $7/box for shipping costs. We hope to see you next Wednesday! SUGGESTED ITEMS:  ► Start with a “WOW” Gift A doll, a soccer ball with pump, soft toys, plush stuffed animals, a musical instrument, an outfit or shoes.  ► Toys Balls, toy cars, skipping rope, marbles, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yo, slinky,  finger puppets, wind up toys, toys that light up ...

If you live in the Hesston area, you are welcome to join us tonight at 7 p.m. for a Family Bike Ride.  We will be meeting at 7 p.m. at Hesston MB Church.  You need to bring your bike and money for ice cream at Skoops afterward.  All ages are invited.  The community in welcome.  We had a great ride last year and look forward to another evening of fun.  Join us!

Below is a portion of a prayer from Everyday Prayers by Scotty Smith: I praise you for friends who’ve helped me understand the lyric of the gospel—theology. As a young convert my arrogant mantra was, “Don’t give me theology, just give me Jesus.” My sentiments were good, but my sensibilities were shoddy. To speak the name Jesus is to do theology. Thank you for patient teachers who have opened the Scriptures and have shown me the real Jesus—the one who lived and died in my place and who is making all things new.  I praise you for friends who’ve helped me hear and experience the music of the gospel. For those broken and beautiful saints who have helped me get a taste of the radical goodness of the gospel—its life-giving liberty, its healing melody, its soul-engaging joy—I praise you, Father. Now I know you to be a God who greatly delights in your people, who quiets us with his love, who rejoices over us with singing. This is astonishing, even shocking, and it’s all because of wha...

Below are the books I am currently reading.  How about you?  What books are you reading right now?  

Today, Hesston MB has left the building.  After a brief time of worship and prayer, our church is headed out into the community to love and serve people.  Below you will see our t-shirts that remind us of our desire to disciple head, heart and hands.  I look forward to hearing the stories of what God does in and through us!

I am thankful to be part of a community of churches that works together to host Vacation Bible School for 4 year olds through 6th grade.  The week of June 2-6 from 6:15-8:30 p.m. children age 4 through 4th grade will be enjoying VBS at Whitestone Mennonite, Hesston Mennonite, Hesston United Methodist, and Kingdom Life Ministries.  5th and 6th grades will enjoy one day of VBS at Hesston MB Church from 1-8 p.m. on Saturday, June 7th.  If you have not registered yet, please do so by the end of the day today for planning purposes.  You can still attend VBS if you miss the deadline, but you will need to register at your child's church based on age.  Here is the registration link

Love God. Love Others. Engaging culture allowed us to form relationships. Out of these relationships, we began to form community. Then it became a structured congregation. Communion with God, Community, Mission were 3 elements of forming community. The answer lies in formed community. Matthew 28-GO AND MAKE-we try to choose. Our personalities lead us to one. As leaders, we don't like tension. If you multiply communities, you will multiply churches.

Acts 1:8 "To infinity and beyond" What is the best community outreach?      The one that works in your community!      The one that fits your church's mission!      The one God has placed on your Pastor's, Leadership Team and your heart! The #1 Key Component to Creative Community Outreach Prayer planning not event planning         Touched Lives First Impression of outreach ministry will bring families back to your church OR not          Changed Lives  Keep the Main thing the Main Thing Planning       It takes TIME       It takes a good TEAM       Keep things Fresh              Don't do the same thing over and over-be creative. Life changes-keep things fresh & relevant! Promote       Create awareness early       Use all channels ...

Today, Hesston MB is hosting a single parent's day out. This gives single parents an opportunity to go Christmas shopping, enjoy some time alone reading a book or sipping coffee, or get some projects done at home. I have some great workers who volunteer their time in service for this event. Thank you to Jennifer, Joanna, Travis, Jared, Sara, Mike, Nancy, Isaac & Morgan! It is a great way to serve your community and be a blessing to single parents during the Christmas season. The picture below is the schedule that I have put together that seems to work well. How will you seek to minister to single parents this Christmas season?

I have begun reading a book called Red Letter Revolution by Shane Claiborne & Tony Campolo.  I will be writing a review once I complete the book so I don't want to say much at this time.  While I don't agree with them on a few things, their dialogue has forced me to better understand what I believe and why.  Here are a few quotes that I have appreciated: "Over the past few decades our Christianity has become obsessed with what Christians believe rather than how Christians live. We talk a lot about doctrines but little about practice." "We choose the American dream instead of the gospel dream." "it is pretentious to think we can be Christian without the church." "We need to be part of repairing what's broken rather than jumping ship." "For me, I did not choose Jesus because I was scared to death of hell. Nor did I choose Jesus because I wanted mansions in heaven and streets of gold. I chose Jesus because he's wo...

On Sunday, my message was entitled, "Leave A Legacy" based on Psalm 78:1-8.  Here are a few notes from the message: Legacy is defined as "something handed down from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past.  I started the message by asking what the legacy is of the following people: Bill Gates, Martha Stewart, Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, Hesston MB & you. Community Give ear or listen to the teaching (Hebrew word, Torah) passed down from previous generations.  Asaph, the author of Psalm 78, writes about the importance of passing down teaching to the generations to come.  I challenged us to not just sit and consume more and more and more knowledge without sharing it with others.  The point of Psalm 78.  Brian Haynes writes, "As you learn to Pray-Teach others to Pray.  As you learn Scripture-Teach others Scripture. As you live Authentic Faith-Teach others to live Authentic Faith. As you Obediently Follow-Teach other to walk as Obediently Foll...