I was asked by the Worship Planning Committee to talk about issues and concerns that our congregation needs of be aware of, to think about and act on as we change for the future. At first I thought this would be relatively straightforward – that there are a few things on which we could agree ... Read More
Presented by Zach on May 21st. Good morning, I am 16 years old. I’ll be finishing grade 10 at Brookswood Secondary School next month. For those of you who do not know where Brookswood Secondary is, you probably do know that directly across the street from our church building is the Langley gun-range. Brookswood Secondary ... Read More
A Public Witness, in the Time of the Yellow Butterflies. A sermon by Anna Vogt. May 28, 2017 In almost six years of life in Colombia, I have seen the public witness of the church over and over again. I have witnessed that, a determined commitment to change, when change is not popular or ... Read More
The Ongoing ministry of Reconciliation Langley Mennonite Fellowship, May 21, 2017 Anita Fast As many of you know, I have been intimately involved in two deeply entrenched, and some might think irreconcilable conflicts in our world and church today. With Christian Peacemaker Teams, I lived and worked in occupied Palestine and the State of ... Read More
OPEN DOOR CHURCH TALK Presented by Edith Krause on April 30th. describe what it was morning drop-in for single moms and their preschool aged children, 1985 – 1999 how it came to be project of LMF Peace and Social Concerns Committee Maureen Richardson and I worked on getting it started Maureen and Rob had ... Read More
Some Reflections on the Future of LMF H.F. Nelson Now that Edith has shared a story about what LMF has done, I am tasked with speaking about what LMF should do in the coming years. I feel like the Ghost of Christmas Future in Charles Dicken’s Christmas Carol, though I hope to speak of better things. ... Read More
Reaching out beyond the Church doors to the World John Klassen April 23 2017 My words today are based on my memories and Langley Mennonite Fellowship records. From its beginnings, LMF has sought to reach out to the wider Langley and BC communities in order to demonstrate the practical everyday love of Jesus. The drive ... Read More
Inner Rootedness – A Symphony in 4 Movements and a Coda (Sermon given by Lucia Eitzen on October 30th, 2016) Preamble This talk is part of the series called “we are the church together”, where we look at the church’s role in people’s emotional, psychological, and spiritual wellbeing. Terms like anxiety disorder, depression, OCD, ADHD ... Read More
