Youth from FMCSF and three adults traveled to Guatemala July 9 – 19, 2025. On Sunday, August 10, the youth led the service and shared these reflections with the congregation. Leah: Hello everyone and welcome to First Mennonite Church of San Francisco. Today, Youth Group will be sharing about our recent trip to Guatemala in…
by Joanna Lawrence Shenk It’s estimated that at least five million people were in the streets yesterday across this country to protest Trump’s military parade and even more importantly, his authoritarianism. History has shown that nonviolent protests and civil resistance movements that activate 3.5% of a population have the power to win. I would say…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Acts 15:1-18 As I begin the sermon this morning I want to do something that I haven’t done for awhile, which is to give us some geographical orientation to the text. Today our story is from the book of Acts, which many of us, I imagine, have heard referred to as…
By Karen Kreider Yoder By 2000, we had been without a full-time pastor for 3 years. During the last year of the 1990s, Lee Loots served as our interim pastor. Our storms had not ceased. We longed for a full-time, long-term pastor. We found our pastor from within. More accurately, Sheri found her calling among…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Here we are together again. I am so grateful to be a part of this community. Pat, Sheri and I have been reflecting on the gift we all gave each other last week as we gathered to grieve Katelin’s passing. It was a powerful reminder to me of why we do…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Luke 13:31-35 It is a hard world we are living in friends. I’m glad we are here together to strengthen and encourage each other. I know I have needed that throughout this past week. There is something about the lenten journey this year that resonates deeply with me – the journey…
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