Pasadena Mennonite Church

Recently, the youth put together a great service of music and sharing. During our sermon time, Aaron Sharp, Ezra Muthiah, and Alyssa Tipton all offered some reflections on Luke 2:41-52 and what Pasadena Mennonite means to them. Read more

Osheta shared with us about subversive joy. Not a saccharine, everything is fine, ignore our suffering joy, but a joy that is an act of defiance against the forces of despair in our world. Give it a listen! Read more

Mennonites claim to be a people of peace. But what does it mean to be a people of peace? Though, through time, the notion of “peace” that Mennonites have embraced has shifted, at no point was peace ever simply relegated to an inner-heart peace that did not impact the way one existed in the world. Read more

Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. And he even washes the feet of the one who would betray him because Jesus washes feet indiscriminately. He serves all indiscriminately. Are there people in our community whose feet you do not want to wash? Are they your Judas? Do you not agree with their “lifestyle”? Or do you… Read more

This week, in our series, we shifted from our focus on community to a focus on mission, but this shift begins with a bit of a bridge idea. How do we, as a church, embrace our commitment to welcome and create space for whomever is next to partner with us on our common mission, our… Read more

What does it mean to be people of God’s covenant love, and God’s truth? Our aim is not simply to be “truthful” but to be people that radiate God’s truth, being, and covenant love. Read more