Willow Avenue Mennonite Church

05/19/2025

Our official page has moved to https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch. If you're not following us there, be sure to do so to keep up to date with the many things happening around here. Unfortunately, we had to move due to a hacking incident that will result in losing access to the old page.

Sunday morning gatherings in-person and online at 9:30 a.m. On Zoom join us at https://zoom.us/j/666978525 or on Facebook Live.

05/10/2025

Our free screening of the documentary 1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture will have childcare available! The screening is June 14th from 1-4pm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00QOkOE49qM .

Free eventbrite tickets for the screening are available here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-of-1946-the-mistranslation-that-shifted-culture-tickets-1335415596999?aff=ebdssbdestsearch.

1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture is a feature documentary that follows the story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of the anti-gay m...

05/09/2025

Willow Avenue's special course on Genesis and Immigration is just around the corner. The first session is coming up May 18th. If you're planning to take this course, email [email protected] no later than May 11th to RSVP.

p.s. If you're not yet following our new page, be sure to do so soon. Beginning next week, we'll only be posting updates to https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch.

05/08/2025

Save the date for June 21st for a presentation entitled - Q***ring the Bible: Q***r Approaches to Biblical Interpretation. Invite your friends!

P.s. our official page is moving! Soon we will only be posting at https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch. Be sure to like/follow us there to stay up to date on the many things happening at Willow.

05/07/2025

Moving day is coming soon! If you're not yet following our new page, be sure to do so soon. Beginning next week, we'll only be posting updates to https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch.

05/07/2025

Our Kids' Camp is coming up June 16-19. If you've not yet had a chance to register, please do so at https://shorturl.at/gaPWn.

Also, our official page is moving soon. We've been posting to both but will soon only be posting at https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch. Be sure to like/follow us there to stay up to date on the many things happening at Willow.

05/04/2025

Tickets, please! Time to get your free eventbrite tickets for Willow's screening of 1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture. This feature-length documentary explores the first time the word "homosexual" appears in a biblical translation and its harmful impact on LGBTQIA+ people. Screening is June 14th from 1-4pm. Tickets available here -https://www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-of-1946-the-mistranslation-that-shifted-culture-tickets-1335415596999?aff=oddtdtcreator. Invite and bring a friend!

p.s. Don't forget to follow / like us at our new page - https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch.

05/03/2025

If you start reading Genesis, it won't be long before you encounter stories about immigration. Willow Avenue is excited to host a special zoom-based course with Dr. Ted Hiebert exploring the stories about immigration in Genesis and their implications today. Please see the attached flyer for more information and invite your friends. Email [email protected] to RSVP no later than May 7th.

p.s. Don't forget to follow / like us at our new page - https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch

05/02/2025

A few weeks ago, we held a listening session about Willow Avenue adopting a land acknowledgment statement. Several people expressed a desire to learn more about histories of Yokuts and Mono people. To facilitate that, Brian is arranging a tour of the Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center in North Fork on May 24th. We'll plan to meet at the church about 8.45 to car pool. Cost is $7 per person but don't let that be an obstacle if you'd like to attend. RSVP with Brian by May 7th.

p.s. Don't forget to follow / like us at our new page - https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch

04/30/2025

This coming Sunday - May 4th - will mark the first in a year-long project in which we'll draw attention to a bird and a plant from our watershed each month. If you've created an artistic response about the Western Flycatcher or Clarkias, please bring them on Sunday so we can display them on these canvases in our foyer. Enjoy these sneak previews of what's already coming in. Feel free to take photos and share as a comment anything you're working on. If you don't consider yourself "artistic," head over to our website - willowmennonite.org/watershed. We've commissioned to create line drawings that are suitable for coloring in with colored pencils.

p.s. Don't forget to follow / like us at our new page - https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch

04/26/2025

A glimpse into this morning's creative art project led by Janice Leppke, who taught us to make a 3d version of a Western Flycatcher, the bird from our watershed we're focusing on for May. Stay tuned to see what people created!

p.s. Don't forget to follow / like us at our new page - https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch.

04/24/2025

Our What's Happening in our Watershed exploration is coming together! The larger project involves featuring a bird and plant from our watershed each month. All are encouraged to respond artistically to them. Artistic responses (e.g., paintings, poems, etc) will be incorporated into this display in our foyer that also features maps of California that invite us to consider other ways of relating to this space. If you haven't seen the line drawings of our bird and plant for May (the western flycatcher and clarkias), visit our website at willowmennonite.org/watershed. They're free to download and share.

Also, if you haven't heard, our page is moving to https://www.facebook.com/WillowAvenueMennoniteChurch. Be sure to like us at the new location.