Lima Mennonite Church

04/09/2023

He is risen

06/18/2021

We were happy to host a journal making class by last night! Maker Joyce Daniels taught us how to create ‘junk journals” and it was a blast. More classes available in June and July at

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08/30/2020

06/08/2020

Lima Mennonite's Zoom Sunday Service

June 7th 2020

The historical first online Zoom worship. We welcome Jeff Boehr as our transitional pastor.

01/25/2020

Tomorrow is Pastor Emily's last Sunday. Join us for a service of commissioning and anointing for those in special roles at our church and a goodbye potluck after the service.

01/15/2020

The science on mindfulness is fascinating! And also really motivational for learning more. Check out our event at Lima Public Library to try it out!

Science shows that if we invest our effort into reprogramming our brains, it can truly guide us towards a better life.

01/07/2020

Excited to be leading some mindfulness workshops this January. Stay tuned for more offerings!

12/23/2019

Due to the holiday, and many church families traveling, there will be no morning church services on December 29. See you January 5th!

09/18/2019

We love our kids! And this is fantastic approach to having a meaningful worship experience.

Rules for children in the worship service:

One. If you find that you're sitting in front of a child and they can't see, lean to the side.

Two. If the children seated behind you are rustling papers, hand them a crayon.

Three. If there is a baby that is crying, offer to take the baby from their parent and walk to the back of the church and rock the child for a while. The parent really needs a break.

Four. If the teenagers are whispering give them some Smarties. The rustling and crinkling will replace their whispering.

Five. If an adult complains to an usher about the noisy children near them, offer to trade seats with that adult and then apologize to the parents of the children.

Six. When a child is running around giving everyone high-fives during the time of passing the peace/greeting your neighbor make sure to give them an extra fun high-five, and then high-five the next five adults that you see.

Seven. If a child has worn tap shoes to church and is dancing on the wood portion of the floor, slip the sheet music for "The Entertainer" to the pianist and roll with it.

Eight. When the children can't hear because an adult around them won't take off their puffy jacket and it keeps squeaking and distracting the children, offer to help them off with their jacket and go hang it up for them where it goes.

Nine. When the three-year-old insists on standing on the front pew turned backwards looking at the rest of the people, give the child a pair of very dark glasses. That will prevent the child from catching any adult's eye, which would lead to distracting them. This will protect the adults who as we know have very short attention spans and are easily distracted.

Ten. When a child in front of you is very squirmy, and then they finally turn around and you realize suddenly, "Oh, it's Jesus!" take it in stride and play Got Your Nose till he turns around to the front again.

CB Beal
Justice and Peace Consulting

09/14/2019

I (Pastor Emily) am working on my sermon for tomorrow, delving into Palestinian Liberation theology. So many parallels here.

If you've been taught that the church is untouchable, that scriptures should not be questioned, or that questioning teachings about God is unfaithful, you have been misled by people more invested in upholding ideas, institutions, or practices that serve them than God or collective liberation.

07/30/2019

Imagine leaving a life of privilege and power to face angry mobs, painful imprisonment, and chain-breaking earthquakes—all to spread the life-changing truth ...