Congregational Activities		Serving Locally and Globally
	Worship - Fellowship - Education Nurture - Service Sunday School - 9:30 a.m., classes for all ages. Sunday Morning Worship Service - 10:40 a.m. Participation by church family members Congregational singing/worship music Biblically based sermons Broadcast to local nursing homes Bible Study and Prayer - Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. Women's A Cappella Choir Senior and Junior High Youth Groups Mission Society - 2nd Thursday of each month with programs, projects and special events Daily Vacation Bible School for children preschool through Grade 8. Fellowship Group - adults and families meet for service projects and activities. Mentor Program - for youth with adult participation. Library - with good reading material. Worship Services - provided at local nursing homes.	Mission Partner Program - a specific missionary is chosen for prayer, correspondence and financial support. Mennonite Disaster Service - volunteers responding to catastrophes. Mennonite Central Committee - relief, development and justice concerns Care & Share Shop Meat Canning Minn-Kota Sale and Auction Church Night Suppers - 6:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the each month a meal is provided for our neighbors. All are welcome. Want a break from cooking? Come and join us!
		Our sanctuary illustrates the themes of our faith. Seventeen stained glass windows highlight different aspects of our Anabaptist heritage.
Who we are as a church
	The basis for our gathering as a congregation is our voluntary commitment to Jesus Christ. We believe this to mean that as a community of believers and by the power of the Holy Spirit, we seek to give witness to God's redeeming love. We believe that Jesus Christ calls us to discipleship, mutual accountability, to take up our cross and follow him in the way of peace, doing justice, bringing reconciliation, and practicing non-resistance, even in response to violence and warfare.	For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 3:11
	We invite you to learn to know us, to join us in following Jesus Christ, and to become part of this community of believers. How may I join? Baptism and membership is available for persons who have confessed faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and give evidence of new life. Persons who are members of other churches may join through a letter of transfer or upon reaffirmation of faith.	Member of Mennonite Chruch USA and the Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Mennonite Resources and Links
	Information about Mennonites    Who are the Mennonites?    Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective    Books about Mennonites    MennoLink	Mountain Lake is located in southwest Minnesota on Highway 60 between Worthington and Mankato.
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First Mennonite Church
305 North 7th Street, Box 473
Mountain Lake, Minnesota 56159
507.427.2237