Do Justice, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly.

Micah 6:8

Weekly Sunday Worship Service at 9:30am
Christian Education Classes on most Sundays at 11:00am

Welcome!

Columbus Mennonite Church is an inclusive congregation seeking to follow Jesus’ teachings of love to all, justice for all, and fellowship with all. We invite you to come journey with us in the way of Christ.

Our Vision: God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to grow as a community of grace, joy, and peace so that God’s healing and hope flow through us to the world.

Service Trip to West Virginia

Worship

March 22, 2026

Sunday Worship | Lent 5 | Composting Faith: Turn

Speaker: Bethany Davey

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Sermon: Churning “Waste”

The worship service will be available by Zoom. Contact the church office at office@columbusmennonite.org if you would like the link.

Upcoming Events

Lent and Holy Week at CMC

Lenten Theme: Composting Faith

March 29: Palm Sunday Worship Service at 9:30a with children's palm parade, Easter Egg Hunt at 12:30p

April 3: Good Friday Worship Service at 7pm

April 5: Easter Breakfast Potluck at 8:15a, Easter Sunday Worship Service at 9:30a

Blog

Cone flower with honey bee

Sabbatical Rhythms

Word is starting to get around that this summer I’ll be taking some time away from normal rhythms of church work and life for another sabbatical, so I wanted to share a bit about what I’ll be working on and why it feels important. At the heart of this sabbatical…

Upcoming Events

Lent and Holy Week at CMC

Lenten Theme: Composting Faith

March 29: Palm Sunday Worship Service at 9:30a with children's palm parade, Easter Egg Hunt at 12:30p

April 3: Good Friday Worship Service at 7pm

April 5: Easter Breakfast Potluck at 8:15a, Easter Sunday Worship Service at 9:30a

Sermons

March 15 | “To Pray Always, and Not Lose Heart” | Lent 4
Chances are injustice will outlive us.  Chances are the kin-dom of God will not be fully realized in our lifetime.  And yet, Jesus proposes, it is possible “to pray always and not to lose heart.”    
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March 8 | Hearts Soft as Soil | Lent 3
In order to think about the potential that composting has and what lessons it can teach us, I think it can be helpful to think about what is, perhaps, the antithesis of a compost pile and name a simple truth: a compost pile and a landfill are not the same thing…
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March 1 | Three Stretches of the Imagination: Scripture, Nature, and a Future Hope | Lent 2
Each time I come back to this story, I realize how much I’ve composted it with the leftovers of motherhood, aging, being a neighbor, and paying attention to how Earth prepares for transformation, too.
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February 22 | Wild Compost | Lent 1 |
What’s key about the compost pile is that it all belongs, and it all ultimately contributes toward fertile soil for something to grow.  What’s key about the wilderness is that there’s no hiding from oneself.  It’s a place of great vulnerability.  It’s a place we may never go were we not thrown there by Holy Spirit.
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Upcoming Events

Lent and Holy Week at CMC

Lenten Theme: Composting Faith

March 29: Palm Sunday Worship Service at 9:30a with children's palm parade, Easter Egg Hunt at 12:30p

April 3: Good Friday Worship Service at 7pm

April 5: Easter Breakfast Potluck at 8:15a, Easter Sunday Worship Service at 9:30a