First Mennonite Church, Hillsboro

 Church Staff

 

 Interim Pastor:  Marv Zehr

     pastor@fmchillsboro.net

Graduate of : Bluffton University, 1958 – BA in Bible and Psychology
            Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 1961

Churches Served
    Oak Grave Mennonite Church, Smithville, Ohio – summers of             1959 & 1960
    First Mennonite Church, Berne, IN – Assistant Pastor, 1961-64
    West Zion Mennonite Church, Moundridge, KS – Pastor, 1964-75
    Maplewood Mennonite Church, Ft. Wayne, IN – Pastor, 1975-84
    Hope Mennonite Church, Wichita, KS – Founding Pastor, 1985-92
    Western District Conference, N. Newton, KS – Conference             Minister, 1992-2002

Interim Pastorates since retirement
    2003 – First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, Ohio – 7 months
    2004-2005 – First Mennonite Church, Moundridge, KS – 7 months
    2006 – Lorraine Ave. Mennonite Church, Wichita, KS – 5 months
    2008 – Faith Mennonite Church, Newton, KS – 3 months
    2009 – Grace Hill Mennonite Church, Whitewater, KS – 7 months
    2010 – First Mennonite Church, Hillsboro, KS – Current

Family:
    Spouse – Jeannie Hughes Zehr, retired school teacher, librarian, editor and Secretary of Mission Communication for Mennonite Mission Network.
    Children:  Mark Zehr, Plymouth, MI, Quality Director, Behr             America.
              Karen Zehr, Wichita, KS, Controller, Builders, Inc.
    Grandchildren:
             Austin Zehr, 17; Ashley Zehr, 15; Ryan Zehr, 9.

Volunteer work:
    President, Kansas Mennonite Men’s Chorus
    Chair, Book ReView Board, a non-profit used bookstore in Newton      Board of Prairie View Mental Health Center, Newton
    Board of Mennonite Health Services Alliance, Goshen, IN
    Chair of Health and Wellness Task Force, Western District Conference.      Chair of Peach and Outreach Committee of Shalom Mennonite             Church, Newton

Youth Pastor: Asia Frye                           asiafrye@hotmail.com

 I grew up in rural Oklahoma and attended college at The University of Oklahoma (Boomer Sooner!) where I received my degree in Religious Studies. For two years after graduation I served at the Wesley Foundation, the United Methodist Campus Ministry, there at OU while my husband wrapped up his PhD in Mathematics. He now teaches at Tabor college, which is why we moved to Hillsboro. We have one daughter, Abilene, who was born in June of 2008 and a handful of pets. We like camping, board games, and cooking new things.
 
I am the "quarter time" youth pastor here at First Mennonite. We have Hi-Fy (Hillsboro inter-Fellowship Youth) Wednesday nights at 7pm in our still-under-construction youth room. That time incorportates worship, study, and fellowship. We also take fun outings once or twice a month to experience new ways of service, to worship or hear great speakers, or just have fun. A group without substance is meaningless, but a group without fun takes a very narrow view of the Gospel, so we try to find a nice balance. For more info people email me at asiafrye@hotmail.com, or Facebook me.
 
Fun in Christ, Asia

Secretary:  Linda Mathis                      secretary@fmchillsboro.net

I truly feel like I’m returning home as I resume duties as secretary at First Mennonite Church.  I was secretary at FMC from 1995-2005.  My husband David, who works for Golden Heritage Foods as Vice President of Sales, and I have lived in Hillsboro for 25 years.  We have three married children and seven precious grandchildren.

Office Phone: 620-947-5662

Please contact us anytime! We look forward to hearing from you.

Who We Are

First Mennonite Church of Hillsboro is a part of the Mennonite Church - USA Conference.

Use the following links for more information about Mennonites and Mennonite organizations. 

Western District Conference
Mennonite Church - USA
Third Way Cafe
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Camp Mennoscah