!UPCOMING EVENTS

Operation Christmas Child 2026

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Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization. Their mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. They ship these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease.

At MBC, we love to participate in OCC! Boxes and brochures are available in the foyer. Drop off boxes at MBC by November 15, and be sure to enclose a $10 donation for each box. You can write 1 check to cover all the boxes you submit, or donate online and check Follow Your Box to track it to its recipient(s). For more info or ideas on packing a shoe box, check out their website here

Collection date is Sunday, November 15.

Contact Lenore Tosi with any questions.

Click here to Email Lenore

Disability Training Event

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Disability Training Event
Saturday, October 17th 8:30am – 11:30am

This regional training event, hosted in partnership with Joni and Friends, is designed to help participants grow in confidence, awareness, and practical skill as they minister to individuals and families affected by disability.

The morning will be led by Sarah Bush, Regional Coordinator with Joni and Friends. Sarah will guide attendees through helpful training that strengthens both understanding and ministry practice, equipping people to interact with greater care, confidence, and gospel-centered compassion.

The gospel-centered truth behind including the disability community in church and why we need to be intentional about making disciples of all nations, including those affected by disabilities.

 

  • WHY: What does God say about people affected by disability? And how did Jesus model how we should treat people affected by disability?
  • WHAT does that look like for the church?
  • Supporting a person affected by disability actually supports the entire family
  • WHO is qualified to support people affected by disability at church? (hint: you don’t need to be an expert at anything!)
  • Etiquette tips: using the appropriate language and action steps to welcoming people affected by disability into your church
  • HOW do we support people affected by disability?
Register

Time
8:30am – 11:30am

Cost
Free

Breakfast
Included

Leader
Sarah Bush, Regional Coordinator with Joni and Friends

Audience
MBC attendees and churches throughout the surrounding region

Purpose

The goal of this event is to equip participants to serve people with disabilities and their families with greater understanding, dignity, and confidence. The training will help attendees develop a more thoughtful awareness of disability ministry and offer practical ways to build welcoming, accessible, and meaningful ministry environments.

Schedule

8:30am Breakfast and welcome

9:00am Training session with Sarah Bush

10:30am Discussion, questions, and practical application

11:15am Closing encouragement and next steps

11:30am Event concludes

Invitation Scope

This event will be shared with MBC attendees as well as churches throughout the surrounding area. The intent is to make the training accessible not only to those already serving in disability ministry, but also to those who are exploring how they can better understand, welcome, and minister to people with disabilities.

Who Should Attend

  • Current volunteers and leaders serving within disability ministry
  • Church members who want to grow in their ability to care well for people with disabilities
  • Anyone who wants a greater awareness of how to interact with, welcome, and minister to individuals and families affected by disability
  • Ministry leaders from MBC and other churches in the area who want to strengthen their church’s approach to disability ministry

Questions?

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Bob Erbig

Lead Pastor: Preaching,
Family Life & Mission

Contact Bob with any questions

Questions?

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Bob Erbig

Lead Pastor: Preaching,
Family Life & Mission

Contact Bob with any questions

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

-2 Timothy 4:1-5, ESV-
Jonah: Running From Mercy
Summer in the Scriptures 2026
Ezekiel
Resilient Life
Adults
Underground Sessions
MBC Hospitality Team
Men
Getting Connected

Trunk or Treat 2026

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Join us for a family-friendly afternoon of activities! 

Saturday, October 24, 3pm-5pm

VIP access for children with special needs, 2:30pm

REGISTRATION COMING SOON for our family-friendly Trunk or Treat! Kids enjoy an afternoon full of “trunk”-or-treating, snacks, crafts and, of course, lots of candy!  Pull out your costumes and prepare your trunks and join in this fun event! Invite your neighbor or anyone with small children to share fun and community with us!

Soon: We’ll begin collecting candy for this event!

Street Hope Alive Collection: We’ll be collecting gently used WINTER COATS (only winter), HOODIES, GLOVES and HATS for kids and teens for our local ministry partner, Street Hope Alive. Please consider donating these items at our Trunk or Treat event. There will be a donation area in the YFMB. Thank you!

Register for Attendance
Reserve Trunk Space
Sign-up to Serve

Questions?

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Rachel Rickershauser

Director of Children's Ministries

Contact Rachel with any questions

Contend Conference 2027

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 Contend Conference 2027

Build Deep. Build True. Build for Generations
April 23-25, 2027

A weekend for families and leaders to lay foundations that hold — in worldview, in the home, and in the wider culture — anchored in Matthew 7:24.

REGISTER
Schedule

Why we gather

Equipping believers to contend for truth and resist cultural drift.

In a culture built on shifting sand, Contend ’27 calls believers back to the bedrock — laying foundations in our families, our children’s worldview, and the broader work of cultural renewal.

Key Verse — Matthew 7:24

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” 

The Contend Conference exists to equip believers to contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3) — with biblical clarity, practical tools, and courageous conviction.

Conference Themes

1) Recognize the shifting sands of culture

Name where culture and compromise have crept into our assumptions.

2) Equip with discernment

Give families and churches biblical tools for the questions they’re actually facing.

3) Train the next generation

Help kids and teens think biblically and engage culture with confidence.

4) Anchor in the gospel

Point every session back to the good news of Jesus Christ.

Go Deeper: Breakout sessions & tracks

Saturday afternoon offers two breakout sections — choose the track that fits your season of life.

Parents: Sexuality & Gender 
Grounding kids in the goodness of God’s design before culture’s messages reach them.
Speaker: Elizabeth Urbanowicz 

Adults: Social Justice & the Family
How neo-Marxist and postmodern frameworks target marriage and parental authority.
Speaker: Monique Duson

Moms: Discipleship Amid Cultural Hostility
A practical plan for prioritizing your own growth first, then discipling your kids.

Speaker: Erin Kunkle

Parents: Theology of Home
What Scripture says a home is for, and how to build one that points others to God.

Speaker: Erin Kunkle

Teens: Mind Games: Screens & the Mind
An interactive look at how screens shape attention and identity, and how to take back control.

Speaker: Brett Kunkle 

All Ages: Affinity Groups (Outdoors)
Homeschooling, public theology, parent education, and next-gen justice conversations in small groups.

Saturday A.M. Kids Session

Walk Thru the Bible – New Testament

On Saturday 4/24 from 9am – 12pm we have a special offering for all kids ages K-6th called “Walk Thru the Bible: New Testament”. This is a great opportunity for kids to learn about the entire New Testament in just one day. Check out the video below to learn more! 

Foundations don’t build themselves
April 23-25, 2027

MBC Campus

REGISTER

Questions?

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Bob Erbig

Lead Pastor: Preaching,
Family Life & Mission

Contact Bob with any questions

Foundations don't build themselves

April 23-25, 2027

MBC Campus

REGISTER

Questions?

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Bob Erbig

Lead Pastor: Preaching,
Family Life & Mission

Contact Bob with any questions

Women’s Fall Launch 2026

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Please join us Saturday, September 12th from 9am – 10:30am as we reconnect with old friends, welcome new ones, and come together to celebrate all that God has planned for the Women of MBC in 2026/27. Light Breakfast will be served and childcare is available.  We hope you will be a part of this special launch as we begin another blessed season of Women’s Ministry together!

Register Here


HAVE QUESTIONS?
Call the church office at 908-647-0594 or email Kim McCarthy

Fall Launch 2026

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MBC is so excited for the upcoming season of ministry that awaits us! We have a lot going on here at MBC in our Women’s & Men’s ministries, our Kid’s & Teen’s & Senior’s ministries, a brand new sermon series, and much more! We hope you can take part in all that will be going on at the church, and check out the Fall Launch schedule below!

Fall Launch Dates

September 6th

Cultivating the Christian Life Kickoff
@11:00am

September 12th

Women’s Fall Launch
@9:00am – 10:30am

September 13th

Ezekiel Sermon Series Kickoff
@9:00am & 11:00am

September 13th

Adult Education Kickoff
@9:00am

September 13th

MBC Kids Kickoff
@9:00am & 11:00am

September 13th

MBC Teens Sundays Kickoff
@9:00am

September 14th

BSF Begins
@6:55pm

September 15th

Womens Tues AM Bible Studies Begins
@9:45am

September 15th

Womens Tues PM Bible Study Begins
@7:00pm

September 16th

Womens Wed PM Bible Study Begins
@7:00pm

September 18th

Senior Luncheon Kickoff
@12:00pm

September 23rd

Awana Kickoff
@5:30pm

We hope to see you this fall for all that we have going on here at MBC! If you have any questions please reach out to the Church office which can be reached via email () or phone (908-647-0594).

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Men’s BBQ – Remembering 9/11

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When: Friday, September 11th

Time: 7pm – 9pm (Doors Open at 6:30pm)

Where: Fellowship Hall

What: Men, please join us for our next Men’s Ministry event Remembering 9/11 – 25 years later. A BBQ grilled dinner and a 9/11 Reflection from Craig McLaughlin who experienced 9/11 in NYC personally. Craig will share a testimony of his experience and what the Lord taught him through that situation. 7:00 – 9:00pm Friday, 9/11 downstairs in the Fellowship Hall (Doors open at 6:30pm). All men are welcome.

The Men’s Ministry

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” Proverbs 27:17

Questions? Email

Register Here

Men’s Breakfast Relaunch: 
Saturday, June 3rd from 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Fellowship Hall 

Fathers and sons!

We’re excited to be relaunching our Men’s Ministry Breakfast time on June 3rd. Come hear from our panel of Mentors from our Radical Mentoring Ministry.

Radical Mentoring is a special type of men’s small group made up of high-potential young men facilitated by more senior and mature men. The vision is to help younger men live God-centered lives and fulfill their God-given potential.

The mentors will endeavor to share what they have learned about success and failure. Most importantly, they will share what it means to have a vibrant, living relationship with Jesus along the way.

Join us for breakfast and a meaningful time of sharing. For more information contact Craig McLaughlin or Pete Lima or call the church office at 908-647-0594.

Bible Study Fellowship, Mondays 6:55pm

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Men & Women's BSF

Begins Monday, September 14th @ 6:55pm, MBC

Register Here

Romans speaks to our deepest struggles—doubt, pride, fear, and guilt—and leads us to God’s grace. Written for ordinary people, it offers real hope for real life.

In this study, discover how the God who saves also transforms, moving us from striving to surrender, from fear to faith, and from guilt to grace..

Questions? Contact: John Drew, Men’s Class Administrator, or Priya Mamidi, Women’s Class Administrator.

Women will meet in the YFMB (Youth & Family Ministry Building). Men are in the Sanctuary.

2027 Israel Trip

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We want to personally invite you to consider joining our LearnTheLand trip to Israel coming up on October 21st – 30th, 2027. It won’t be like a typical tour: it’s designed by Dr. Mark Schaaf (one of our missionaries with many years of experience living in and leading Biblical study groups in the Middle East). Mark will help us experience God’s Story in a fresh and powerful way, in its original setting.

If you’re interested, you can take a look at the itinerary and register HERE

Information Session RSVP

Meet Our Instructor: Mark Schaaf

We’re excited to welcome one of our own, Mark Schaaf, as the instructor for Walk Thru the Bible’s otLIVE experience. Many of you know Mark and his wife Kathy—we’ve been supporting the Schaafs since the mid-1990s, when they first headed overseas with WorldVenture.

Mark and Kathy spent 13 years in Jordan, where Mark helped introduce and lead Walk Thru the Bible’s Arabic-language ministry across the Middle East and North Africa. After handing that work off to national leaders, they moved to South Africa, where Mark served as Walk Thru the Bible’s Southern Africa Regional Trainer and also helped plant a church in an informal settlement outside Johannesburg.

Mark holds a PhD in Biblical Archaeology from the University of South Africa, but what really excites him is helping people step into God’s grand story—whether that means turning a church sanctuary into a walk-through map of the Holy Land or leading study tours in the Bible lands themselves. He continues to travel extensively in Israel and Jordan, and five of the Schaafs’ six grandchildren now live in Israel.

Currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, we’re grateful to continue partnering with the Schaafs in their global mission of equipping, training, and coaching national leaders. We’re thrilled to have Mark with us for this otLIVE event!

Learn More Here

Questions?

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Amy Huber

Director of Discipleship & Connections

Contact Amy with any questions

Questions?

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Dave Hentschel

Lead Pastor: Preaching, Spiritual Formation, and Care

Contact Dave with any questions

MBC 175th Anniversary Banquet

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175 years of God’s faithfulness to MBC. We are amazed at the wonderful works God has done through his church over the past 175 years. To remember all that he has done and celebrate all that he has done, we will be having a 175th anniversary banquet! This banquet will be taking place on Thursday, November 12th at 7pm. We hope you can join us!
2025 Annual Report

Update 3/16/2023

The Annual Business Meeting was a great time for the church to recap the past fiscal year and to look forward to 2023-2024. Pastor Bob & Pastor Dave spoke about our plans to continue to be firmly planted, growing together, and investing in the lives of others. Larry Blakeman shared about the budget and new World Partners. We had a good time celebrating what God has done and expectant of the future of our church.

We did have quorum and voted unanimously to pass the proposed budget for 2023-2024.

Also, a motion carried unanimously for additional funding that was requested for 2022-2023. 

Hock Ng presented from the Elder Nominating Committee five new candidates: 

  • Jeff Callender (2nd term – 3 years)
  • Chris Dowden (1st term – 3 years)
  • Andrew Strain (1st term – 3 years)
  • Jan Torgrimsen (2nd term – 3 years)
  • Paul Wilford (Unexpired 1 year term – 1 year)

All gentlemen were approved.

Doug Hulin, Elder Vice-Chair, thanked our outgoing elders, Paul Achenbach and Hock Ng, for their investment, dedication, and leadership in so many areas. 

Pray for your involvement in MBC’s Vision based on Psalm 1:1-3.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 

Annual Report Download

We are offering childcare during the meeting as needed. Must register by March 12th please.

Child Care Register Here

Wednesday, March 15, 7pm, In-Person Only

Our Annual Business Meeting is an important time for our church as we celebrate all that God is doing at MBC and plan for the exciting year ahead.

This year’s Annual Business Meeting will be conducted in-person in our Sanctuary on Wednesday, March 16, at 7pm.

Members will be emailed instructions on how to login to the ABM portal. This is the same web portal we used last year. You’ll need your username and password. There is a “forgot password” feature, in case you forgot.

We encourage all members to login prior to the meeting so that you can watch Pastor Bob’s pre-meeting instructions video as well as familiarize yourself with the Annual Business Meeting portal.

Most importantly, your participation is essential to this meeting’s success. According to our constitution, first we need 20% of active voting members to attend the meeting to constitute a quorum. Second, of those attending, we need a simple majority vote to both approve the annual operating budget and to elect members to the Board of Elders. Please make every effort to attend and vote.

2021 Annual Report
2020 Annual Report

Save the Date: Wednesday, March 17, 7pm

Our Annual Business Meeting is an important time for our church as we celebrate all that God is doing at MBC and plan for the exciting year ahead. Due to the pressing concerns with COVID-19 and congregating in large groups we are creating a virtual forum in lieu of a live presentation in our sanctuary.

 

We encourage you to watch the meeting presentation, download and review the Annual Report, and participate in the Online Voting that was emailed to every MBC Member. This email covers voting for the church budget for the upcoming fiscal year and leadership positions within our body. The Center will be compiling the votes in order to preserve anonymity.

 

Your participation is essential to this meeting’s success. According to our constitution, first we need 20% of active voting members to attend the meeting (watching/voting) to constitute a quorum. Second, of those attending, we need a simple majority vote to both approve the annual operating budget and to elect members to the Board of Elders. Please make every effort to attend and vote.

Step ONE: Download

Annual Report

Step Two: Download

Slideshow

Step Three: Watch

Video Below

Step Four: Ask

Ask Questions

Step Five: Vote

Vote Here

Annual Meeting Presentation

HAVE QUESTIONS?
Call the church office at 908-647-0594 or email MBC Office.

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