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Pictured from left to right: Darryl Neustaedter Barg; Bruno Cavalca; John Briner, hidden behind the music stand; and Anneli Loepp Thiessen lead the congregation in songs new and old. The other Gathering 2019 worship team members were Moses Falco, Sarah Johnson, Kathy Lumsden and Glenn Sawatzky. (Photo by Jane Grunau)

Holy Spirit fire and imagination

July 17, 2019 | Feature |

“Sing a new church into being,” sang the 300-plus people gathered for the first nationwide meeting of Mennonite Church Canada since its restructuring in 2017. Behind the blended voices was the vision, “Igniting the imagination of the church,” the theme of Gathering 2019, held in...

Group photo from a picnic held at Willowgrove Camp in August 1979. Harriet Dick is pictured front left. (Photo courtesy of Harriet Dick)

Four decades of welcome

June 19, 2019 | Feature | Anne Konrad Dyck

Toronto United Mennonite Church was the first church in Canada to receive privately sponsored “boat people” who were fleeing Vietnam and Laos during the chaos of the Vietnam War.

Early in March 1979, an adult social-issues group meeting during the Sunday school period took...

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The gifts of grey hair

June 5, 2019 | Feature | Claire Ewert Fisher

“O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and grey hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come” (Psalm 71:17-18)....

A Mennonite church in Ontario recently finished a six-week adult and youth Sunday school series entitled “The opioid crisis: Understanding addiction as a disease.” The six sessions were packed. (Photo © istock.com/wildpixel)

Who is my neighbour?

May 22, 2019 | Feature |

The language is stark: crisis, epidemic, tragedy. The facts are startling. According to a Government of Canada website, opioid-related overdose has become the No. 1 cause of death for people under 50. In 2016, there were 3,017 such deaths in Canada; in 2017, there were...

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When it’s hard to go to church

May 8, 2019 | Feature |

“I love my church. It is very important to me, but you won’t be seeing me on Sunday morning as often,” Cara Baergen told her congregation in a sermon preached at Edmonton’s First Mennonite Church this spring.

Consciously choosing to speak from a music...

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Nationwide church experiences modest surplus

Jul. 17, 2019 | Gathering 2019

At Gathering 2019's Leadership Day, Elaine Heath encourages Mennonite Church Canada leaders to be good neighbours in a traumatized world. (Photo by Jane Grunau)

Good news of Jesus in a traumatized world

Jul. 17, 2019 | Gathering 2019

Colin McCartney

‘Firestarter stories’ spark the imagination of...

Jul. 17, 2019 | Gathering 2019

Mennonite Women Canada executive members met for one last time at Gathering 2019 in Abbotsford, B.C. Pictured from left: Shirley Redekop, president; Elsie Rempel, secretary; and Liz Koop, past president. (Photo by Amy Rinner Waddell)

Mennonite Women dissolve national ministry

Jul. 17, 2019 | Gathering 2019

(Graphic by Betty Avery)

Holding growth and the past in tension

Jul. 17, 2019 | Gathering 2019

Children at Gathering 2019, enjoys fresh bubblegum ice cream from Birchwood Dairy in Abbotsford. (Photo by Kevin Barkowsky)

Kids make friends at Gathering 2019

Jul. 17, 2019 | Gathering 2019

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Pictured from left to right: Darryl Neustaedter Barg; Bruno Cavalca; John Briner, hidden behind the music stand; and Anneli Loepp Thiessen lead the congregation in songs new and old. The other Gathering 2019 worship team members were Moses Falco, Sarah Johnson, Kathy Lumsden and Glenn Sawatzky. (Photo by Jane Grunau)

Holy Spirit fire and imagination

Jul. 17, 2019 | Feature

Group photo from a picnic held at Willowgrove Camp in August 1979. Harriet Dick is pictured front left. (Photo courtesy of Harriet Dick)

Four decades of welcome

Jun. 19, 2019 | Feature

Photo © istock.com/ninamalyna

The gifts of grey hair

Jun. 5, 2019 | Feature

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Katie Doke Sawatzky is communications officer for Mennonite Church Canada.

The Spirit is moving our body

Jul. 17, 2019 | Editorial

Readers write: July 22, 2019 issue

Jul. 17, 2019 | Opinion

Members of the worship team lead the singing at Gathering 2019. (Photo by Jane Grunau)

Things I noticed at Gathering 2019

Jul. 17, 2019 | Opinion

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About 45 people representing three MC Saskatchewan congregations walked in the Saskatoon Pride parade on June 22. (Photo courtesy of Ben Borne)

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Local elders greet walkers at the Health Sciences Association of Alberta office in Calgary as part of the closing ceremony. (Photo by Jonas Cornelsen)

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Holy Spirit fire and imagination

Four decades of welcome

The gifts of grey hair

Who is my neighbour?

When it’s hard to go to church

News

Nationwide church experiences modest surplus

Good news of Jesus in a traumatized world

‘Firestarter stories’ spark the imagination of...

Mennonite Women dissolve national ministry

Holding growth and the past in tension