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Setting our sights on God’s shalom vision
Categories: NewsHow has COVID-19 affected you and your community? SWS: The pandemic upended our world here, as it has for so many people. People no longer go to church and need…
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MEI planning for in-class reopening
Categories: NewsMennonite Educational Institute in Abbotsford, B.C. plans a Stage 1 reopening of school in September for the 2020-21 academic year. The Province of B.C. defines Stage 1 as a regular…
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Together in Worship website set to launch this fall
Categories: News“Worship is the beating heart of the Christian church,” says Carol Penner, who teaches practical theology at Conrad Grebel University College and the University of Waterloo. Penner and a team…
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MEDA supporters across North America plan August move-a-thons
Categories: NewsMennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) supporters, whose efforts to create business solutions to poverty, enjoy getting together. In normal years, groups across North America have regular meetings throughout the year,…
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Remembering the 1990 MWC assembly in Winnipeg
Categories: Web FirstOn this day 30 years ago, Manitoba Mennonites were playing host to a global assembly of Anabaptists. The 12th Mennonite World Conference Assembly took place in Winnipeg, Man. from July…
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Prayer ‘keeps us going’
Categories: NewsAs the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mennonite community in Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia, joins hands and works with the local government to mitigate the risk and manage…
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JoinHands grant approved for Calgary Chin Christian Church
Categories: NewsChurch discernment and decision-making can be challenging at the best of times. Making critical decisions about the purchase of property in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is monumental. For…
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When pandemics are disasters, MDS is there
Categories: NewsTwenty Mennonite Church Canada congregations are among the first 40 churches that have received grants from the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada Spirit of MDS Fund. The fund was created…
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COVID-19 outbreak in Bolivian colonies
Categories: NewsAlthough precise data does not exist, Die Mennonitische Post reports numerous presumed COVID-19-related deaths on several Mennonite colonies in Bolivia. Kennert Giesbrecht, the Post’s editor, who is highly regarded among…
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Keeping the arts alive during the pandemic
Categories: NewsCedric Martin, artistic producer of Theatre of the Beat, knows that live theatre “will be one of the last gatherings to be allowed again” as businesses reopen in the shadow…
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Engaging with ‘people not like us’
Categories: NewsA group of Mennonite young adults from Alberta has been gathering on Zoom for six Sundays in a row to learn about engaging with “the other.” Topics included “Engaging the…
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Churches cautiously resume worship together
Categories: NewsWith most churches remaining closed four months into the pandemic, some in Mennonite Church British Columbia are finding innovative ways to worship together—with limitations. On July 5, members of Sherbrooke…
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A life dedicated to helping others
Categories: PeopleNour Ali’s name is known in households across Manitoba because of his passion for helping people and for making the world a better place. On June 13, Ali died in…
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A COVID-19 commandment
Categories: EditorialIt is now month five for Canadian communities struggling with the COVID-19 crisis. In this time, we’ve heard many pronouncements by health authorities on what members of the public should…
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Readers write: July 20, 2020 issue
Categories: OpinionToday’s society is a progression of Canada’s colonial past Re: “ ‘Decolonize’ and ‘settler’ meaningless terms” letter, June 8, 2020, page 8. It is a nice idea that “our great-grandfathers and…
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I’m thinking about sparrows
Categories: OpinionI am thinking about sparrows today, about how many of them there are, and yet how little I notice them until they stop for a quick perch on the railing of…
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Public school teachers
Categories: OpinionPublic school teachers Samuel B. Nafziger, Dick Neufeld, Sara (Lehn) Harder, Martin Goerzen, Grace Harder, John C. Harder and C. Boldt, are pictured in the most northerly Mennonite farm community…
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‘Lining things up’
Categories: OpinionA recent article in Canadian Mennonite included a story of the closing of Superb Mennonite Church. Superb was my home. I was dedicated, married, baptized and raised a family there. It…
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CM awarded 12 CCCA certificates
Categories: NewsIn the inaugural awards ceremony of the new Canadian Christian Communicators Association (CCCA), Canadian Mennonite received 12 awards for writing, photography, design and original art for work published in 2019.…
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Why I’m not a Canadian
Categories: OpinionI am an immigrant. After serving with Mennonite Central Committee in Canada, I chose to stay in this amazing country. The Canadian way was closer to the “thousand points of light”…
