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God is inclusive, not exclusive!
Categories: OpinionThere are many changes in Canadian society today that compel us to be trained in “diversity and inclusion.” As Christians, what direction do we find in our own biblical texts? …
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Twilight Auction
Categories: OpinionIn this scene from Twilight Auction by John L. Ruth, young Harvard-educated Sam confronts his traditional Mennonite family’s willingness to sell treasured family heirlooms. Doug Millar, left, is the father,…
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Making things right
Categories: OpinionI read the note from my son’s teacher and my heart sank. As the kids unpacked their backpacks and had a snack, I stood still in the kitchen feeling disappointed,…
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Partners in the body of Christ
Categories: OpinionStrange, I know, but I like to read financial statements. I remember, in my early 20s, listening to the treasurer in our Toronto congregation explain how to understand financial statements…
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The snowball effect
Categories: OpinionThe snowball effect refers to a situation in which something starts off small or insignificant and increases in size or importance at an accelerating rate. Like when you roll a…
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Rockway celebrates 75 years
Categories: NewsThere was cake, balloons, confetti and a photo booth with goofy props. There was singing in harmony, and prayers of gratitude and blessing—all of it to celebrate the 75th birthday…
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75 Candles for 75 Years
Categories: NewsCiting a “strong history of pitching in” at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, David Martin, executive minister of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, announced a $250,000 grant to Rockway, with the vision of…
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Workshop explores land, community, reparation
Categories: NewsAn interfaith workshop drew more than 80 registered participants to Peace Church on 52nd on Feb. 7 and 8 to learn about “The cost of colonialism: The joy of jubilee.”…
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Coming together over Deuteronomy
Categories: NewsFive Mennonite Church Saskatchewan congregations collaborated recently to provide a weekend of learning for their members. Aberdeen, Eigenheim, Rosthern, Tiefengrund and Zoar Mennonite churches invited Gerald Gerbrandt, president emeritus and…
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‘Who will answer the call?’
Categories: NewsLeaders from Edmonton’s South Sudanese Mennonite Church are serving as connectors between refugees in Ethiopia and other Mennonites in Alberta. In November 2018, people from the South Sudanese community, now…
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Planting seeds in their community
Categories: NewsSeeds Church celebrated its 20th anniversary on the first Sunday of 2020. But instead of throwing on party hats and revelling in the past two decades, the congregation faced forward…
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‘Jesus Christ: Our hope’
Categories: NewsCésar García, general secretary of Mennonite World Conference (MWC), preached the Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday sermon at Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church in St. Catharines to a diverse group of…
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Portrait of a strong woman
Categories: PeopleFrom mid-2016 to mid-2017, the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo was devastated by an armed conflict. Rebel militias gathered around a traditional chief, Kamuina Nsapu, to fight…
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MC Eastern Canada appoints first intercultural mission minister
Fanosie Legesse has been appointed as the first intercultural mission minister of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, a new position within the regional church team. He will begin his duties on…
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Edmonton-Calgary trivia rivalry continues
Edmonton and Calgary have been rivals for decades, but for the past three years this rivalry between Edmonton First Mennonite and Foothills Mennonite in Calgary has been for a good…
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Mennofolk Manitoba announces “Show and Tell” theme for 2020
WINNIPEG—Mennofolk Manitoba, the annual event celebrating music and art from the keystone province’s Mennonite community, has announced the theme for its 2020 event: “Show and Tell.” Organizers are asking people…
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Watch: How did we become so polarized?
Categories: Web FirstWhy does polarization so frequently characterize our discourse? How can people find common ground? Those were two of the questions at the heart of “Us and Them: How did we…
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Disability across cultures
Since its inception, L’Arche has been built on the values of mutual sharing, building relationships and being a signpost to the world that friendships with people who have disabilities is…
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Coronavirus: Prayer encourages Chinese church leaders
Categories: Web FirstWith the coronavirus continuing to impact people around the world, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) has called for Anabaptist and Mennonite congregations everywhere to unite in prayer and to exercise precautionary…
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Nigerian pastor executed
Categories: Web FirstOn Jan. 20, Lawan Andimi, a pastoral leader in the Nigerian Church of the Brethren, was executed by Boko Haram, an extremist Jihadi group. He had been reported missing on…
