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Worship apprentices provide a resource for the church
Categories: Web FirstEvery Tuesday, a diverse team of University of Waterloo students gathers for prayer, small group discussion, song teaching and worship-service planning. These students are part of the Worship Apprentice Program…
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Watch: ‘You need to try out,’ coaches sing
Categories: Web First“You Need to Calm Down” may be a song in which pop superstar Taylor Swift addresses her detractors, but in the hands of the coaching staff at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate,…
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An Anabaptist does Advent
I don’t recall talking about Advent in the church in which I grew up, an Anabaptist church with a conservative evangelical bent. Certainly we didn’t mention Lent. And those other…
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Church publications: Which way to go?
Categories: EditorialI know an intersection with three street signs: Eastglen, Westglen and Northglen. Delivery trucks sometimes end up at the wrong house for failing to notice which Glen they need. Making it…
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Empower children . . . end poverty
Categories: Feature ArticlesThis year marked the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Fittingly, the theme of the 2019 Universal Children’s Day, held on Nov. 20,…
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Readers write: December 9, 2019 issue
Categories: OpinionMCC recommendations for new federal government The following is a shortened version of a Nov. 8 letter sent from the Mennonite Central Committee Ottawa Office to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,…
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Freedom of speech for Christian media?
Categories: OpinionWhat is our responsibility as followers of Jesus to media outlets? Secular media outlets have a freedom-of-speech right to publish whatever their editor thinks will draw consumers to them. However,…
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Ted Regehr
Categories: OpinionAt the Public Archives in Ottawa in 1968, Ted Regehr, head of the Government Records Section, standing, helps research assistant Ernie Dick locate government files related to Mennonites. The two…
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Hope and optimism
Categories: OpinionChristmas is the season when we talk about how the birth of the baby Jesus brings hope. Hope implies some sort of betterment to come. So Jesus is our hope.…
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‘Tell God I say yes’
Categories: OpinionThey come through the church door into the foyer. My limited vision can make out only their forms, but I recognize them, desperate folks who stop by on occasion to…
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Student launches Macrina Magazine
Categories: NewsAt only 21 years old, Micah Enns-Dyck is the founder and editor-in-chief of a new online Christian philosophical journal. Macrina Magazine, which he launched on Oct. 26, features written work…
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Girls Club meets monthly because ‘God is fun!’
Categories: NewsIn 2001, Holyrood Mennonite Church sponsored four men who were living in a refugee camp in Ghana with their families due to a 14-year civil war in Liberia. Over time,…
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Called to care for the Earth
Categories: News“A lot of people are talking about it. Not a lot of people are taking action,” according to Noa Baergen. So when it comes to the climate crisis, this 16-year-old is…
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Understanding the impact of Agent Orange
Categories: NewsDecades after American military forces used Agent Orange to further their efforts in the Vietnam War, this deadly chemical continues to impact the lives of Vietnamese people. Garth and Claire…
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Niagara Christian Gleaners repurpose food
Categories: NewsThe Niagara Network Hub of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) recently toured the Niagara Christian Gleaners facility in Smithville. The new non-profit organization aims to divert nearly 3,200 kilograms of…
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Fun and fundraising at goods and services auction
Categories: NewsRaising funds for missionary or international purposes has been a tradition among local congregations for decades. That tradition has carried on at Langley Mennonite Fellowship, a congregation of some 100…
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Christmas Eve tradition brings comfort and joy
Categories: PeopleCelebration is necessary for survival. It renews the spirit and recreates hope. It nourishes and strengthens both giver and receiver, and it helps to lighten the crosses in our daily…
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Tourtiere recipes – regular and gluten-free
Categories: PeopleThis French Canadian meat pie has become a Christmas Eve tradition in Leona Dueck Penner’s family. Tourtiere – regular Ingredients: 5 lbs. (approx. 2 kg) lean minced pork 3 large…
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Learning to farm with droughts and deluges
Categories: Web FirstThe weather patterns in Nepal used to be regular about 15 to 20 years ago, says Durga Sunchiuri, who grew up helping his parents farm their land in the mountainous…
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Foodgrains Bank, MCC Canada named to ‘impact charities’ list
• The Canadian Foodgrains Bank has been named one of Canada’s Top 10 “impact charities” by Charity Intelligence for the second year in a row. Charity Intelligence is an independent,…
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