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Hope Mennonite Church navigates growing numbers
Categories: NewsAt Thomson Funeral Home on Sunday morning, you won’t find a hearse, or the building filled with mourners. Instead, it is bursting with life. The space is home to Winnipeg’s…
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Vintage hockey card auction nets over $13,000 for MCC
Categories: NewsIt was standing room only in the community room at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ont., for an auction of vintage hockey cards, hosted by the local Mennonite Central…
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Squeah paddle-a-thon switches to fall
Categories: NewsFor the first time in more than two decades, participants in the annual Camp Squeah paddle-a-thon will be navigating the Fraser River in the fall instead of the spring. “Whereas, traditionally…
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Meet the speaker for Gathering 2019
Categories: PeopleGathering 2019 guest speaker Elaine Heath says the greatest challenge for the western church today is to “regain a gospel-centric imagination.” “For the church in the post-Christendom West, this means…
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‘Everything is possible’
Categories: PeopleFor Reem Younes and Brian Darweesh, everything seems possible now that they’re citizens of Canada. Originally from Syria, Younes and Darweesh moved to Winnipeg in 2015 as privately sponsored refugees,…
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Bringing diverse voices together
Categories: PeopleMennonites are stereotyped as people who love singing and forming committees. Anneli Loepp Thiessen fulfills both of these stereotypes. The 23-year-old is one of 12 people from Canada and the…
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Wacky Cake recipe
Categories: PeopleThis cake is so good and easy; it is my favourite! Because it has no eggs or milk it is suitable for those who are vegetarian or vegan or those…
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Everyone loves Wacky cake
Categories: PeopleI love to bake and cook. Some years ago, while I was studying at Redeemer University College in Hamilton, Ont., money and time were in short supply, but there was a…
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‘Vice’ director Adam McKay talks about Mennonites on popular podcast
Categories: Web FirstFilmmaker Adam McKay recently revealed that when he was growing up, he attended a Mennonite church for a time. During his appearance on the March 20 episode of the podcast…
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Mennonite World Conference general secretary relocates
Categories: Web FirstGeneral secretary César García and executive assistant Sandra Báez Rojas of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) have relocated to Canada as of last month to work out of the Kitchener, Ont.,…
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Why I advocate for human rights
In contemplating where our passions come from and why we do what we do, we often look to our childhoods. In my childhood, I was faced with several tensions, which…
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April Yamasaki named new editor of Purpose magazine
April Yamasaki has been selected as the new editor of Purpose magazine, a monthly magazine published by MennoMedia that offers stories of inspiration and promise. She is an ordained minister…
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Are we there yet?
Categories: EditorialDo you remember those family car trips? In the front seat, Mom and Dad are navigating, driving and planning for the next pit stop. In the back seats, kids are…
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Raspberry capital beckons Gathering 2019
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe raspberry capital of Canada, the most charitable city in Canada, the Bible Belt of Canada. These terms have all been used to describe Abbotsford, the site of Mennonite Church…
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Readers write: March 18, 2019 issue
Categories: OpinionShould Thrift Store purchases be ‘designated’ to First Nations communities? Re: “MCC Canada cuts Canadian programs to focus on advocacy,” Feb. 4, page 14. This article raises some serious…
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Welcome to Gathering 2019
Categories: OpinionMennonite Church British Columbia is excited to welcome the nationwide Mennonite church to Gathering 2019 in Abbotsford, B.C. The imagination of the church is still unfolding and becoming. We have…
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Swords into ploughshares
Categories: Opinion“They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” These famous…
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A friend tells a story
Categories: OpinionMy friend Catherine* teaches at a community school in the core of our city. Given her experience and her skill set, she manages a classroom that is not so much…
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Get ready to be shaken
Categories: NewsReady to be rattled by the Radical? Youth from Mennonite Church Canada congregations in grades 6 to 12 (including new graduates) are invited to take part in “Shake: Rattled by…
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‘Audacious preacher’ tackles racism at School for Ministers
Categories: NewsThrough worship, workshops and keynote addresses, Anthony Bailey challenged participants at Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s annual School for Ministers to be audacious: bold, daring, provocative and courageous. Bailey, lead minister…
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