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Readers write: March 4, 2019 issue
Categories: OpinionAuthor Miriam Toews a ‘two-trick’ pony Re: “Modern ghosts of a horse-drawn scandal: Pt. IV,” Nov. 26, 2018, page 18. Unfortunately, Miriam Toews has only two themes she writes…
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Dreaming of possibilities
Categories: OpinionAs we explore new possibilities in our journey with a new church structure, the Mission and Service Committee of Mennonite Church Alberta has been dreaming about possibilities in a variety…
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Canadian Women in Mission
Categories: OpinionThese Saskatchewan ladies are hovering over baked goods at a sale circa 1964. “Ladies groups” have been significant organizations that have contributed to the social and spiritual well-being of women,…
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Can we talk about suicide?
Categories: OpinionA few months ago, a preacher at our church included suicide in his sermon. Philippians 1 was the text, where the Apostle Paul sets out his dilemma between preferring life or…
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The beautiful chaos of kids at church
Categories: OpinionAs a mother of four little ones, I find church can be pretty chaotic. For six years while living in Manila, our Filipino church gathered in our home while my…
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Worship as an act of loving God
Categories: OpinionI’ve run into a number of people who are “spiritual but not religious,” who have recently started attending church. They told me they skip the opening worship and just show…
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Prepare for something new and yet familiar
Categories: NewsOver the past three months, in my role as communications officer for Mennonite Church Canada, I have been busy preparing for Gathering 2019, the first event of the “new” nationwide…
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Church of the Way to leave MC B.C.
Categories: NewsChurch of the Way in Granisle, B.C., a member of Mennonite Church B.C. since 1979, has voted to leave the regional church and join another denomination. In a statement to…
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Going solar
Categories: NewsWildwood Mennonite Church recently became the first Mennonite Church Saskatchewan congregation to go solar. But, as with all major spending decisions, this one wasn’t made overnight. Two-and-a-half years ago, Wildwood…
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RJC and MCC Saskatchewan celebrate collaborative relationship
Categories: NewsMennonite Central Committee (MCC) Saskatchewan and Rosthern Junior College (RCJ) joined forces to host a unique fundraising concert. Held on Feb. 10, 2019, at Grace Westminster United Church in Saskatoon,…
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‘Ramping up the rituals’
Categories: NewsDo Mennonite churches have commitment issues? Why are fewer people choosing rituals of commitment like baptism and marriage? In an attempt to answer these questions, Irma Fast Dueck spent three…
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Youth panel explains what keeps them in church
Categories: NewsChristian youth and young adults are seeking church spaces that are authentic, safe and open, but also supportive of their role in leadership. At least, that’s what five people who…
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Bethany Mennonite helps Wells of Hope in Guatemala
Categories: NewsBefore there was a mission trip to Guatemala last month, there was a fundraising lunch of hot chili the month before. More than a hundred friends and family of the…
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Swords into ploughshares, guns into art
Categories: PeopleIrian Fast-Sittler spends her days hammering hot steel and welding metals together at a forge in Floradale, Ont. Recently, the 20-year-old blacksmith created a modern-day take on the analogy from…
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Winter cyclists brave the cold
Categories: PeopleWhile a polar vortex and temperatures of -50C with the wind chill attacked Winnipeg, most people scurried from building to building, trying to be outside as little as possible. All…
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Church growth stretches Ethiopian resources
Categories: Web FirstChallenges accompany the joys of growth as tens of thousands of people new to Ethiopia’s Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) swell the denomination. Now with more than 600,000 participants, the world’s…
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AMBS trains Sudanese-Canadian to make a difference
Categories: Web FirstThousands of miles from their homeland, a group of about 30 South Sudanese women gathers on Tuesdays in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. Meeting in each other’s homes, they pray for their war-torn…
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CPT closes Indigenous solidarity team
Categories: Web FirstIn order to address a $265,000 deficit, Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) will close its Winnipeg-based Indigenous Peoples Solidarity team at the end of March. While CPT hopes to maintain relationships…
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Voices Together visual art chosen
Categories: Web FirstVisual art for the Voices Together hymnal has been chosen by the Mennonite Worship and Song Committee. The 12 visual art pieces selected will appear in the forthcoming hymnal—including the pew,…
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Remembering Margaret Loewen Reimer
Categories: Web First“A student of literature and a Mennonite journalist with a special passion for the arts,” is how Margaret Loewen Reimer introduced herself during a lecture series entitled “Mennonites and the…
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