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‘Opening to God’s leading’
Categories: UncategorizedIn opening comments at Mennonite Church Alberta’s first of three Vision 2020 gatherings, Tim Wiebe-Neufeld, the regional church’s executive minister, asked people in the crowd to stand if they had…
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‘Much is expected’
Categories: UncategorizedAfter more than three years and with a budget of $1.4 million, Hagerman Mennonite Church in Markham, Ont., has completed a significant building renovation. But more than efficient space and…
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‘Living our values’
Categories: UncategorizedWhen members of the Canadian Mennonite Health Assembly gathered at Menno Place in Abbotsford in early November 2018 to discuss this year’s theme, “Living our values,” medical assistance in dying…
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Eigenheim Mennonite fills MCC Buckets of Thanks
When Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Saskatchewan put out the call for churches and other groups to participate in its Buckets of Thanks challenge, Eigenheim Mennonite Church, near Rosthern, answered the…
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‘Bring us beyond our own stories’
Categories: UncategorizedAmong the voluminous lists of those disappeared during the dark times in what is now Ukraine, researchers have found roughly 400 pages of Mennonite names, with five or six names…
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Thankfulness in a taxicab
Categories: UncategorizedEva Klaassen lives in a seniors housing complex in Prince Albert. She doesn’t own a car, so every Sunday morning she takes a taxi to Grace Mennonite Church. Many of…
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Multi-cultural potluck and concert
Table group sharing, a multi-cultural potluck, pictured, and a participatory concert featuring the diverse languages and foods of Edmonton’s Mennonite churches rounded out a celebratory fundraiser for the North Edmonton…
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Biography turns into Old Colony history
Categories: ArtbeatAlthough Bruce Guenther set out to write a biography of his grandfather, Herman D.W. Friesen, it turned out to be more of a history of the Old Colony Mennonites in…
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‘A relationship between colleagues’
Categories: ArtbeatChoir conductors Ben Pauls and his son Matthew share enthusiasm, talent and a passion for choral music. This fall, they had the unexpected opportunity to share the stage at a…
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Young people invited to be ‘rattled by the radical’
Categories: UncategorizedLeadership from two of Mennonite Church Canada’s regional churches are inviting youth from across Canada to a gathering in Saskatchewan next summer. “Shake: Rattled by the radical” is happening from…
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Looking back and looking ahead
Categories: UncategorizedCanadian Mennonite asked eight young adults from across Mennonite Church Canada to look back on the year that was and to look ahead to the year that will be. These…
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North Korean farmers visit Manitoba, build relationships
Categories: Web FirstIn those first few minutes after arriving at Syl’s Restaurant in Carman, members of a delegation from North Korea sit at the edge of the outdoor eating area, where they…
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AMBS president to resign next June
Sara Wenger Shenk, president of Anabaptist Biblical Seminary (AMBS), has announced her retirement, effective June 30, 2019. She has served in this role since the fall of 2010. Bruce Baergen…
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MCC supports vulnerable people on the move
Categories: Web FirstDaniel (a pseudonym, for security reasons) doesn’t have just one reason for leaving his daughter, 8, and parents in Honduras. He has many reasons for joining a caravan of thousands…
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Imagining a new world at Women Doing Theology 2018
Categories: Web First“Wipe away all tears for the dawn draws near, and the world is about to turn.” Over 200 people from across North America filled the Chapel of the Sermon of…
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Mennonites talking
Categories: Web FirstMennonites are talking about Women Talking, Miriam Toews’s latest novel. What are your thoughts? Feel free to comment below or send letters to letters@canadianmennonite.org. Though I am still trying to…
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Christmas: Let it be, let it go
Categories: Web FirstWhen Jill (a pseudonym) turns her calendar to December, she’ll read a message she wrote to herself a year ago: “Be intentional all through the month to not put pressure…
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A season of change
Categories: EditorialSince 1939, Mennonite women in British Columbia have been gathering each spring for a day of spiritual encouragement and fellowship. But this year, as the planned date approached, no location…
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Pregnant with peace
Categories: Feature ArticlesFrom the moment we learned I was pregnant, the baby we longed for was continually on my mind. What would it look like? What kind of personality would it have?…
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An everlasting light
Categories: Feature ArticlesGod of grace, today we pray for peace for the City of Bethlehem. It has had more than its share of conflict, as it has changed from a sleepy little…
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