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Mennonites join to provide food and shelter in DR Congo
Categories: Web FirstDisplaced people who recently received food and shelter supplies distributed by Mennonite churches in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) have seen unimaginable horrors.…
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‘Our need for weed’
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s not often that you see the words Mennonite, church and university in the same sentence as marijuana. Yet, “Our need for weed? Sparking conversations in the church and community”…
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Two friends, two faiths
Categories: UncategorizedAt a time when world news seems to set nations against each other, the chatter and laughter of an obviously diverse crowd can be inspiring. On Oct. 28, men and…
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Breaking bread together
Categories: UncategorizedPalmer Becker began to attend the Kitchener (Ont.) Masjid when he returned from teaching at Bethlehem Bible College in 2009. While in Bethlehem, he had heard the daily calls to…
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Recognizing potential in an uncertain future
Categories: UncategorizedPotential. That word kept surfacing at Mennonite Church Saskatchewan’s fall leadership assembly, as pastors and congregational leaders met with MC Canada’s executive minister, Willard Metzger, to learn about their regional…
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Finding shelter from the cold
Categories: UncategorizedI remember the day well. It was Nov. 8, 2016. Donald Trump, whose behaviour as a sexual predator has been widely reported, had just been elected as president of the…
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The time is now
Categories: UncategorizedIn the remarkable documentary, A Better Man, released earlier this year, filmmaker Attiya Khan documents her meeting with Steve (no last name), her ex-boyfriend who abused her daily more than…
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World Fellowship Sunday resources now available
The annual Mennonite World Conference (MWC) World Fellowship Sunday—normally held on the last Sunday in January—is an opportunity to help congregants around the world become aware of what it means…
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Project Ploughshares’ coalition wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Central Committee (MCC) congratulates Project Ploughshares, a member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), on winning the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Project Ploughshares, of which MCC…
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Indigenous and settler history along the Grand River
Categories: Web FirstThe community room at 50 Kent Ave. in Kitchener had standing room only on Oct. 26, with more than 180 adults of all ages there to listen to Phil Monture.…
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Steinbach Mennonite turns 75
Categories: Web FirstSteinbach Mennonite Church celebrated its 75th anniversary over the Sept. 30-Oct. 1 weekend. Church Board Chair Karen Peters said the festivities began on the evening of Sept. 30 with a…
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Swiss official offers apology for Anabaptist persecution
Categories: Web FirstIt can’t change the past, but it can impact the future. In surprise comments delivered in early November 2017, a government official in Bern, Switzerland, requested forgiveness for persecution by…
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Remembering the saints
Categories: EditorialAlmost 13 years ago my family said our final goodbye to my mother. Grace Magdalene Bender Schwartzentruber lived a full life on two continents, always actively participating in her extended…
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Which Jesus are you waiting for?
Categories: Feature ArticlesAdvent, according to one definition, is “the arrival of a notable person, thing or event.” Yet along the way, we’ve come to associate Advent not with arrival, but with waiting.…
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Readers write: November 20, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsMore responses to Maple View’s paid supplement on sexuality Re: “Honour God with Your Bodies” insert, Sept. 25. I find myself in the awkward position of defending my theological…
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Hermeneutic of hope
Categories: ViewpointsLast weekend, I attended a wedding. The bride and groom asked their guests to register by highlighting their favourite verse in a Bible that they will carry into their new,…
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Are you grateful today?
Categories: ViewpointsAlthough it is only November, my community is starting to put up festive decorations and the blank spaces on my calendar are filling up quickly. A list of gifts for…
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Moose Lake Dock
Categories: ViewpointsPondering on the dock at Camp Moose Lake. After years of soul searching, Mennonite Church Manitoba has sold its Camp Moose Lake property located in the southeastern corner of the…
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A memorable remembrance
Categories: ViewpointsIt took me a while to find my poppy and peace button this year. I couldn’t remember where I’d stored them last November. “I guess I don’t have very good…
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A leader of leaders
Categories: UncategorizedBorn into a Western Ontario Mennonite Conference (WOM)—formerly the Amish Mennonite Conference of Ontario—family, Ralph Lebold grew up with strong leaders in a congregational polity. Each congregation had a bishop,…
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