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Where do we go from here?
Categories: UncategorizedOn Oct. 14, 2017, delegates at a special assembly in Winnipeg approved a restructuring plan to shift the centre of ministries from the nationwide church office to each of the…
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Focus groups hear of restructuring plans
Categories: UncategorizedHow the new structure of Mennonite Church Canada will affect congregations in B.C. was the topic for focus groups in Richmond and Abbotsford late last month. Donors who have been…
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In search of a collective narrative
Categories: UncategorizedIn October, congregants from across Canada gathered for Mennonite Church Canada’s Special Assembly 2017 in Winnipeg, where they voted to implement a new structure, ushering in a new era for…
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‘Strike while the iron is hot’
Categories: UncategorizedThe ink on the new covenant document between the five regional (formerly area) churches was scarcely dry before Mennonite Church Eastern Canada began to describe to its congregations what this…
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Staff changes at MC Eastern Canada
Categories: UncategorizedNorm Dyck, the newly appointed Mennonite Church Eastern Canada mission engagement minister, says, “The face of the church is rapidly changing! What appears to be emerging is the possibility of…
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Fort Garry Mennonite’s first five decades
Categories: UncategorizedOn Oct. 15, 2017, more than 300 excited and exuberant members and guests gathered at Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship to celebrate the congregation’s 50th anniversary. Many had already enjoyed a…
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Winding down
Categories: UncategorizedA group of young adults who formed in response to proposed changes to Mennonite Church Canada (now dubbed the nationwide church) has disbanded. The Emerging Voices Initiative (EVI) announced its…
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Fifteen years after inspiration struck
Categories: UncategorizedAttention, music fans: Next month marks the 15th anniversary of the release of an album you’ve likely never heard of. Let me tell you about it. On Dec. 8, 2002,…
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New “Mennonite Game” card game creates connections
Categories: Web FirstWhile plenty of Mennonites have played the “Mennonite game”—the Anabaptist version of six degrees of separation—only a select few have played Mark Eash Hershberger’s version. But that’s about to change.…
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Putting goals into practice
Categories: Web FirstSetting goals is a good practice, but how does a faith community translate those goals into reality? At their Refresh, Refocus, Renew mini-retreat in September, members of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan…
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Ethiopian Meserete Kristos Church continues to grow
Categories: Web FirstWhile visiting Ethiopia recently, Darrell Jantzi and John Peters heard that Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) has continued to grow and now numbers 310,877 baptized members, an increase of 4.5 percent…
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Mennonites in Montreal aid refugees
Categories: Web FirstNot feeling safe in the United States, a young woman climbed on a plane and flew to Montreal with her children. But the U.S. is considered a safe country for…
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Dick Benner: A man who loved the church
Categories: Web FirstRichard (Dick) Benner, the recent editor/publisher of Canadian Mennonite, passed away on Nov. 4, 2017, at his home in Ruckersville, Va. Upon his retirement in March 2017, he moved from…
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Something old and new
Categories: EditorialOn the weekend of Oct. 13 to 15, Mennonite church delegates and others took part in Special Assembly 2017 in Winnipeg. More than 400 of us gathered from across the…
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‘Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory’
Categories: Feature ArticlesUpdate: In October 2020, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada announced the termination of the ministerial credentials of John D. Rempel, on the basis of ministerial sexual misconduct. To learn more, see ‘Credentials…
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Readers write: November 6, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsManitoba church celebrates pastoral couple’s retirement Carman Mennonite Church celebrated a retirement party on Aug. 27, in honour of Bob and Martha Pauls, who had served our church for 17…
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Relationships, screen free
Categories: ViewpointsLast week, Makai started Kindergarten at the same school in Metro Manilla as his older brother, Cody, who is now in his second year. Although we are very happy with…
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A country boy in the ‘new city of God’
Categories: ViewpointsI wasn’t too sure about this idea of moving into a city. It didn’t seem much like the utopia I dreamed of. I’m a country kid. I grew up on…
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Injera and Somali stew
Categories: Web FirstFor Ardith Frey, injera, a flatbread eaten in northeastern Africa, is a symbol of community. It is served on a large shared platter, along with a sauce. See Ardith’s story…
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Injera: a symbol of community
Categories: ViewpointsThere is no other food from our years in Africa that symbolizes community quite like injera, a type of flatbread. The most authentic way to serve it is on a…
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