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What is the Spirit saying to our churches today?
Categories: Feature Articles“Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches” (Revelation 3:22). These words of John from the Island of Patmos are as relevant…
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‘We need to learn to dream as a church’
Categories: UncategorizedNext month, those gathered at Mennonite Church Canada’s special delegate assembly will make major decisions about the structure of the church based on proposals from the Future Directions Task Force.…
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Youth wanted
Categories: UncategorizedMembers of the Emerging Voices Initiative (EVI) are hoping that financial assistance and special events aimed specifically at high school students will encourage youth to attend Mennonite Church Canada’s special…
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A new song for Special Assembly 2017
Categories: ArtbeatPlanning Special Assembly 2017 worship might be a daunting task, but with the right team—and the right music—the spirit of the event will follow people home. With that idea in…
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Readers write: September 11, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsWhy aren’t Mennonites holding federal Liberal government to account? I have been waiting for the deluge of reader letters and opinion columns expressing shock and disappointment that the current federal…
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Pay attention to each other
Categories: ViewpointsI am soon transitioning out of a leadership role with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta. Before this, I was a country rep in Bolivia, and before that a director with…
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When coffee replaces swords
Categories: ViewpointsFive hundred years ago, our spiritual ancestors were on the cusp of an extended bloodbath of religious violence. In marked contrast, I just enjoyed a three-hour conversation over coffee. Our…
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Midwestern recipe has surprising origin
Categories: ViewpointsThe intercultural migration of foods is very interesting. My mother-in-law, Helen (Faul) Fadenrecht, who lived in North Dakota, regularly made a recipe she called Bean Sprouts, because that was the…
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Helen’s Bean Sprouts
Categories: Web FirstThis recipe is a family favourite for Ken and Willa Reddig and was regularly served in Willa’s home when she was growing up in the 1950s and 60s. While on…
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Bill Koop
Categories: ViewpointsBill Koop sits on a stack of Mennonite history books, leaning against the Fort Garry (Man.) Mennonite Brethren Church sign. Recently deceased Canadian storyteller and broadcaster Stuart McLean wrote in…
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Embracing traditions
Categories: ViewpointsHave you ever wondered about your family traditions? What are they and when did they come to be? That’s been me this summer. Every summer we have our “must do”…
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‘We sing the same songs’
Categories: Uncategorized“Next to food as a gift from God . . . song pulls us together.” With these words, Harry Lafond welcomed singers, dancers and audience members to a very special…
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Back to school around the world
Categories: UncategorizedWhen a child learns, communities benefit and lives change. From Afghanistan to Canada, and Bangladesh to Burkina Faso, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is promoting education in order to foster leadership…
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A life well lived
Categories: UncategorizedA large group of family members and friends gathered in Markham, Ont., on March 18 to remember the life of Harold Reesor, who died at the age of 86, six…
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Celebrating 125 years of God’s faithfulness
Categories: UncategorizedWhen members of Eigenheim Mennonite Church realized it had been 25 years since the church’s centennial, they decided it was time for another celebration. To mark the congregation’s 125th anniversary,…
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Spiritual lessons learned from wood
Categories: ArtbeatWhen Ken Roth retired, he was looking for a hobby that would be creative, be a blessing to himself and others, and needn’t be profitable. A member of East Zorra…
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Surrey church embraces Karen refugees
Categories: Web FirstFor Living Hope Christian Fellowship of Surrey, hosting Karen refugees from Burma is not a movie plot, it’s reality. Beginning in 2006, Karen refugees started moving into low-income housing near…
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Review: Refugees grow faith from seeds of hope
Categories: ArtbeatEpiscopalian priest Michael Spurlock has a problem. His diocese has ordered him to oversee the closing of the dying All Saints Church in Tennessee, but then a group of Karen…
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MDS volunteers heading to Bloomington, Texas
Categories: Web FirstThe Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) assessment team moved deeper into the devastating footprint of Hurricane Harvey on August 31, 2017, as they visited the town of Bloomington, Texas, southwest of…
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Readers write: August 28, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsNational church needs to continue leading the way to reconciliation The following letter was originally written to Mennonite Church Canada’s Interim Council and is reprinted at the authors’ request. As…
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