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Committee invites input for Resonate music project
Categories: Web FirstThe Mennonite Worship and Song Committee in inviting congregations and individuals to give input toward a new hymnal scheduled for release in 2020. “We want to hear what is giving…
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A witness for nonviolence from Nigeria
Categories: Web FirstA doctoral thesis focusing on the nonviolent witness of a peace church in Nigeria was recently completed at the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The candidate,…
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Obituary: ‘Dan has left us’
Categories: Web FirstThe four short words of this obituary’s title, sent to Mennonite Church Alberta’s area church minister Tim Wiebe-Neufeld, heralded a large impact for the province’s churchgoers, for the Jack family,…
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Registrations being accepted for Yella 2018
Kitchener, Ont.—Yella, a Mennonite Central Committee Ontario and Mennonite Church Eastern Canada three-week learning tour to Israel and Palestine for young adults, has been a life-impacting experience for those who…
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Is there a future for missions?
Categories: EditorialLately I’ve been thinking a lot about missions. The feature in this issue is Part 2 in a series focussing on partnerships between congregations and Witness workers. These workers were…
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Going further together, Part 2
Categories: Feature Articles‘I thought this type of support was normal’ Jeanette and Todd Hanson By Donna Schulz, Saskatchewan Correspondent, Rosthern, Sask. Although they have had other mission partnerships over the years, Jeanette…
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Readers write: July 24, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsMillennial wants to sing a variety of music in church Re: “What music rankles you?” column, March 13, page 8. I couldn’t agree with this article more. As a millennial…
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Serving up your inner scapegoat
Categories: ViewpointsOne late Friday afternoon when the office was nearly empty, two clean-cut young men showed up at the Mennonite Church Canada reception desk to inquire about pension benefits for their…
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A spacious year
Categories: ViewpointsA year ago, I said goodbye to my job and stepped into an unknown future. In truth, the future is always unknown, or beyond certainty, as my father would qualify…
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Continuous pruning
Categories: ViewpointsWith the arrival of summer, my wife and I have been enjoying more time outside. Our yard contains many different fruit trees, shrubs and grapevines that provide shade, beauty, and…
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Edward Beatty
Categories: ViewpointsEdward Beatty, front row right, and John Dennis, behind him, speak with Mennonite girls. Dennis was a young man in 1874 who witnessed the Mennonite immigration to Manitoba. Over the…
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Wisdom, where art thou? (Pt. 10)
Categories: ViewpointsSomeone once said to me, “The problem with Christians is they are all mental!” As I reflected on his disparaging comment, I realized he had a point. Not the point…
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Constants in the context of change
Categories: ViewpointsIf I were to give a 14-minute TED Talk in our church context before the restructuring assembly for Mennonite Church Canada and its area churches in October, this is the…
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Immersive experience
Categories: UncategorizedOn June 25, 2017, Tavistock Mennonite Church’s intentional interim pastor, Jim Brown, got his feet—and more—wet, as the congregation acknowledged three-quarters-of-a-century of worship and mission in the village, and had…
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Creating a we-centred world
Categories: UncategorizedAs far as David Epp is concerned, the 2016-17 school year was “a real success.” His first year of teaching at Rosthern Junior College (RJC) was also the first year…
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‘Your joy becomes my joy’
Categories: UncategorizedFor Muslim students at the University of Waterloo, long spans of fasting during the longest days of the year are over and may already feel like a distant memory. However,…
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World Refugee Day celebrated in B.C.
Categories: Uncategorized“We are here to celebrate with you,” said Melissa Giles, director of programs for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C., as she praised the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of…
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Audience finds CO play deeply moving
Categories: ArtbeatGlenn Martin’s voice was deep with emotion as he expressed appreciation for Yellow Bellies, a drama that describes the experiences of Mennonite conscientious objectors (COs) during the Second World War.…
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What does the past mean for the present?
Categories: ArtbeatThe past two years have seen the publication of two interesting new collections of academic writing on Mennonite themes, one theological and the other historical. While other reviewers such as…
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CM honoured by national church press association
Categories: ArtbeatCanadian Mennonite executive editor Virginia A. Hostetler attended the Canadian Church Press (CCP) awards banquet, held in Quebec City on June 22, at which she received writing and layout/design certificates…
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