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MWC youth program supported by MC Canada
Categories: Feature ArticlesMegan Breidigan may be only 16, but she’s already figured out there’s nothing quite like a Mennonite World Conference assembly. The Douglasville, Pa., high school student says this is different…
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Global Youth Summit calls young people to share gifts
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe three-day Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Global Youth Summit (GYS) concluded Sunday, July 19, with a strong call to young adults to impact the world by sharing their gifts. Under…
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Global Church Village invites visitors to leave their mark
Categories: Feature Articles“This seems like an innocent form of community graffiti,” Roland Yoder said with a smile as he watched the hub of activity around the three-dimensional sculpture of the Mennonite World…
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Women gather to explore global network
Categories: Feature ArticlesFor the first time Anabaptist women gathered from across the world to consider forming a global Anabaptist women’s network. The Mennonite World Conference (MWC) assembly, provided the occasion for regional…
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General Council fosters interdependence in global communion
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn four days of meetings just prior to the July 21-26 Mennonite World Conference Assembly, the General Council gathered with about 120 representatives from MWC member churches around the world.…
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Readers write: August 17, 2015 issue
Categories: ViewpointsTRC not a road map forward Re: “What do we take away from the TRC?” editorial, June 22, page 2. What do we take from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?…
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A word from the MC Sask moderator
Categories: ViewpointsAs the new moderator of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan, I am dealing with feelings of anticipation, apprehension, excitement and a little fear. As with the other area churches, we are an…
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Mission drift
Categories: ViewpointsIn the last couple decades, most churches caught the mission statement bug. To revisit, renew, or finally wrestle with a reason for being is crucial for any organism. As human…
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Ministry in Richmond and in the Punjab
Categories: ViewpointsI’m not exactly a new Canadian as I arrived in Vancouver back in 1989, leaving behind my hometown of Dadwan, Punjab, India. My grandparents were traditional Hindu and Sikh, but…
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How should Anabaptists celebrate 500 years?
Categories: ViewpointsMennonite World Conference held its first assembly in 1925, which was the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the Anabaptist movement. With the 500th anniversary now only 10 years away,…
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Lenore Mendes at Mennonite World Conference, 1990
Categories: UncategorizedLenore Mendes of Guatemala addresses Mennonite World Conference 12 in Winnipeg in 1990. She thought she would be speaking to a few hundred people, but was surprised to see thousands.…
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Slowing church down
Categories: UncategorizedThe Commons is starting to slow down. No, we are not retiring as a church, we just think it is time for a little different pace. The plan is to…
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MCC Global Family program goes local
Categories: UncategorizedA group of children visited a greenhouse on the last day of Bread for Success, an after-school project in Saskatoon supported by Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Global Family education program.…
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Refined by fire
Categories: Uncategorized“I’m not very good at being helpless,” says Ric Driediger as he reflects on the impact Saskatchewan’s forest fires have had on his business and his life. Driediger and his…
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The luthier of La Riviere
Categories: UncategorizedPop psychology writer Malcolm Gladwell popularized the 10,000-hour rule—the notion that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master a craft. Jeremy Hamm will tell you a different story. He…
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New definitive history of Mennonites in Ontario
Categories: ArtbeatIn Search of Promised Lands: A Religious History of Mennonites in Ontario By Samuel J. Steiner. Herald Press, 2015, 877 pages. Sam Steiner has pulled off an amazing feat. He…
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‘We’re not sitting on the sidelines’
Categories: UncategorizedYouth and young adults from all over the world went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from July 21 to 26 for a reunion with the global Mennonite family. We spoke with a…
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Hoping for strength and unity in spite of disagreements
Categories: UncategorizedGrowing up, Dustin Loewen was sometimes teased by his friends for being a “Mennonite poster boy.” He had a well-rounded Mennonite upbringing, attended Mennonite schools and has attended Charleswood Mennonite…
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At MWC assembly, MCC cans vegetables for first time
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Central Committee’s mobile meat canner went vegan for the Mennonite World Conference assembly, switching for one week from pork, beef and turkey to green beans. Slipping out a back…
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PA 2015 attendees seize opportunity to build MDS houses
Categories: Web FirstPounding nails may be the last activity one might expect at an international church convention, but for many at the Mennonite World Conference’s PA 2015, it was a perfect fit.…
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