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Rockway’s umbrellas are given new life
Categories: Focus On EducationWhat do you do with 103 broken umbrellas? You make something new, of course! After Rockway Mennonite Collegiate’s crazy “Someone to You” video project, the school found itself with a…
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RJC helps a Ukrainian family settle in Canada
Categories: Focus On EducationWhen Linda Rudachyk brought Vlad Malezhyk for his first tour of RJC High School, she teased him on the walk to the front door. “Vlad, you’re gonna sing. Do you…
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MCI builds community
Categories: Focus On EducationTucked away in the small town of Gretna, in the most southern part of Manitoba, Mennonite Collegiate Institute (MCI) can feel like its own little world for those who study…
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WMEMS ‘helped my son grow and thrive’
Categories: Focus On EducationWinnipeg Mennonite Elementary & Middle Schools (WMEMS) has created a safe and nurturing place for my child to learn and grow. My son started grade five at WMEMS in 2021.…
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Peace and popularity
Categories: EditorialI thank God for moments when people share their hearts. In the pages that follow, you may find such moments: committed volunteers in a basement archive, an inspired welder, a…
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Guardians of the past
Categories: Feature ArticlesThrough an easily overlooked side door and down two flights of stairs at Bethany Manor Senior Living Complex in Saskatoon one will find the archival rooms of the Mennonite Historical…
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Readers write: January 30, 2023 issue
Categories: OpinionTell your story of faith The article “Eyes to see” (Nov. 28, 2022) discussed, “how to help members talk about faith and God’s work in their own lives.” Many of…
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Gift for the Queen
Categories: OpinionFifty years ago, in June 1973, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Waterloo region. What gift could she be given to represent the area? These two bronze figures of an Old…
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Embracing diversity
Categories: OpinionOne of the identified priorities for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC) is embracing diversity. With this priority, we articulate our intention to: “Invite and challenge the church to explore the…
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Welding a Mennonite reality
Categories: OpinionIn January I was tasked with providing a meditation on Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday at a local church. As I peck out this column, that day has not yet arrived…
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When inadequate is enough
Categories: OpinionScripture credits King Hezekiah for reestablishing Passover. Apparently, the temple had been shut down and it had been a while since any regular worship routines had been practiced. So, good…
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Say no to moralistic therapeutic deism
Categories: OpinionA major sociological study of American youth concluded that their understanding of faith could be called “moralistic therapeutic deism.” On page 16 of the magazine, Ryan Dueck makes a related…
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To set a soul aflame
Categories: OpinionOne of my abiding critiques of the progressive church circles I inhabit is that they often lack what I call existential urgency. God is, we think, very interested in our…
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Quilting across continents
Categories: NewsGreat winter warm-up By Nikki Hamm Gwala Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba For Judy Hildebrand of Crystal City, Man., brightly coloured comforters add cheer to long prairie winters. Hildebrand is a…
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Meet MC Canada’s new Indigenous relations coordinator
Categories: NewsIf there are places where the church is centring the voices of people on the margins, Jonathan Neufeld wants to be there. “Theologically, that’s my home,” says Neufeld, Mennonite Church…
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Cross culture: three languages, one church
Categories: NewsSix Vancouver Mennonite congregations launched the new year by singing, praying and worshipping together in three languages. The service, held at Sherbrooke Mennonite Church on January 8, brought together 210…
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Mennonites respond to recent military spending
Categories: NewsFrom Dirk Willems loving his enemy in 1569 to Colombian Mennonites building peace today, Anabaptists have offered a bold peace witness. But being a peace church is complicated. Anabaptists got…
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Steinbach writer explores ‘Mennotoba’
Categories: NewsErin Koop Unger has travelled the world, but these days it’s Manitoba and the Mennonites who live there that have captured her imagination. Koop Unger is the creator of Mennotoba.com,…
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Soup to change the world
Categories: NewsTrudy Enns and Tim Albrecht of the Christian Benefit Shop in St. Catharines highlight Raw Carrot soup packages in the store. (Photo courtesy of Tim Albrecht) Thrift stores sell a…
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The state of Christian unity on the ground
Categories: Web FirstDuring the pandemic, Christian churches across various faith traditions have disagreed with public health orders restricting in-person gatherings. Some church leaders challenged public health orders in law courts, their stories…
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