Stories to tell
Categories: Feature ArticlesAfter welcoming us into her new home, Suad Saidam promptly excuses herself, re-emerging with ice-cold water bottles on a silver tray. In Arab cultures, guests are always served refreshments in…
Senior tour guides inspire senior travellers
Categories: UncategorizedTurning 65 used to mean it was time to trade in the company car for a rocking chair, but today organizations recognize the value of wisdom and life experience gained…
Canadian Mennonite wins four CCP awards
Categories: ArtbeatCoverage of the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) assembly in Paraguay and John H. Neufeld’s three-part series, “Reading the Bible for all its Worth,” earned first-place honours for Canadian Mennonite at…
Volunteer prison visitors honoured
Categories: UncategorizedOn April 30, a man who spent 22 years behind bars took the stage at First Mennonite Church, Edmonton, to share his story at a banquet honouring M2/W2 (Man 2…
Willard Metzger to be next MC Canada general secretary
Categories: UncategorizedWillard Metzger has been appointed to the post of general secretary of Mennonite Church Canada. He will succeed outgoing general secretary Robert J. Suderman, who has served in the post…
Asking the wrong questions
Categories: UncategorizedModerator Aldred Neufeld summed up Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s 23rd annual delegate sessions last month by saying, “Even the wrong decisions can get us to the right place through God’s…
Let’s call it ‘formation hour’
Categories: UncategorizedCalling for more involvement of children in worship by re-naming the traditional Sunday school hour “formation hour,” Lisa Carr-Pries told Mennonite Church Eastern Canada delegates, in their opening session on…
A wall of memories
Categories: UncategorizedI write these thoughts only a few days after returning to Winnipeg, Man., and life at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, but the Middle East already seems so far away. Twenty-four students…
Not just a stepping stone
Categories: UncategorizedAnna Rehan sits behind her desk at the Mennonite Church Saskatchewan offices. This past February, during the conference delegate sessions, the area church’s youth pastor was recognized for 25 years…
Retirement: Eat, drink and be merry?
Categories: ViewpointsWhat comes to mind when you think of retirement: Florida, golf, hobbies, volunteering, generosity, inheritance, higher education, death, or what will I do if I don’t have enough money? The…
Tending the boundaries
Categories: ViewpointsA number of years ago, my husband prepared to take a long trip, which meant we’d be apart for several months. I discussed this situation with a male colleague, who…
Financial trends and church health
Categories: ViewpointsThere are many signs of good spiritual health in the body and ministry system that comprises Mennonite Church Canada. But there are also some worrisome trends. Over the past few…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. What is the relationship between the Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite Church Canada congregations in your community? Do you agree that the relationship between the MBs and other Mennonites has…
Bert Loewen named to Order of Manitoba
Categories: Feature ArticlesAmong the 2010 recipients of the Order of Manitoba, the province’s highest honour, is Bert Loewen, a member of the Mennonite Brethren Church. The announcement was made on May 12…
Jacob D. Reimer’s tombstone discovered in Ukraine
Categories: Feature ArticlesOn a tour in Ukraine in October 2006, Gert and Katherine Martens experienced an emotional moment when a farmer in Oktaybreskoe removed a few planks from his wall and uncovered…
From tension to cooperation
Categories: Feature ArticlesThis year the Mennonite Brethren Church is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a week-long celebration in B.C. in July. What have the MBs contributed to the wider Mennonite community during…
The dollars are here
Categories: EditorialWith Andrew Reesor-McDowell, moderator of Mennonite Church Canada, we are concerned about declining giving to centrally planned ministries of MC Canada. Giving to such ministries, he documents, has decreased by…
Bechtel Lecturer focuses on Mennonites in the Dutch Enlightenment
Categories: UncategorizedDuring his 2010 Bechtel Lecture presentations at Conrad Grebel University College, Ernst Hamm held that as 17th and 18th century Dutch Mennonites were involved in commerce, industry, trade and society…
Put on those shoes of peace
Categories: ArtbeatApplause broke out in the audience at Floradale Mennonite Church when Kevin Bauman (played by Robb Martin), a recently returned Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) member from Palestine, responded to his…
Bill C-11 impinges on refugees’ rights: MCC
Categories: UncategorizedImagine that you and your family are refugees from a technically “safe” country, but are experiencing persecution, violence or the threat of violence in your homeland. To escape this persecution,…
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