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‘Signs of solidarity’ among victims of Chile earthquake
Categories: UncategorizedOn the morning of Feb. 27 a one-minute earthquake left nearly 300 dead and a half-million homes destroyed. Power cuts, blocked roads and collapsed communications services made it difficult to…
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Quick connections after quake in Chile
Categories: UncategorizedWithin minutes of hearing midday news reports on Feb. 27 of a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that had occurred earlier that day in Chile, Tim Froese had sent an e-mail alert…
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MC Manitoba records slight deficit
Categories: UncategorizedTom Seals, Mennonite Church Manitoba treasurer, reported that donations from congregations in 2009 were down by 3.4 percent, or $23,442. Although the congregational giving budget had been decreased from the…
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MC Manitoba churches urged to get their youths ‘Outtatown’
Categories: UncategorizedAlthough much of last month’s Mennonite Church Manitoba annual delegates sessions was concerned with the area church’s camping ministries (see “Camping issues top MC Manitoba delegate session,” March 8, page…
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‘Breath of Life’ for MC Saskatchewan
Categories: UncategorizedSaskatchewan delegates took a step into the future during their annual delegate sessions at the end of February, when they accepted a new congregation into their midst and moved to…
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From ‘exhortation to incarnation’ in witness
Categories: UncategorizedFreed from some of the Mennonite ethnic restraints of the past, some 50 pastors from Mennonite Church Saskatchewan attending the annual delegate sessions last month conversed with Alan Kreider about…
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Quake hits close to home
Categories: UncategorizedJan. 12 was a day like no other for Arisnel Mesidor. On this day, Haiti, his homeland—and the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere—was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.…
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Convert . . . or die
Categories: ViewpointsIt’s quite unfashionable these days to think people should change their minds. This is a strange thought that, well, needs to change. In some parts of the world—places some Canadians…
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Pondering dissent from popular films
Categories: ViewpointsWarning: Part A below uses evangelical language. If you are sensitive to harsh judgments, please skip ahead to Part B for a gentle conclusion. Part A: “Hate” is such a…
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New directions in Manitoba
Categories: ViewpointsAt the recent annual gathering of Mennonite Church Manitoba, the talk was about new directions. It seems the search for new ways of organizing ourselves is in the air everywhere.…
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How does your congregation commemorate the pain of the cross and celebrate the joy of Easter? What do you find most meaningful? Peter J. Dyck describes a papier-maché drama…
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Victory through Christ
Categories: Feature Articles“Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Paul, in I Corinthians 15:57). Easter is the most joyous holiday on our calendar. Nature decorates…
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On the road to Emmaus
Categories: Feature ArticlesOn that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about 11 kilometres from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.…
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A crisis of faith and plumbing
Categories: UncategorizedLet the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in…
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A Mennonite artist in the Canadian landscape
Categories: ArtbeatA cornucopia of events and exhibits in Waterloo Region has celebrated the centenary of artist Woldemar Neufeld’s birth. Shows in St. Jacobs, at the Waterloo Children’s Museum, Kuntz Gallery in…
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MDS: Sixty years of service later
Categories: UncategorizedAfter 60 years of building homes for other people, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is doing a little building of its own. The years of trying to run the operation from…
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‘Youth ambassadors’ a new addition to Assembly 2010
Categories: UncategorizedFor the first time ever, the 2010 Mennonite Church Canada assembly will include youth ambassadors as participants in delegate sessions. “Youth are an integral part of the church,” says MC…
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Reclaiming Jesus at Assembly 2010
Categories: UncategorizedFrom June 29 to July 3, delegates from across the country will meet at Ambrose University College in Calgary, Alta., for Mennonite Church Canada’s Assembly 2010, with the theme, “Reclaiming…
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Leadership through sacrifice, self-surrender
Categories: UncategorizedArthur Paul Boers was installed in the R. J. Bernardo Family Chair of Leadership at Tyndale Seminary, Toronto, on Jan. 26. Boers, who formerly taught at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary…
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Abundance in times of need
Categories: ViewpointsSometimes preaching and hearing about God’s abundance is harder than one might expect. Take, for example, Jan. 17, the Sunday after the devastating earthquake in Haiti. On that Sunday, pastors…
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