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Bethel Mennonite leaves MC B.C.
Categories: NewsBethel Mennonite Church of Langley, one of the oldest congregations in Mennonite Church British Columbia, held its last service on June 26. However, its doors are not closed; the church…
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‘Walking together, doing things together’
Categories: PeopleAlthough the focus was on the Roman Catholic Church when the Pope visited Canada in late July, Mennonites also have a role to play in promoting reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples…
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Bluegrass band enjoying ‘a real music summer’
Categories: Web FirstAfter more than two years of putting a pause on performing, Manitoba bluegrass quintet the Stanley County Cut-ups is finally playing again. “I would say that the cogs are back…
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Watch: Highlights from Indonesia
Categories: Web FirstLast month, people from around the world gathered in Indonesia for the Mennonite World Conference’s 17th assembly. In an outdoor venue at a Mennonite seminary on a mountaintop in the…
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Exploring the Anabaptist family online
Categories: EditorialAs a self-described church nerd, I love to learn about my larger church family, and I’ve found much to explore online related to the Anabaptist-Mennonite world. I’m curious about my…
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Diversity in our unity: Belonging to each other in the body of Christ
Categories: OpinionWhen I was a young adult volunteer in Jamaica, part of Mennonite Central Committee’s Serving and Learning Together (SALT) program, I brought a pie to a Mennonite church-sponsored baking competition…
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Finding redemptive peace in Revelation
Categories: OpinionThe idea that Christ will return someday “riding on a horse, galloping through town and lopping off heads, is a blatant misreading of what is going on here,” writes Jeremy…
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Myanmar church growing, though half its members displaced
Categories: NewsRoughly half the members of the Bible Missionary Church (BMC), a Mennonite denomination in Myanmar, are now displaced. An estimated 415 families, or 2,000 people, have fled to the jungle…
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Mennonite Brethren leaders remove section of book
Categories: NewsControversy over a new book commissioned by the Mennonite Brethren (MB) Historical Commission has resulted in attention drawn to the very thing church leaders were probably hoping to keep…
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Looking back, looking forward
Categories: NewsDanforth Mennonite Church is a small, urban congregation on the Danforth in Toronto. In late June, we met in person and virtually to celebrate 115 years as a congregation. It…
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Connections, cleanup and construction in Japan
Categories: NewsGerald and Rie Neufeld, who left Canada for Japan last year, are taking an active part in the life of Japanese churches while still relating to their Surrey, B.C., congregation,…
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MCC Alberta encourages refugee sponsorship
Categories: News“I have learned that there is an overwhelming amount of need and suffering in this world. It is not up to us to solve every problem out there, but we…
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Music builds bridges to Africa
Categories: PeopleA chance connection on social media led Heidi Epp, a music teacher from B.C., to travel to Africa this summer to teach music and peace and conflict transformation. Kendri…
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Biking and hiking raise funds for Alberta organizations
Categories: PeopleThis summer, Alberta supporters of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Camp Valaqua got physical to raise funds. MCC Alberta The group that calls itself Wheels of Waterton grew out…
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Emmaus House concludes decade of intentional community living
Categories: PeopleRod and Susan Reynar made a huge life change in 2014 when they moved from Alberta to Manitoba and started Emmaus House, an intentional community for university students in Winnipeg.…
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Saskatchewan churches celebrate marriage and refugee sponsorship
Categories: PeopleSpecial celebrations were held at two congregations in Saskatchewan this summer. Osler Mennonite Church If a 50th wedding anniversary is golden, what would 150 years be? Three couples at…
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Missionary to Argentina dies
Categories: PeopleDelbert Erb, who served God in Argentina for more than seven decades, died June 14, in Buenos Aires. “He decided that his heart and ashes would remain in Choele Choel,…
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Goshen College alum appointed to the Order of Canada
GOSHEN, IND.—David Waltner-Toews ’71, a 1971 Goshen College graduate, was recently appointed to the Order of Canada. He was appointed “for his leadership and expertise in ecosystem approaches to health,…
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Declaring what we have seen and heard
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word…
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Indonesia 2022 roundup
Categories: Web FirstMennonite World Conference held its 17th global assembly on July 5 to 10, in various locations in Indonesia. Before this conference, Mennonite-Anabaptist youth and young adults gathered for Global Youth Assembly.…
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