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Sponsors sought for Afghan Christian refugee families
Categories: Web FirstMennonite church leaders in Canada are appealing to their congregations to help bring 100 Afghan Christian refugee families to this country. The appeal comes from the Canadian Council of Anabaptist…
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MCC partners in Ukraine work to meet physical and spiritual needs
Categories: Web FirstIn the silence that lived between the deadly warnings of air raid sirens, the sound of a small choir, singing a song of praise, echoed out of a church sanctuary…
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Young adult Bible curriculum celebrates diversity
“Diversity: God’s Design” is a new multimedia study from Mennonite Church U.S.A. that calls young adults to celebrate the intentional diversity of God’s creation. The free, four-week curriculum uses biblical…
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Youth Gathering 2022 registration now open
Registration for Mennonite Church Canada’s Youth Gathering 2022 is now open. “Amplify! giving voice to what we have seen and heard” is a nationwide gathering for youth aged 12 to…
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Applications open for MDS Canada summer youth group program
Making trails, building a new rope course, repairing cabins and enjoying a week in beautiful New Brunswick: These are the things awaiting youth groups that want to do service with…
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‘The Land Is Not Empty’ named in Outreach magazine
Outreach magazine selected the Herald Press book The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine as an “Also Recommended” resource in the…
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Mennonite organizations providing aid in Ukraine
Categories: Web FirstA humanitarian aid organization in Molochansk, Ukraine, founded by Canadian Mennonites continues to help the community amidst Russia’s ongoing invasion. Staff at the Mennonite Centre have spent the last three…
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‘For the joy of ear and eye’
Categories: EditorialAs I write, the horrific attacks on the people of Ukraine continue, but recently I witnessed a sign of beauty amidst the chaos. Standing in a grey bomb shelter, with…
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Worship through visual art
Categories: Feature ArticlesOne of the striking things about Voices Together, the new Mennonite song collection, is that it includes 12 pieces of visual art. Images reach into our lives in a different…
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Readers write: March 21, 2022 issue
Categories: OpinionA pastoral letter regarding Ukraine Beloved sisters and brothers in Ukraine: Today, war has come to your homeland. We grieve the danger, death and destruction that this plague brings. We…
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Life can be real
Categories: Opinion“Life can be real / on a snowmobile,” croons Canadian music legend Stompin’ Tom Connors in one of his many songs about Canadian life and culture. As someone who occasionally…
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Kitchener MWC Assembly
Categories: OpinionMennonite Publishing House occupies a corner in the Kitchener (Ont.) Auditorium with its bookstand at the Mennonite World Conference assembly in 1962. Three women in the foreground gravitate towards the…
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‘Make your tents large’
Categories: OpinionIn my federal voting life, I have voted only for the Liberal party. When I suggested that as the opening sentence for my next Canadian Mennonite column, my two eldest…
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A culture of peace
Categories: OpinionThe very day that Russia sent tanks across the Ukrainian border, a book on nonviolence arrived at my door. Sometimes I wonder if God does that sort of thing intentionally.…
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A blip in the family tree
Categories: OpinionAs I read through long lists of descendants in the first chapters of First Chronicles, some names are familiar, like the sons of Jacob and other names I’ve encountered in…
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the comet
Categories: OpinionWhat would you do if you heard that all life on earth was about to end? This is the premise behind Don’t Look Up, an Academy Awards best-picture nominee, released…
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Unity, positivity pervade MC B.C. meeting
Categories: NewsWith the theme taken from Romans 15:13, “What gives us hope?” Mennonite Church B.C. conducted its annual meeting on Feb. 26 via Zoom. This was the second year for the…
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MC Manitoba reflects on shared life together
Categories: NewsFor the second year in a row, the members of Mennonite Church Manitoba came together on Zoom screens, instead of in a church sanctuary, for their annual gathering, due to…
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MCC partners in Ukraine supply essential care
Categories: NewsTry to imagine hearing air raid sirens scream out their warning. In your panic, you seek shelter. Your freezing fingers remind you of the warm coat you’ve forgotten back home.…
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Doug Klassen’s contract renewed
Categories: PeopleDoug Klassen’s term as executive minister of Mennonite Church Canada has been renewed for a second three-year term beginning June 1. “We received strong affirmation for Doug’s renewal from Joint…
