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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…
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Leonard Doell receives lifetime achievement award
Categories: PeopleA Saskatchewan man was recently recognized for his decades-long work in peacemaking and community building, especially between Mennonite settlers and Indigenous Peoples. Leonard Doell was honoured with the 2022 Global…
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Growing a business during the pandemic
Categories: PeopleIt was at the end of February 2020 that Lydia Rekrut shook hands with the owner of a floral shop in Thorold, Ont., and bought the business, which included the…
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Singing through the pandemic
Categories: Focus on The ArtsThe Menno Singers choir of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., has been making music since 1955. At that time, Abner Martin, a recent graduate of Kitchener’s Rockway Mennonite School and a student of…
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Founding chorister reflects on retiring from his beloved choir
Categories: Focus on The Arts“Singing has always been life-giving for me.” Gary Harder moved to Toronto in 1987 as pastor of Toronto United Mennonite Church. His arrival coincided with the founding of Pax Christi…
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Sharing art and building community in the digital space
Categories: Focus on The ArtsSince 2011, Theatre of the Beat has been sharing stories and starting conversations about a wide array of social justice issues, with the goal to make the world a safer,…
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The Mennonite Game’s winners and losers
Mention “The Mennonite Game” in Anabaptist circles and you’ll be met with a variety of responses — a knowing chuckle, the rolling of eyes, a blank stare. Many cradle Mennonites,…
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Mennonites in angst over Ukraine invasion
Categories: Web FirstIt’s 10:30 a.m. in Winnipeg, but for Valerie Alipova, it might as well be after supper. Alipova, associate pastor of Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, has been living…
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Watch: MCC partner in Ukraine asks for prayer
Categories: Web FirstA Mennonite Central Committee partner in Ukraine requests prayer in a video clip the relief organization posted on YouTube earlier today. In the video, which was filmed on Monday, Feb.…
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Two years in
Categories: EditorialSince March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic came into the lives of Canadians, this magazine has published many accounts of life in pandemic times. There have been reports on how…
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‘Who are we as the church now?’
Categories: Feature ArticlesJustin Sun has never known pastoring other than during a pandemic. A year-and-a-half into his first pastorate, he says, “It’s been rough. How do I even do this job? I…
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Readers write: March 7, 2022 issue
Categories: OpinionThank you for sharing Janzen tribute Re: “Simple wonder, peculiar generosity,” Jan. 24, page 4. I recall meeting Annie Janzen for the first time at an event hosted at/by Canadian…
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Joining the Office of Fun
Categories: OpinionAfter four decades of ministry primarily focused on youth, young adults and young leaders, I welcomed the invitation to become the director of congregational ministries within Mennonite Church Manitoba. As…
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Waldemar Janzen
Categories: OpinionAt the 1970 Conference of Mennonites in Canada annual sessions in Winkler, Man., Waldemar Janzen, a Canadian Mennonite Bible College professor, gave a report on young people, stating: “Not everything…
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Civil disobedience
Categories: OpinionI smiled seeing a friend post on Facebook, tongue firmly in cheek, that civil disobedience is fine as long as he agrees with the issue. I’ve participated in my share…
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Reta-coloured lenses
Categories: OpinionI’m not sure what happened over the past two years. Maybe I finally accepted that it’s over. We’ve passed the point of no return. Climate change; democracy collapse; and the…
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A prayerful reflection on the protests of February 2022
Categories: OpinionLord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. When tensions grow, positions harden, and hearts grow cold, we call for Canadians to pause, step back and reflect. We see that (on…
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MC Canada issues call to eco-mission
Categories: NewsLeaders of Mennonite Church Canada are calling on the members, congregations and regional churches of the nationwide church to respond to the climate emergency. “We must act, we must act…
