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MDS responds to flooding in Princeton, B.C.
Categories: News“The Mennonites are coming!” That was the buzz around the town of Princeton, B.C., in early December 2021, when the first 16 Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers arrived to help…
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Baptism in a barrel
Categories: NewsIt is very difficult to go to the northern part of Ethiopia after the war broke out. Despite the security concerns, when I heard that members of our church in…
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‘Courageous Imagination’
Categories: NewsIt is “progress report” time, partway through Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s year-long discernment process. “Courageous Imagination: A journey together listening for God” was initiated last spring by the executive council…
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Exhibit explores the meaning of head coverings
Categories: NewsThe vast majority of North American Mennonite and Muslim women do not wear any sort of veil or head covering. Why then do head coverings receive so much public attention?…
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Menno Office offers tangible support through care packages
Categories: NewsUniversity of Manitoba students who gather online for peer support, topical discussion and spiritual guidance in the E-Menno Office had an unexpected surprise during the fall term. Students were recipients…
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Churches leave a legacy
Categories: NewsIn 2020, three Mennonite Church Saskatchewan congregations—Zoar Mennonite Church, Waldheim; Hanley Mennonite Church; and Superb Mennonite Church, near Kerrobert—made the difficult decision to close their doors and hold their final…
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Young adults are leaving the church but not Jesus
Categories: NewsDepictions of God have always informed the faith of Christian believers. Colin McCartney’s new book, Let the Light In: Healing from Distorted Images of God (Herald Press), on the other…
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This is your family
Categories: PeopleHave you ever been introduced to a distant relative for the first time—maybe you didn’t even know that person existed—and yet you immediately felt a connection with them? After all,…
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Christian Aid Ministries hostages released
Categories: Web FirstAfter a two-month ordeal in Haiti, the last 12 kidnapped staff members of Christian Aid Ministries made their way to freedom on Dec. 16, 2021. Seventeen people were taken hostage…
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Ethiopian Mennonites killed, churches burned
Categories: Web FirstMore than 400 Mennonite churches in Ethiopia have been affected by civil strife that started in November 2020. Though information is hard to verify and numbers will likely rise, about…
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Advent 2021 a time of sharing in MC B.C.
Categories: Web FirstCongregations in Mennonite Church B.C. have been observing Advent in various ways through December. Yarrow United Mennonite celebrated First Advent, the Sunday of joy, with a bulletin display set up…
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The joy of receiving
My mom worked hard to make Christmas happy and special for me, but it wasn’t easy. My family was what I would now understand as extremely marginalized, and we experienced…
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Digital connections
Categories: EditorialLiving in pandemic times, we have realized how important it is to stay connected with each other, as friends, in our own neighbourhoods and as church communities. We need contact…
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The heart of evangelism
Categories: OpinionIn warmer months, a circle of seven or so adults gathers in my backyard on Sunday afternoons. We earnestly discuss Scripture, share the highs and lows of our lives, ask…
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Children’s book should also be read by adults
Categories: OpinionBarbara Nickel has done something very clever with her book Dear Peter, Dear Ulla. She brings Mennonite history to life as she presents the daily struggles of two related families…
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A small town that cares
Categories: OpinionThe recent floods in southern British Columbia have wreaked havoc in many ways, devastating towns and roads, and deeply impacting communities. In the face of this disaster, our small town…
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A small effort is ‘making a difference’
Categories: NewsTravelling from Canada to meet with Congolese and Angolan church leaders in Africa, Rudy Dirks is struck not by the cultural, social and economic differences between himself and those he…
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Mennonite Heritage Village donates season passes to Steinbach community
Categories: NewsIn response to a fundraising appeal letter from Steinbach Community Christmas in October, Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) determined that it didn’t have any money to give, but decided that it…
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Shekinah Retreat Centre installs electric vehicle charging station
Categories: NewsThe Shekinah Retreat Centre, located near Waldheim, Sask., is now home to an electric vehicle (EV) charging station. Shekinah, which is one of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan’s camps, had the station…
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Art project brings congregation together
Categories: NewsA new art project on the subject of “journey” that members of the Emmanuel Mennonite Church congregation took part in painting is now hanging above the building’s front doors. The…
