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A more inclusive story
Categories: OpinionHow can Mennonite historical sites become sites of decolonization and reconciliation? This question has challenged and inspired my husband Joshua and me for the past four years, as we have…
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MDS launches effort to help drought-affected farmers
Categories: NewsNine years ago, farmers in Saskatchewan sent hay to drought-stricken livestock producers in Ontario through Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada. Now farmers in Ontario are preparing to repay their generosity…
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Toronto-area leaders reflect on virtual worship
Categories: News“It is important to let go of perfectionism and the desire to get things right. We will make mistakes. People forget to go on mute, there is background noise, videos…
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COVID outbreak at Mennonite care home
Categories: NewsMenno Home, one of the residential care homes on Menno Place senior care campus in Abbotsford, experienced a COVID-19 outbreak the first week of September. It was announced by Fraser…
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B.C. churches kick off new church year
Categories: NewsMennonite Church congregations in B.C., most of whom are just resuming in-person worship, are celebrating the beginning of the church year in various ways. Youth and young adults from Chinatown…
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Preserving history
Categories: NewsThe Hoffnungsfelder Mennonite Church, near the village of Mayfair, Sask., needed new siding and windows, but there was no money left in the operating fund. So the Toews family decided…
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The end of an era at MHC Gallery
Categories: PeopleThe founder and curator of the Mennonite Heritage Centre (MHC) Gallery, Ray Dirks, retired after 23 years of leadership. His career at the gallery, which ended on July 31, has…
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New book is ‘essential reading’ on conflict
Categories: PeopleAt the Sept. 9 launch for Betty Pries’ new book, called The Space Between Us: Conversations About Transforming Conflict, Jennifer Ball called it a “handbook for being human,” and “essential…
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Calligrapher creates facemask artwork for fun, reflection
Categories: PeopleWhether they’re covering faces, hanging from rear-view mirrors, lining pockets or lying in gutters, facemasks are ubiquitous. But for Lois Siemens they are also a blank canvas. Siemens is spiritual-care…
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Watch: “Rainmaker” by Upside of Maybe
Categories: Web FirstStratford, Ont.-based rock band Upside of Maybe released its latest music video at the beginning of January, but it took on new resonance in May upon the confirmation of more…
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International Witness Sunday set for Oct. 24
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Church Canada invites congregations across its nationwide community of faith to celebrate International Witness Sunday on Oct. 24, 2021. The focus of this year’s celebration is on experiencing God’s…
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Foodgrains Bank celebrates good harvests in Zimbabwe, Malawi
Categories: Web FirstA combination of favourable weather conditions and good farming practices means many farmers have had a fantastic growing season at many of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank project sites in southern…
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CMU honours Class of 2021
Categories: Web FirstAfter a year of mingling on Zoom and many online classes, the Canadian Mennonite University community gathered in person on Aug. 21 to celebrate the Class of 2021. At an…
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MC Canada announces theme for Gathering 2022
Categories: Web First“We Declare: What We Have Seen and Heard” will be an opportunity for members of the nationwide church to re-examine what it means to tell the good news and to…
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Joani Neufeldt to coordinate Youth Gathering 2022
Joani Neufeldt has been hired by Mennonite Church Canada as the event co-ordinator for Youth Gathering 2022 in Alberta. “Amplify: Giving Voice to What We Have Seen and Heard” is…
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Anabaptist Mennonite Scholars Network relaunched
The Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre, in co-operation with the Institute for Mennonite Studies, has relaunched the Anabaptist Mennonite Scholars Network. The network seeks to respond to the need for increasing…
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Values that set us apart
Categories: EditorialA reader of this magazine thinks we have got our name backwards. He thinks the name should be Mennonite Canadian. “You are Canadian,” he says emphatically. “You think you are…
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Meeting on the common ground of God’s love
Categories: Feature ArticlesDo Mennonites believe there is something intrinsically, inherently important about our denominational institutions? If you think not, then you can skip this article and pick up another article instead. I…
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Readers write: September 13, 2021 issue
Categories: OpinionNonviolence is the greatest ideal and goal Re: “Finding a balance between pacifism and reality” letter, Aug. 16, page 8. Like the letter writer, for much of my life I…
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Take a breath before the plunge
Categories: OpinionWinston Churchill, Great Britain’s Second-World-War-era prime minister, famously said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Or maybe it was Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff and…
