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MCC Alberta’s GO!100 campaign continues into 2021
WATERTON NATIONAL PARK, ALTA.—Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta’s GO!100 campaign originated in 2020 to replace funds from the cancelled Relief Sale and to celebrate a century of relief, development and…
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Global Anabaptist family encouraged to donate to vaccination efforts
Categories: Web FirstTanzania, home to 66, 744 baptized members of Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania, less than one percent of the population has received vaccination protection against COVID-19. Mennonite World Conference is calling on…
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Peace on the screen
Categories: EditorialA rant is taking shape in your brain, anger is seething in your gut, your finger is poised over the “post” button. What could possibly go wrong? One option is…
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What is the loving thing to do?
Categories: OpinionThere is no question that COVID-19 has been disruptive. We, like the Israelites, found ourselves wandering in the wilderness, anxious to get back to normal. We have realized that “normal”…
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Expanded belonging
Categories: OpinionI’m not naturally a morning person; it usually takes a lot to get me started at the beginning of my day. But this last Wednesday, I set my alarm a…
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MCC responds to bombing in Gaza
Categories: NewsNighttime was the hardest for Mahmoud Alhalimi. With the electricity cut and bombs falling, the hours were dark and loud, as he tried in vain to help his two young…
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MennoCon21 goes hybrid to amplify message of peace, inclusion
Categories: NewsMennonite Church U.S.A.’s smallest and first hybrid convention, “Bring the peace!” drew more than 1,000 people—608 at Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and at least 495 online —over…
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Conference on aging and spirituality broadens international participation
Categories: NewsThis past June, scholars, practitioners, support workers, health-care experts and interested parties from across the globe gathered together virtually over the course of three weeks to advance the connections between…
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Seven ways to worship without singing
Categories: OpinionWhat can services look like without music? Mennonites express their unity and diversity through singing together. The coronavirus pandemic silenced many voices for the sake of public safety. As congregations…
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MCC volunteers worked at boarding school being probed
Categories: NewsMennonite Central Committee (MCC) supported an Indigenous boarding home that is under investigation by the Saskatchewan RCMP. The Mounties say a complaint was made in 2020 about a death that…
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Grassroots podcast aims for connections across nationwide church
Categories: NewsThe MennoCast, a new podcast aimed at connecting Mennonites across Canada, launched on June 23. “It’s been a dream for years. I’m just so happy that it’s out!” says Moses…
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Rockway community fosters safe and healthy learning spaces
Categories: NewsIn April, prior to Ontario schools returning to online learning, two Rockway Mennonite Collegiate families set out to make the learning spaces in the school safer for students. They introduced…
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Mennonite organizations look to help with B.C. forest fires
Categories: NewsWhen the village of Lytton, B.C,. was nearly destroyed by wildfires in mid-August, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C. was among those that moved to help. This is one of more…
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Will COVID-19 create lasting divisions in churches?
Categories: OpinionThe correlation is unavoidable. Some of the areas with the lowest vaccination rates in Canada are areas inhabited by lots of Mennonites. The Globe and Mail reported on vaccination resistance…
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Seminary bids farewell to Safwat Marzouk
Categories: PeopleIn July, Safwat Marzouk concluded his roles as associate professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and chair of the Bible Department at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), after 10 years of…
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Entrepreneur takes leaps of faith to become a ‘Mennonite called into business’
Categories: PeopleIt has happened more than once. Someone approaches social entrepreneur Leon Kehl with the name of a highly qualified person who needs help getting a start in Canada. Kehl has…
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Peace award recognizes young artist
Categories: PeopleDona Park, a young Korean-Canadian artist, is one of the first two recipients of Mennonite Church U.S.A.’s #BringthePeace Award, sponsored by the denomination’s Church Peace Tax Fund. Park, who affiliates…
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Working on different ends of the agriculture spectrum
Categories: PeopleFor many students, the outdoor education class at RJC High School was fun, memorable and character building. But for most, the skills aren’t ones they now use in their everyday…
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Gardening project provides tasty ‘notes of love’
ST. CATHARINES, ONT.—Since 2016, Grace Mennonite Church has run an outreach program to provide garden space for church members, newcomers to Canada and church neighbours who didn’t have any room…
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‘Rocky Railway’ makes stop at church station
ST. CATHARINES, ONT.—It was with great joy that St. Catharines United Mennonite Church was able to host Vacation Bible Camp for 32 children in Senior Kindergarten to Grade 6 during…
