‘We’re still just trying to catch up’
Categories: NewsThe first adventure race fundraiser for Camps with Meaning (CwM) brought more than a hundred people to Camp Assiniboia on Sept. 18 to celebrate another summer of camp and to support…
History, hymns showcased at golden anniversary
Categories: News“What we have heard and known we will tell the next generation,” says the watchword of the Mennonite Historical Society of B.C., and on Oct. 2 at South Abbotsford MB…
Adding friends and funds
Categories: NewsShekinah Retreat Centre, located in the North Saskatchewan River Valley, hosted its annual Move-A-Thon fundraiser on Sept. 17, with 120 people participating in the volunteer-led event. Participants were invited to…
A walk through Mennonite history
Categories: NewsA new trail, spanning almost 55 kilometres across southeastern Manitoba, has been created by a group of Mennonites. The Peace Trail was dreamed up and implemented by the EastMenn Historical…
Praising God in our neighbourhood
Categories: NewsThree Mennonite Church B.C. congregations joined together for the annual Neighbourhood Fall Festival on Sept. 11. First United Spanish Mennonite, Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite and Sherbrooke (English & Korean) churches invited…
‘Under the tall, tall trees of Camp Valaqua’
Categories: NewsFrom July 31 to Aug 4, 132 youth, sponsors, volunteers, parents and planning committee members from across Canada gathered under the tall, tall trees of Camp Valaqua to learn, worship…
Three youths reflect on their experience at Amplify!
Categories: NewsEthan Willms Foothills Mennonite Church, Calgary A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend Amplify! at Camp Valaqua. This was an amazing experience for me, and it left…
The power of language
Categories: NewsHow have you experienced gendered language? Has certain language hurt you or made you feel welcome and safe? These are some of the questions that students reflected on in a…
‘There are no throwaway human beings’
Categories: NewsConstance Woloschuk “In some book I read, in the beginning of the book, it said, ‘There are no throwaway human beings.’ That really stood out for me. To me, that…
‘Finding God in uncertain times’
Categories: NewsEdmonton First Mennonite Church has a long-standing tradition of holding its fall retreat every Labour Day long weekend at Camp Valaqua. For the first time in two years, members were…
Vineland church goes ‘cruising on Menno Street’
Categories: News“Cruising on Menno Street” was the theme of an outdoor event staged by Vineland United Mennonite Church on Aug. 12. Many restored and polished vintage cars were on display in…
‘We have no safe area under the sky’
Categories: NewsFor much of my life I associated Ethiopia with famine. I’m just old enough to recall the searing scenes from Ethiopia in the mid-1980s: windswept, dull-beige landscapes; skeletal cattle; distended…
Believers Church Bible Commentary series nears completion
Categories: NewsAfter almost 40 years of writing and editing, the Believers Church Bible Commentary (BCBC) series is nearing completion. The collection of commentaries covers every book of the Bible, written by…
Zooming with God through the Psalms
Categories: NewsSeveral British Columbia pastors cooperated this summer by preaching sermons on the Psalms and sharing them with each other’s congregations on Zoom. At a Mennonite Church B.C. pastors gathering last…
Urban farm not just about growing veggies
Categories: NewsLifetime experiences and vegetables are being harvested at Winnipeg’s urban farm, Metanoia Farmers Workers Cooperative Ltd., located on the campus of Canadian Mennonite University (CMU). What started as the CMU…
Celebrating a half-century of MCC Thrift
Categories: NewsThe first Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) thrift store opened in March 1972 in Altona, Man. In 2022, the thrift stores are celebrating the 50th anniversary of this first store in…
Bridgefolk asks how to repair harm to Indigenous Peoples
Categories: NewsParticipants in the Bridgefolk movement for dialogue and greater unity between Mennonites and Roman Catholics have long made the phrase, “Proceed through friendship,” their byword. Celebrating their 20th annual…
Jubilee Mennonite votes to become an affirming congregation
Categories: NewsAfter more than a year of discussion, study and prayer, Winnipeg’s Jubilee Mennonite Church—which is part of both Mennonite Church Manitoba and the Manitoba Mennonite Brethren Churches—has decided to welcome…
MCC calls on PM to remove barriers to humanitarian assistance
Categories: NewsMennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada has joined other leading Canadian aid organizations to launch Aid for Afghanistan, a national campaign calling on the Government of Canada to immediately act to…
Manitoba congregations awarded mission grants
Categories: NewsEight Mennonite Church Manitoba congregations will receive a total of $30,000 for missional engagement in their local communities. “Finding intentional ways to love our neighbours is an important practice for…
