Sowing for peace in multicultural Toronto
Categories: News“The Mennonite tradition has a very precious heritage as a peace church,” says Junggyu Anthony Yang. “If we focus more and more on peace in our daily lives, then we…
Prince Albert church holds its final service
Categories: NewsAfter 80 years, Grace Mennonite Church held its closing service on Jan. 31. The service marked a months-long discernment process and a bittersweet celebration of all that God has done…
Eden expands, evolves during pandemic
Categories: NewsBrad Unger The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted many people’s mental health and increased the demand for mental-health care. Helping to guide southern Manitoba through these unprecedented times is Brad…
FAQs: MC Canada sexual misconduct policy
Categories: NewsDoug Klassen Marilyn Rudy-Froese Occasionally readers ask questions about investigations into misconduct by Mennonite leaders. Guiding the process is the “Ministerial Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedure,” a 40-page document released…
‘Trust is foundational in Christian community’
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Canada and MC U.S.A. are collaborating to create a centralized, comprehensive guidebook for regional churches, conferences and congregations that addresses prevention of abuse by lay and credentialled leaders,…
Restorative justice program faces uncertain future
Categories: News“There’s certainly a sense of urgency and immediacy to our request,” says Kerry Reimer, director of Parkland Restorative Justice, based out of Prince Albert, Sask. One of Parkland’s main programs,…
Crossing barriers to reach out to the other
Categories: NewsCésar García With the 17th Mennonite World Conference (MWC) assembly set for Indonesia this July, Canadian Mennonite magazine’s senior writer, Will Braun, talked to César García, the Colombian who serves…
Training course helps navigate difficult COVID-19 conversations
Categories: NewsRight now it feels hard to believe, but eventually the COVID-19 pandemic will end. What will last longer are the strained and hurt relationships the virus has created. Mediation Services…
Pandemic parameters during the fifth wave
Categories: NewsAt the beginning of this pandemic, long-term-care homes were hit hard, with residents contracting the COVID-19 virus and many of them died of it. Walter Sguazzin, executive director of the…
MCC sends food and relief to Cubans in crisis
Categories: NewsThe situation in Cuba was incredibly dire when a shipment of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) relief kits and canned food arrived. “People have told me they haven’t had an egg…
Thriving at Thrift on Mill
Categories: NewsIt may be a pandemic, but Thrift on Mill in Leamington, a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Thrift store, had its highest grossing month of all time in November 2021. General…
Hands-on learning
Categories: NewsThroughout COVID-19, schools and universities across the country have moved between learning in the classroom and online remotely. But what about education happening outside of traditional academic settings? Many people…
Building connections in Japan
Categories: NewsFinding ways to help Japanese and Canadian churches connect with each other is one goal of a pastoral couple serving in Japan after years of ministry in British Columbia. When…
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…
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…
‘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…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
