Community outreach successful with summer VBS
Categories: NewsIn a summer when many public activities, including church services, were curtailed, Living Hope Christian Fellowship of Surrey, B.C., hosted a Vacation Bible School (VBS) program from Aug. 9 to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Fires, COVID-19 affect Kelowna residents
Categories: NewsBetween fires and a COVID-19 outbreak, residents of Kelowna, B.C., including members of First Mennonite Church, have been doubly hit this summer. Rising cases of COVID-19 in the Central Okanagan…
Gutter cleaning fundraiser for Wi-Fi boosters
Categories: NewsTwo Mennonite high school students from African countries were interviewed and accepted into the Civic Engagement by Newcomer Youth program last fall through the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers. One…
Staying strong
Categories: NewsAt a time when many churches are dealing with declining numbers in their pews, Hamilton (Ont.) Mennonite Church has grown. Membership in 1965 was 28; before the pandemic attendances averaged…
Plaque honours Mennonite maids of Vancouver
Categories: NewsA new plaque honours the young Mennonite women who worked as domestic help in Vancouver in the mid-20th century. An initiative of The Places That Matter, this is No. 89…
Renewing life on the stage
Categories: NewsMennonites are sometimes associated with their four-part harmony rather than their acting, but one group has been making a name for Mennonites in the theatre for decades. Winnipeg Mennonite Theatre,…
Three churches navigate the loss of meeting space
Categories: NewsChurch is not made of bricks and mortar, but for most congregations—not all—a building is integral. Congregations that lose their building face big questions about identity and the essentials of…
Springridge Mennonite considers the birds of the Bible
Categories: NewsWho knew that ostriches are mentioned multiple times in the Bible? Job 39:13 says: “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and the…
Congregation holds memorial service for graves at residential school sites
Categories: NewsOsler Mennonite Church congregants gathered on Canada Day, July 1, in the local cemetery next door, to sing some hymns, share their sorrow and pray together. But it wasn’t one…
An Indigenous woman’s journey and advice to Mennonites
Categories: NewsShe was born Danielle Dubois and placed in foster care at age three. She stayed in five different foster homes until, shortly before her fifth birthday, the Loewen family adopted…
Summer camping returns to Squeah
Categories: NewsAfter a too-quiet 2020, when summer camps were cancelled due to the pandemic, Camp Squeah of Hope, B.C., is once again a place to hear the sounds of children’s laughter…
Bake sale, borscht and bouncy castles
Categories: NewsA September tradition in British Columbia is returning with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C. Festival for World Relief, scheduled in Abbotsford on Sept. 17 and 18. While the…
MDS Canada, MCC complete office renovation project in Timmins
Categories: NewsIn light of the news about the unmarked graves of children at former residential schools in B.C., Saskatchewan and other parts of the country, the work of Mennonite Disaster Service…
