Fellowship is stronger than lockdowns
Categories: News“Together on [Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday], we feel connected to our brothers and sisters all over the world,” said Jannie Nijwening, pastor at Doopsgezind Gemeente Zaanstreek in the Netherlands. Around…
Join the crowd
Categories: NewsFifteen congregations have launched new websites through the Mennonite Church Canada congregational website hub. “On the one hand, it’s hard work but it’s creative work,” says Rachel Siemens, pastor of…
Saskatoon man teaches gardening online
Categories: NewsThe seed that eventually grew into the Vegetable Academy was planted when Jared Regier was a boy working, somewhat reluctantly, in his parents’ garden. “Good food was always part of…
Mennonite leaders weigh in on vaccination
Categories: NewsShould Mennonite Church Canada leaders promote vaccines during this public health emergency? That question arose in January when Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer, met with over 1,300…
What is appropriate humour?
Categories: NewsIt may seem obvious when humour crosses the line, but Christians have not always agreed when it is appropriate and when it is not. In fact, throughout many periods of…
CMU Xplore program ventures into new territory
Categories: NewsWhen Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) moved its Xplore classes online for the fall 2020 semester due to COVID-19, Marlene Janzen was thrilled. Janzen lives in Ottawa, so the new format…
‘We had a huge spike’
Categories: NewsWhen COVID-19 struck last March, farmers who sell food directly to customers saw a rush on their products. “It seemed like people were just googling farms to go right to…
Living in the moment (during COVID-19)
Categories: NewsEven in the midst of a pandemic, six young adults from Germany and France chose to continue with their plans to serve with Mennonite Voluntary Service Adventure in Lethbridge. They…
You are invited to join the table
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Canada’s International Witness program invites congregations across its nationwide community of faith to join networks of support for its International Witness ministries. “Being part of the network…
The importance of a ‘generous space’ in Manitoba
Categories: NewsJamie Arpin-Ricci Thousands of LGBTQ+ Christians have found community at Generous Space Ministries. Manitoba Mennonites are no exception. In fact, Pastor Jamie Arpin-Ricci is Generous Space’s director of community for…
Appeal for funds garners no small potatoes
Categories: NewsWhen the missions and service ministry team at Mount Royal Mennonite Church in Saskatoon was trying to identify a giving project the congregation could rally behind, it thought of the…
‘Help me to see how you see it’
Categories: NewsSafwat Marzouk “I want to learn from you.” These words express the attitude in an intercultural church. Keynote speaker Safwat Marzouk encouraged this posture of openness at a recent online…
Churches work together to serve curbside Christmas dinner
Categories: NewsOn Christmas Day, 137 free turkey dinners were served up for people who needed some Christmas cheer in the Wilmot and Wellesley townships of Waterloo Region. The curbside Christmas dinner…
MWC Executive Committee approves expansion plan
Categories: NewsIn online Mennonite World Conference (MWC) meetings in mid-November 2020, the Executive Committee approved expansion of MWC’s structure to include new specialized networks. Deliberation of the proposal to accept new…
Partnership provides ‘exciting opportunity’ to address affordable housing
Categories: NewsThe need is great. Six thousand people wait for affordable housing in Waterloo Region. Local government is committed to creating 25,000 new housing units in the next five years, but…
‘Meet you at the manger’
Categories: NewsIn the early morning of Dec. 25, 2020, still dark and with snow on the ground, a small group of people gathered in front of Yarrow United Mennonite Church to…
Riverton Fellowship Circle’s legacy lives on
Categories: NewsWhen the soft cloud of an expired dandelion explodes, the flower is gone, but the seeds that have spread far and wide soon erupt into new life. So it is…
‘A matter of principle’
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Canada is backing up the establishment of a new Sustainability Leadership Group (SLG) with a $220,000 upgrade to its head office in Winnipeg. The goals of the new…
Scholar researches coverage of sexual violence in Mennonite church press
Categories: NewsIn her recent research Carol Penner surveyed how the church periodicals, Gospel Herald, The Mennonite, and Canadian Mennonite reported on sexual violence from 1970 to the present. What she found…
Building relationships through online campus ministry
Categories: NewsStress, anxiety and loneliness are among the many challenges that university students face during this era of remote learning and physical distancing. In past years, Inter-Mennonite Chaplaincy Association (IMCA) operated…
