Setting our sights on God’s shalom vision
Categories: NewsHow has COVID-19 affected you and your community? SWS: The pandemic upended our world here, as it has for so many people. People no longer go to church and need…
MEI planning for in-class reopening
Categories: NewsMennonite Educational Institute in Abbotsford, B.C. plans a Stage 1 reopening of school in September for the 2020-21 academic year. The Province of B.C. defines Stage 1 as a regular…
Together in Worship website set to launch this fall
Categories: News“Worship is the beating heart of the Christian church,” says Carol Penner, who teaches practical theology at Conrad Grebel University College and the University of Waterloo. Penner and a team…
MEDA supporters across North America plan August move-a-thons
Categories: NewsMennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) supporters, whose efforts to create business solutions to poverty, enjoy getting together. In normal years, groups across North America have regular meetings throughout the year,…
Prayer ‘keeps us going’
Categories: NewsAs the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mennonite community in Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia, joins hands and works with the local government to mitigate the risk and manage…
JoinHands grant approved for Calgary Chin Christian Church
Categories: NewsChurch discernment and decision-making can be challenging at the best of times. Making critical decisions about the purchase of property in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is monumental. For…
When pandemics are disasters, MDS is there
Categories: NewsTwenty Mennonite Church Canada congregations are among the first 40 churches that have received grants from the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada Spirit of MDS Fund. The fund was created…
COVID-19 outbreak in Bolivian colonies
Categories: NewsAlthough precise data does not exist, Die Mennonitische Post reports numerous presumed COVID-19-related deaths on several Mennonite colonies in Bolivia. Kennert Giesbrecht, the Post’s editor, who is highly regarded among…
Keeping the arts alive during the pandemic
Categories: NewsCedric Martin, artistic producer of Theatre of the Beat, knows that live theatre “will be one of the last gatherings to be allowed again” as businesses reopen in the shadow…
Engaging with ‘people not like us’
Categories: NewsA group of Mennonite young adults from Alberta has been gathering on Zoom for six Sundays in a row to learn about engaging with “the other.” Topics included “Engaging the…
Churches cautiously resume worship together
Categories: NewsWith most churches remaining closed four months into the pandemic, some in Mennonite Church British Columbia are finding innovative ways to worship together—with limitations. On July 5, members of Sherbrooke…
CM awarded 12 CCCA certificates
Categories: NewsIn the inaugural awards ceremony of the new Canadian Christian Communicators Association (CCCA), Canadian Mennonite received 12 awards for writing, photography, design and original art for work published in 2019.…
Global Mennonite enviro task force established
Categories: NewsThe mandate of a new Mennonite World Conference (MWC) creation care task force states that, “MWC is a global communion of Anabaptist churches that are together facing the climate crisis.”…
Albertans raise money in creative ways for MCC
Categories: NewsNo soup and pie fundraiser in Rosemary. No Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta relief sale in Sherwood Park. No golf fundraisers with barbecued lunches. In other words, no fun—and no…
Pandemic shifts Anglican-Mennonite Dialogue online
Categories: NewsThe Anglican-Mennonite Dialogue scrapped plans for a meeting at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ont., this spring, due to pandemic restrictions but met electronically on May 29 and 30. The…
Embracing disequilibrium
Categories: News“We have to embrace the disequilibrium we feel right now and let it teach us what it needs to teach us,” said Claire Ewert Fisher, interim pastor of Rosthern Mennonite…
Coins count, and so do bottles
Categories: NewsEvery Saturday in May, Rosthern Mennonite Church members drove the streets of Rosthern, picking up bottles and other refundable beverage containers. The church’s Christian education committee normally collects $700 to…
MC Saskatchewan launches online Sunday school for children
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Saskatchewan is offering Sunday school for children via Zoom. Josh and Cindy Wallace started hosting the half-hour sessions at the end of May. So far, about eight families,…
Elementary and secondary schools adapt during pandemic
Categories: NewsMennonite schools are facing the challenge of operating during a pandemic, both now and into the fall, while staying true to their mission to deliver a faith-based, holistic program. Ontario…
Fall plans for Mennonite post-secondary schools
Categories: NewsConrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ont. The COVID-19 pandemic has created many changes and challenges for Grebel. While construction on the kitchen and dining room expansion continues, many other activities…
