Winnipeg church welcomes its neighbours
Categories: NewsEvery Sunday morning at Home Street Mennonite Church, two ushers hand out bulletins and seat guests for the worship service. But an hour earlier, a group of “Third Ushers” is…
B.C. congregations seek God’s voice in 2020
Categories: NewsCongregations in Mennonite Church British Columbia are greeting the new year with efforts to deepen spirituality and to hear God’s voice more clearly through group study and Bible reading. Learning…
St. Jacobs Mennonite stages ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’
Categories: NewsSome 80 people from all ages were part of staging The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at St. Jacobs (Ont.) Mennonite Church on Dec. 21 and 22. The 1950s era story…
Everything is under the authority of Christ
Categories: NewsGunungan is a figure from traditional Indonesian theatre that represents the world. The leaf-shaped art is used frequently around the country, including at the Mennonite church in seaside Jepara. “This…
Life in a remote B.C. congregation
Categories: NewsGerry Binnema was invited to share news about United Mennonite Church, the congregation he pastors in Black Creek, B.C. Here is his creative and tongue-in-cheek response. Greetings from this far-flung…
‘Re-learning to swim in baptismal waters’
Categories: NewsWe are witnessing the first time in history when many young people in Mennonite Church Canada congregations are actively participating in the church but are choosing not to be baptized.…
Getting into the Christmas spirit across Canada
Categories: NewsIn keeping with the season, Canadian Mennonite has wrapped up four Christmas events—from Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia—into one package for your festive reading. CALGARY—Foothills Mennonite Church hosts a…
Gleaners host Christmas open house to thank supporters
Categories: NewsThe work of farmers is difficult. They have to work with the land to bring about a decent crop in order to make a living. And even though they may…
175 years by faith
Categories: NewsIn 1844, just under a half-hectare of land near the east bank of the Conestoga River was purchased from John Brubacher for the sum of five shillings. A log schoolhouse…
‘A bigger impact in the neighbourhood’
Categories: NewsIn October, Care Montreal opened seven nights a week as a licensed shelter after completing extensive renovations. Now volunteers at the shelter, housed at Hochma, a Mennonite Church Eastern Canada…
Money for missions
Categories: NewsIn 1989, a group of women from St. Catharines United Mennonite Church decided to sell their crafts and baking to raise money for missions. This “making and baking” was something…
Adapting to changing volunteer realities
Categories: News“This is how I am a Christian,” says Heather Driedger of her work with Parkland Restorative Justice. As executive director of the non-profit organization, Driedger provides programs for inmates at…
Churches partner to help residents in recovery
Categories: NewsTwenty years ago, two men attending Vancouver’s Sherbrooke Mennonite Church desperately needed a safe place to live so they could find their way out of the world of addiction. Considering…
Student launches Macrina Magazine
Categories: NewsAt only 21 years old, Micah Enns-Dyck is the founder and editor-in-chief of a new online Christian philosophical journal. Macrina Magazine, which he launched on Oct. 26, features written work…
Girls Club meets monthly because ‘God is fun!’
Categories: NewsIn 2001, Holyrood Mennonite Church sponsored four men who were living in a refugee camp in Ghana with their families due to a 14-year civil war in Liberia. Over time,…
Called to care for the Earth
Categories: News“A lot of people are talking about it. Not a lot of people are taking action,” according to Noa Baergen. So when it comes to the climate crisis, this 16-year-old is…
Understanding the impact of Agent Orange
Categories: NewsDecades after American military forces used Agent Orange to further their efforts in the Vietnam War, this deadly chemical continues to impact the lives of Vietnamese people. Garth and Claire…
Niagara Christian Gleaners repurpose food
Categories: NewsThe Niagara Network Hub of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) recently toured the Niagara Christian Gleaners facility in Smithville. The new non-profit organization aims to divert nearly 3,200 kilograms of…
Fun and fundraising at goods and services auction
Categories: NewsRaising funds for missionary or international purposes has been a tradition among local congregations for decades. That tradition has carried on at Langley Mennonite Fellowship, a congregation of some 100…
Event explores Jews, Mennonites and the Holocaust
Categories: NewsAbout 80 years ago, Jews and Mennonites lived peacefully together in the Ukrainian city of Khortitsa. Then the Nazis came, and everything changed. In 1941, before the invasion, Khortitsa had…
