Catholic-Mennonite gathering planned for Winnipeg
Categories: NewsOne could say Anabaptism began as a rebellion against Catholicism. Our forebears bled and died so we could be not-Catholic. Time does not erase the past, but intervening centuries…
Building unity in the body of Christ
Categories: NewsThere are hundreds of denominations within Christianity, and it can be easy to focus on the differences between them all. But a group of Mennonites and Anglicans is breaking through…
Walking and talking along the trail
Categories: NewsIn solidarity with their First Nations neighbours, Mennonites in the Fraser Valley joined others in a Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation from May 31 to June 2. The event…
The women of Alberta rediscover Mary
Categories: News“We grew up never talking about Mary. It was like the Catholics got Mary in the divorce settlement and Mennonites got a 30-minute sermon,” said Irma Fast Dueck in her…
‘My place is right here’
Categories: NewsIt was all about working together for the good of the local Cambridge community when Preston and Wanner Mennonite churches partnered with a local theatre group to support the work…
Breathing new life into a centuries-old folk art tradition
Categories: NewsAn Ontario artist is enlivening a Mennonite folk-art tradition that hasn’t been widely practised for more than 150 years. Meg Harder’s six-piece exhibit, “New Fraktur,” draws on the detailed, illuminated…
Muslims learn about Mennonites
Categories: NewsOn April 30, several Muslim families from Waterloo Region toured The Mennonite Story in St. Jacobs, in order to understand more about Mennonites. Leon Kehl of Floradale Mennonite Church extended…
Rooted in community
Categories: News“If an alien ship were to come take our church away, would anyone notice?” This is the question that members of Jubilee Mennonite Church asked themselves more than a decade…
Exploring ‘flourishing congregations’ in secular society
Categories: NewsKey factors surrounding flourishing congregations in Canada, and how congregations can thrive and grow in an age of diminishing importance of the church in society, were the topics for a…
Coming in the front door
Categories: NewsCharles Olfert is enthusiastic about creating buildings that meet their users’ needs. A principal architect with AODBT Architecture + Interior Design, he recently applied that passion to the study of…
A home for human trafficking survivors
Categories: News“When God has a plan,” says Christine Langschmidt, “it just happens, despite us.” Langschmidt is director and chair of Aurora House, which provides community-based housing for human-trafficking survivors. The project…
‘I am getting help now’
Categories: News“Close your eyes and imagine you are walking to your garden,” says Saint-Hilaire Olissaint, a community mental-health worker. His calm, soothing voice carries over the din of the nearby street…
Murky lessons from a political firestorm
Categories: NewsAs the partisan jostling over SNC Lavalin wanes, we can more clearly examine the ethical questions at the core of a scandal that Mennonite cabinet minister Jane Philpott stepped right…
Calgary church offers space for community events
Categories: News“Light up the church.” That’s what members of Calgary Inter-Mennonite decided they wanted to do when asked about ways to engage with their local community. What that meant for the…
Tuesdays at Faith
Categories: NewsLike at many Mennonite churches, the back of any given pew at Faith Mennonite in Leamington includes a blue hymnal, an offering envelope, and, for the lucky few, a small,…
CM brings home 10 CCP awards
Categories: NewsCanadian Mennonite executive editor Virginia A. Hostetler returned from Winnipeg following the 2019 Canadian Church Press (CCP) convention and awards banquet earlier this month with a total of 10 certificates…
‘It’s all worship’
Categories: NewsRepresentatives of 107 congregations from Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick gathered at Steinmann Mennonite Church for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s annual church gathering on April 26 and 27, framed around…
Finding the balance between grace and responsibility
Categories: NewsIt’s been eight months since Thomas and Terri Lynn Friesen opened their Saskatoon home as The Vine and Table intentional community. For Terri Lynn, those eight months have been “an…
Breaking through the screen
Categories: NewsScreens. They are what many people look at to check the time, talk to their friends, prepare for meetings and unwind at the end of the day. But it’s not…
What to expect at MC Canada’s annual general meeting?
Categories: NewsQ. What is the purpose of the delegate session at Gathering 2019? A. Delegates will review and ratify Joint Council actions; receive and review reports from our programs—International Witness, Indigenous-Settler Relations and…
