Three Sisters theme flavours Reconciliation Day potluck
Categories: NewsOn Sunday, September 24, members and friends of Preston Mennonite Church in Cambridge, Ontario, held a Three Sisters potluck. The date was chosen to commemorate The National Day of Truth…
Poet Sarah Ens wins national book award
Categories: NewsManitoba writer Sarah Ens has won the national ReLit Award (poetry category) for her book Flyway. ReLit is hailed by the Globe and Mail as “the country’s pre-eminent literary prize…
Spirit of MDS Fund invites applications for 2023–24
Categories: NewsOne way that Peace Church on 52nd in Vancouver serves its local community is by hosting community dinners that are free and open to all. Over the time it has…
Scholar seeks wisdom from Mennonite green projects
Categories: NewsJoanne Moyer is looking for stories. Moyer, who is the associate professor and director of Environmental Studies and Geography at The King’s University in Edmonton, is undertaking a large-scale research…
Poetic justice
Categories: NewsFor Di Brandt, being a poet is a natural extension of her upbringing in the Manitoba Mennonite village of Reinland. She says the hymns of her youth were poetic, and…
Single Moms’ Camp brings golden healing
Categories: News“It’s so hard to explain something that feels so sacred to you,” Amanda Pot said when asked to describe Single Moms’ Camp at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp in New Hamburg,…
Six stories of women’s ordination in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s
Categories: NewsEsther Patkau In the 1950s, Mennonite churches in Canada had the practice of ordaining missionaries. What church leaders could not imagine at home seemed acceptable for women who would be…
Bledsoe joins Edmonton First Mennonite
Categories: NewsDebbie Bledsoe began her role as a co-pastor at First Mennonite Church in Edmonton on August 23. Bledsoe, who is a recent graduate of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, describes her…
RJC stakes its claim on Anabaptist identity
Categories: NewsFour years ago, things were looking dire for RJC High School in Rosthern, Saskatchewan. Enrollment was the lowest ever, at 65 students. It had been slowly declining for 20 years,…
Mennonites join call for landfill search
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Canada, along with the regional churches, has issued a statement calling on “all levels of government” to support a search of the Prairie Green Landfill near Winnipeg for…
Indigenous camps draw church-goers
Categories: NewsFor David Driedger, who serves as leading minister at First Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, the Manitoba government’s refusal to fund a search for the remains of two murdered Indigenous women…
Horsing around for global relief
Categories: NewsMission is the place where your passion and the needs of the world meet. Donita Wiebe-Neufeld’s passion for horses led her to participate in a unique fundraiser for Mennonite Central…
Squeah director reflects on summer challenges and successes
Categories: NewsDespite challenges including a fire ban and a staffing shortage, Mennonite Church B.C.’s Camp Squeah enjoyed a successful summer, according to camp director Rob Tiessen. Rob Tiessen. “We were thankful…
Holy Land pilgrimage planned for May
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Canada’s Palestine-Israel Network is inviting people to join its Palestine-Israel tour, scheduled for May 11-26, 2024. If you’re passionate about peace wedded to justice, biblical perspectives on the…
MDS Canada closes response in Cape Breton
Categories: NewsFor Amanda McDougall-Merrill, mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, volunteers with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada did more than repair homes damaged by Hurricane Fiona in Cape Breton. “You…
Anabaptist Bible project gets feedback
Categories: NewsLocal contributors to an Anabaptist Bible that is set for publication in 2025 met with the Bible’s advisory group last month. The advisory group for the Anabaptist Community Bible met…
Angola settlement big step for colonies
Categories: NewsSeveral families from a Mennonite colony in Campeche, Mexico, arrived in Angola earlier this year to begin a new settlement in the African nation. It is believed to be the…
The facility of faith
Categories: NewsJohn Enns remembers a time when 200 children filled the Sunday school classrooms at Waterloo Kitchener United Mennonite Church (WKUM). Currently, the congregation has 225 registered members, but less than…
Lymburner elected chair of Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service
Categories: NewsOn May 13, Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service (CMPS) held its 52nd AGM via video conference. CMPS is the non-profit body that publishes Canadian Mennonite magazine. Kathryn Lymburner of Stouffville, Ontario,…
