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University ministry celebrated
Every year around Valentine’s Day, the Menno Office Charcuterie and Coffee House brings together students, their families, alumni and supporters of Menno Office to enjoy each other’s company with good food and music in a warm, inviting setting. Menno Office, a University of Manitoba chaplaincy ministry, offers an Anabaptist Christian presence in an effort to…
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Family in Gaza returns home only to be forced out again
Inside the one remaining room of Khayria’s bombed out house in northern Gaza, the 60- year-old woman tends a cookpot of greens over an open wood fire. The smoke can escape because one wall is gone, opening the room to the outdoors. Through the opening, Khayria can see broken down buildings and rubble where her…
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Award of Excellence presented to two Ontario Historians
In the opening moments of the annual general meeting of the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada Brian Froese challenged attendees to “test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good,” (1 Thes 5:21). As historians, we examine the historical record, we sift through the material, choosing what to remember and what to forget…
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MCBC AGM recap
Mennonite Church B.C. held its annual general meeting on February 21–22 at Eden Mennonite in Chilliwack, hosted by area churches. The theme was “One New Humanity: Becoming a Church for All People.” Discussion of business items such as bylaw changes and budget took place in multiple forums before the AGM. First, the MCBC leadership board…
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Church agencies see impacts of USAID cuts
While Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) do not depend on funds from USAID—the United States Agency for International Development—they are witnessing the results of the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to USAID. In a recent article in Broadview magazine, Andy Harrington, executive director of CFGB, said the USAID changes are having a…
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Témoignage d’un pasteur en pleine violence en RDC
Parlant depuis son domicile à Bukavu, en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), le 23 février, Josué Seleman a raconté des troubles dans la ville de Bukavu depuis l’entrée des rebelles paramilitaires M-23 dans la ville le 14 février, trois semaines après avoir capturé la ville de Goma dans l’est du pays. Seleman est médecin et…
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Film updates Stoney Knoll story
The new documentary Reserve 107: A Path Forward tells the story of a small grassroots group that built friendships across religious and ethnic lines and motivated the government of Canada to begin repairing an historic injustice. The film, directed by Brad Langendoen of Rebel Sky Media, is a companion to the award-winning 2015 documentary Reserve…
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Kathryn Lymburner appointed publisher of Canadian Mennonite
Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service (CMPS) has chosen Kathryn Lymburner to serve as the next publisher of Canadian Mennonite, starting April 1. Lymburner will replace Tobi Thiessen, who started in 2017 and is planning to retire. As a former chair and board member of CMPS, Lymburner comes to the role with a knowledge of both the…
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Pastor reports amid violence in DR Congo
Speaking from his home in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 23, Josué Seleman told of the turmoil in the city after M23 paramilitary rebels entered Bukavu on February 14, three weeks after capturing nearby Goma in the east of the country. Seleman is a medical doctor and pastor of a church that is…
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Sitting in the struggle
Tany Warkentin’s experience on a recent learning pilgrimage in South Africa has inspired her to deepen the connections and relationships she’s forming in her own life and work. “I don’t know if I’ve experienced one week that has caused so much reflection in so many different areas of my life,” Warkentin said.Warkentin, 45, is in…
