Events Calendar

MCBC Women's retreat at Camp Squeah. Theme: Contagious Joy.

Mennonite Heritage Museum, Abbotsford, present the film "The Birth of Anabaptism," as taught by Abraham Friesen, at 1:30 p.m. each day.

Mennonite Heritage Museum, Abbotsford, presents "Menno's Reins," a Dueck film production, at 1:30 p.m. each day.

MC B.C. Symphony of Hymns 3, with Calvin Dyck: (10) at Sherbrooke Mennonite Church, Vancouver, at 7 p.m.; (11) at Level Ground Mennonite Church, Abbotsford, a 3 p.m.

Senior youth impact retreat at Camp Squeah.

MC Canada delegate assembly. More details to follow.

Sixth annual Christian-Muslim dialogue, at the ARCA banquet hall in Edmonton, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tickets available online at eventbrite.ca.

Fall supper at Youth Farm Bible Camp, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Women's retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre. 

Osler Mennonite Church celebrates its 90th anniversary.

MC Saskatchewan Equipping Day.

MC Saskatchewan fall leadership assembly.

RJC Christmas concert at RJC gymnasium at 7 p.m.

MC Saskatchewan annual delegate assembly sessions.

Two new exhibitions at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery, Winnipeg: “My will remains: Reflections on chronic illness and disability” by Diane Driedger; and “Ubuntu: I am because we are,” by Manny Martins-Karman.

Square dance and pie fundraiser for Camp Assiniboia, at the camp, beginning with a tour at 5:30 p.m., followed by dancing, pie auction, a campfire and singing from 6:30 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit campswithmeaning.org.

Springstein Mennonite Church celebrates its 80th anniversary; worship at 10:30 a.m., followed by lunch and an afternoon program of sharing a memory or story, music, or a word of blessing. For more information, email Randy Hildebrand at sprmench1@gmail.com.

Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery annual fundraiser and 20th-anniversary exhibition celebration, at the CMU chapel, Winnipeg, at 7:30 p.m. RSVP Selenna Wolfe at swolfe@cmu.ca by Sept. 26.
 

Singin’ in the Grain fundraising concerts for Canadian Foodgrains Bank: (27) at Springfield Heights Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m., (28) at Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Winker, at 3 p.m. Featuring the Faith and Life Male Choir and the CMU Men’s Choir.

Crystal City Mennonite Church celebrates its 70th anniversary with morning worship and an afternoon program.

Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery, Winnipeg, presents its 20th-anniversary exhibition.

The Mennonite Historical Society of Canada’s 50th anniversary conference, “A people of diversity: Mennonites in Canada since 1970,” will be hosted by the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Christmas concert, at Westminster United Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate open house, at 7 p.m.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate bursary banquet, at the Canad Inns Polo Park, Winnipeg. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit westgatemennonite.ca.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate junior-high spring concert, at Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m.

"Towards a just peace," the annual Bridgefolk conference for Mennonites and Roman Catholics, at Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg. Fore more information, visit bridgefolk.net.

Premiere performances of "#ChurchToo," Theatre of the Beat's newest work, at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts, Kitchener; (21) at 8 p.m., (22) at 2 and 8 p.m., (23) at 3 p.m. Tickets available online at kwsymphony.ca/concerts/. The production will then tour Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta until Dec. 2; dates and locations to be determined.

Fall seniors retreat at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg; "Close encounters of the scriptural kind; The delight, danger and dynamism of reading the Bible with each other and with 'the other.'" Same program each day. Resource person: Bryan Moyer Suderman. For more information, or to register before September 14, call 519-625-8602.

“Voices Together: Prepare the way,” a resource day with members of the “Voices Together” hymnal team, at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Followed by an intercultural worship service and international meal, at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, at 5 p.m. To register online, visit mcec.ca.

"Understanding conflict: Foundations" workshop, with Betty Pries, at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, from 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m.

2018 Benjamin Eby Lecture, in the Conrad Grebel University College Chapel, Waterloo, at 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Grebel professor Alicia Batten. Topic: “Memory, identity and the Sermon on the Mount: The Case of André Trocmé.”

Parkwood and Fairview Mennonite senior communities fundraiser for dementia care, at Bingemans, Kitchener, at 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Spencer West. Event includes silent auction. For tickets, call 519-653-5719 x4837.

Pax Christi Chorale presents Slavic Devotion, featuring works by Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff, at Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto; (27) at 7:30 p.m. (28) at 3 p.m.

MCC Ontario peace conference, at Forward Church, Cambridge, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit mcco.ca/peace-conference.

“Spirituality, aging and narrative: The sacred art of story listening,” with Bill Randall, in the Conrad Grebel University College Great Hall, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information, email jane.kuepfer@uwaterloo.ca.

Annual Spirit of Christmas live music and craft show, at Nairn Mennonite Church, Ailsa Craig; (16) from 6:30 to 9 p.m., (17) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featuring juried crafts, Ten Thousand Villages, baking, chocolate, greeting cards and a tea room. For more information, visit nairnmennonite.weebly.com.

The Grand Philharmonic Choir, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, and soloists perform Handel’s “Messiah,” at the Centre in the Square in Kitchener, at 7:30 p.m. For more information, email info@grandphilchoir.com.

“Cultural translation: Negotiated third spaces and those who live there” art exhibition, featuring the works of Iranian Canadian Soheila Esfahani, at the Grebel Gallery, Waterloo.