Navigating reopening
Across the nationwide church, there are likely as many approaches to reopening as there are congregations. Mennonite Church Saskatchewan recently hosted an online conversation about how congregations are meeting the challenges of reopening. Josh Wallace, the regional church’s interim church engagement minister, hosted the Sept. 3 event, dubbed “Navigating reopening.” Pastors and lay leaders from…
‘Engaging missionally with neighbours’
Although Mountainview Mennonite Church in Vancouver closed its doors in 1996, its legacy lives on through several Mennonite Church British Columbia congregations. When Mountainview voted to disband due to declining membership, the remaining members decided that proceeds from the sale of the church property should be put into an endowment fund for future urban ministry…
Pressing for the peace of Jesus
One hundred years ago, in 1920, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) began in response to drought, hunger and violence. Canadians were quick to answer the pleas of their global neighbours, although they themselves were recovering from a deadly flu pandemic at the time. Now we are marking our centennial at a time when the globe is…
