B.C. churches welcome in-person gatherings
Following the recent move to Stage 3 of the provincial Covid Restart Plan, some Mennonite Church B.C. congregations are gladly worshipping in person once again. In a letter to member congregations, MC B.C. chair Gerry Grunau wrote: “On June 29, [B.C. Provincial Health Officer] Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that all provincial health order restrictions pertaining…
Ribbon cutting celebrates capital project’s success
After two years of construction, a pandemic, and a decade of dreaming and planning, Conrad Grebel University College’s new kitchen and renovated dining room are complete. More than a thousand donors contributed more than $4.2-million to the Fill the Table capital campaign to make it happen. On June 29, the Grebel community gathered virtually to…
Velo Renovation reimagines construction in the climate-crisis era
If you see someone cycling in Winnipeg, toting behind them stacks of lumber, buckets of paint or even a ladder, it’s probably a member of Velo Renovation. They are used to the double takes they get at supply stores. Velo Renovation is a contracting collective in Winnipeg that prioritizes care for the environment and people…
Grandma’s soup expressed love and care
My grandmother’s chicken noodle soup was the stuff of legends. My father has told me that when he was a young boy, his mother would make chicken noodle soup for people in their village in Manitoba who were sick or had experienced some family tragedy. If it was winter, my father would deliver his mother’s…
Grandma’s chicken noodle soup
My grandmother didn’t write down her recipe, but my aunts put their heads together to recall how Grandma made her chicken noodle soup. I received lots of help from my aunties Mary Fransen, Nettie Peters, Louise Friesen and Helen Loeppky. The photo is by Lynette Froese, who is the daughter of another aunt, Margaret Froese.…
Living ‘in a prophetic way’
Mennonites across Alberta know her. Her heart for Muslims and those who are newcomers to Canada is well known. She has fed hundreds of refugees and immigrants over the past decade in her little apartment, which is situated in a low-income, multi-ethnic neighbourhood in North Edmonton. She is Donna Entz, Mennonite Church Alberta’s director of…
