Siera Vercillo’s passions guide her choices
In the fall of 2014, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) presented its inaugural 20 under 35: Young Professionals Changing the World Awards, honouring young adults from Canada and the U.S.
In the fall of 2014, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) presented its inaugural 20 under 35: Young Professionals Changing the World Awards, honouring young adults from Canada and the U.S.
Brander McDonald, indigenous relations coordinator for Mennonite Church British Columbia, will share his music and talk about his work as the main feature of Canadian Mennonite’s annual banquet to be held at Langley Mennonite Fellowship, 20997 40 Ave., Langley, B.C., on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 6 p.m.
It’s easy to hear the smile in Hanan Talabeh’s voice. Even over the phone it’s obvious she’s thrilled—months after her family arrived from Syria. Talabeh’s sister-in-law, along with her three children, landed at the Ottawa airport on July 22, 2015, one year before they expected an answer on their refugee application.
With one simple idea, a movement was born. As the classic cookbook of thrift and Christian compassion, the More-with-Less Cookbook has given generations of cooks healthy basic recipes that are gentle on the budget and mindful of those who are hungry.
A very special quilt hung at the rear of the church on Jan. 25, 2015, as Dutch Mennonites from the province of Friesland gathered in Drachten to celebrate World Brotherhood Day.
Muslims and Christians are fleeing Maiduguri, a large city in northeastern Nigeria, looking for safer places after Boko Haram insurgents attacked the area over the weekend, and the Nigerian army responded, reports EYN staff liaison Markus Gamache.
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is accepting applications for its 2015 Summer Youth program (SYP), which features three unique service opportunity locations in the U.S. and Canada. The application deadline is Feb. 13, 2015.
A decades-long study of genetics and psychiatric illness–in which Dr. Abram Hostetter has played a prominent role–continues to yield new clues about the causes of bipolar disorder and guide the search for new treatments.
Girls play a game by throwing balls through a hole. MCC partner House of Light and Hope specializes in support for Syrian girls, including tutoring, activities and counseling. (Photo: Silas Crews)
A smiling girl passes handfuls of water between two buckets surrounded by children in a summer camp. This camp offers some normalcy for refugee children, helps young Syrians learn the English skills required for education in Lebanon and brings together children of different backgrounds. (Photo: Silas Crews)
In Beirut, Ahmad and other Syrian refugees buy groceries with vouchers provided through an MCC project. (Photo: Silas Crews)
Rabi Allam, left, and Wisam Raad of MCC partner Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training deliver MCC relief kits, which are packed in useful plastic buckets, to Syrian refugees and Lebanese families in need. Since the Syrian crisis began, MCC has provided nearly 18,000 relief kits, 101,000 comforters and blankets and 64,528 hygiene kits in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. (Photo: Silas Crews)
Because of safety concerns, full names are not used for some Syrian refugees in this article, and some names have been changed.
The garden courtyard in the center of Ahmad and Nisreen’s house in Syria opened to the sky, allowing the laughter of their children and other family members and smoke from the barbeque to waft into the neighborhood.
Nguyen Hong Quang, leader of the unregistered Vietnam Evangelical Mennonite Church (formerly referred to as the Mennonite Church in Vietnam), was severely beaten on his way to worship Sunday evening, Jan. 18, 2015.