Sept. 10
Location:
MCC Alberta fundraising golf tournament at Tofield, at 7:30 a.m. For more information, call 403-275-6935.
Alberta
Aug. 27
Location:
MCC Alberta fundraising golf tournament at LaCrete, at 1 p.m. For more information, call 403-275-6935.
Jun. 18
Location:
MC Alberta general council meeting, at Bergthal Mennonite, Didsbury.
Jun. 18
Location:
Camp Valaqua hike-a-thon fundraiser. For more information, call, 403-637-2510 or e-mail valaqua@xplornet.com
Jun. 10-11
Location:
MCC Relief Sale, at Coaldale.
May 16-18
Location:
“(Trans)formation in Christian discipleship,” an MC Alberta faith studies event, at Lethbridge Mennonite Church. Speaker: Gil Dueck, former academic dean of Bethany College. For more information and to register, visit mennonitechurch.ab.ca. (16,17) Public evening sessions also available.
May 20-22
Location:
MC Alberta women’s retreat at Sunnyside Retreat Centre, Sylvan Lake. Speaker: Carol Penner. Theme: “(re)make: making and remaking our stories.” For more information, visit mcawomen.com.
Apr. 30
Location:
Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta is hosting its annual general meeting and spring conference, “Rethinking Mennonite history in light of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” at Holyrood Mennonite Church, Edmonton. For more details, or to register, call 780-318-4186 or visit mennonitehistory.org.
Jun. 4
Location:
Heritage retreat for those 50 and over at Camp Valaqua, Water Valley, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Theme: “Refugees/in search of a homeland. For more information, call Hugo Neufeld at 403-201-4358 or e-mail hdneuf@shaw.ca.
Feb. 26-28
Location:
Senior-high snow camp at Camp Valaqua, Water Valley. For more information, call Jon Olfert at 403-637-2510.
Jan. 15-17
Location:
Junior-high snow camp at Camp Valaqua, Water Valley. For more information, call Jon Olfert at 403-637-2510.
Nov 21, Nov 22
Location:
Calgary book launch for Hugo Neufeld’s book, Words that Enlighten, and Donita Wiebe-Neufeld’s children’s book, Thirty Bucks, Nov. 21, 7:00 p.m. at Foothills Mennonite Church, and Nov. 22, 4:00 p.m. at Trinity Mennonite Church.
Nov. 21
Location:
Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta annual general meeting, at Trinity Mennonite Church, De Winton, Alta., at 1:30 p.m. Speaker: Esther Epp-Tiessen, author of “Mennonite Central Committee in Canada: A History.”
Mar. 18-19
Location:
MC Alberta annual general assembly.
Nov. 7
Location:
Equipping Day at Foothills Mennonite Church, Calgary.
Oct. 17
Location:
“Christian-Muslim dialogue: Building community together” event, at St. Charles Catholic Church, Edmonton. MC Alberta and MCC Alberta staff are involved in the planning and hosting.
May 31
Location:
Theatre of the Beat presents "A Bicycle Built For Two" at Edmonton First Mennonite Church at 7 p.m. Admission by donation.
May 30
Location:
Theatre of the Beat presents "A Bicycle Built For Two" at Calgary First Mennonite Church, at 7 p.m. Admission is $20.
Jun. 5-6
Location:
MCC Alberta charity auction and sale, at the Didsbury Sportsplex. For more information, visit mccreliefsale.com.
May 31
Location:
Edmonton First Mennonite hosts “Bicycle Built for Two” by Theatre of the Beat, at 7 p.m. For more information, call 780-436-3431.
May 22-24
Location:
Mennonite Women Alberta hosts its “Thrive” retreat at Sylvan Lake. Speaker: Faye Reynolds, director of women’s ministry for the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada. For more information, visit www.mennonitechurch.ab.ca.
May 11
Location:
MCC’s peace planting program at First Mennonite Church, Edmonton, at 7 p.m. Speakers: Wendy and Dustin Twin, first nations community workers. Theme: “Where do I belong? Land and love.”
April 25
Location:
Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta annual general meeting (11 a.m.) and celebration of the work of Peter Rempel and the Youth Orientation Units (1 p.m.) at Lendrum Mennonite Brethren Church, Edmonton.
Jun. 3
Location:
All-day heritage retreat for people 50-plus, at Camp Valaqua, Water Valley, with MCC storyteller Abe Janzen and the Corpus Christi Male Chorus. To register, e-mail Hugo Neufeld at hdneufeld@shaw.ca or call 403-201-4358.
Jun. 1-3
Location:
MC Alberta Christian faith studies event, “Understanding Anabaptist approaches to Scripture,” with Loren L. Johns from AMBS, at First Mennonite Church, Calgary. For registration information, e-mail Dan Graber at dan@mennonitechurch.ab.ca or call 403-909-5105. Johns will also deliver two public lectures at 7 p.m. each night: (1) “Understanding Anabaptist approaches to Scripture: What’s different and why?” and (2) “The impact of the 20th century on reading the Bible.”
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