Alberta

Junior-high snow camp at Camp Valaqua, Water Valley. For more information, call Jon Olfert at 403-637-2510.

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.”

Equipping Day at Foothills Mennonite Church, Calgary.

Theatre of the Beat presents "A Bicycle Built For Two" at Edmonton First Mennonite Church at 7 p.m. Admission by donation.

MCC Alberta charity auction and sale, at the Didsbury Sportsplex. For more information, visit mccreliefsale.com.

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.

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.

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.”

“Sweet Interlude” fundraising event, at Menno Simons School, Calgary, from 6 to 10 p.m. Dessert buffet, silent and live auctions, and entertainment, with proceeds going toward the school’s mortgage.