Manitoba

CMU virtual open house, online at 6:00 p.m. Register at cmu.ca/future/experience.

CMU virtual open house, online at 6:00 p.m. Register at cmu.ca/future/experience.

Canadian Mennonite University invites you to its Spring Open House. 10:00 a.m. Take in a guided tour of the campus, meet with professors and current students, discover what classes are like, and ask any questions you might have. This is a come-and-go event. Details and registration: cmu.ca/future/experience/campus-visit-days

Canadian Mennonite University presents Mathematics for Human Flourishing - A Public Lecture with CMU's Scientist in Residence. 7:00 p.m. CT in person at CMU or join the livestream. Dr. Francis Su, the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a former president of the Mathematical Association of America, will explore how mathematics can connect to our deepest human longings, such as for beauty, truth and justice.

Menno Office at the University of Winnipeg is hosting a Valentine themed fundraising coffee house at Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship Church, Winnipeg, from 7 to 9 p.m. Highlights include musical groups and a charcuterie hosted by Doris Penner’s catering services from Landmark Man.

Camp Assiniboia is hosting a retreat for youths in grades 7 to 12. Theme: “Living more with less.” The retreats include: worship, learning and conversation circles, outdoor recreation and shared meals. For more information, email Kathy Giesbrecht at kgiesbrecht@mennochurch.mb.ca.

Mennonite Community Orchestra presents a concert at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Winnipeg (560 Arlington St.). Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students and free for children 12 and under accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at the door or by contacting mennonitecommunityorchestra.ca.

CMU hosts the 2022 J.J. Thiessen Lecture: “Picturing the Bible: How artists tell the story”: (18) at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; (19) at 11 a.m. Speaker: Robin W. Jensen, the Patrick O’Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

First Mennonite Church in Winnipeg invites all to an in person and online lecture—the last in a four-part series, titled "Queer Theology and the Church: After the Affirmation." 7:00 p.m. CT. This series will explore how queer theology can lead the church beyond a framework of inclusion and into larger questions of justice and transformation. Visit firstmennonitechurch.ca/special-events for details.

First Mennonite Church in Winnipeg invites all to an in person and online lecture—the second in a four-part series, titled "Queer Theology and the Church: After the Affirmation." 7:00 p.m. CT. This series will explore how queer theology can lead the church beyond a framework of inclusion and into larger questions of justice and transformation. Visit firstmennonitechurch.ca/special-events for details.

Camps with Meaning fundraising banquets: (22) at Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Winkler; (23) at Douglas Mennonite, Winnipeg. For more information, visit www.campswithmeaning.org.

“Departing Canada, encountering Latin America” a conference reflecting on the centenary of Mennonite emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay,” at the University of Winnipeg. To register for free, visit ctms.uwinnipeg.ca.