University of Winnipeg hosts a public lecture by Perry Bush, chair of the Department of History at Bluffton University, Ohio, in Convocation Hall, at 7 p.m.. Topic: “The professor as peacemaker: C. Henry Smith and the Mennonite intellectual tradition, 1918-48.”
CMU Blazers summer sports camps. (10-14) grades 9 to 10 volleyball and basketball; (17-21) grades 5 to 8 soccer, grades 7 to 10 ultimate sports, and grades 6 to 8 volleyball and basketball. For more information, e-mail sportscamps@cmu.ca.
13th annual MCC Manitoba golf tournament at Bridges Golf Course, Starbuck. In support of MCC’s Global Family program. To register, visit http://mccmanitoba.ca/golf.
“Cycle Clear Lake,” an MCC Manitoba fundraiser, at Riding Mountain National Park. Registration deadline is June 4. To sign up, visit http://mccmanitoba.ca/cycleclearlake.
CMU President’s Golf Classic at Kingswood Golf and Country Club, La Salle.
MCC Manitoba’s fundraising lunch at Fort Garry Mennonite Brethren Church, Winnipeg, from noon to 2:30 p.m. Come-and-go faspa-style meal.
SpringFest, MCC Manitoba’s annual quilt show, plant sale, walkathon and barbecue, in Winnipeg. For more information, visit http://mccmanitoba.ca/events.
50th anniversary celebration of Springfield Heights Nursery School, at Springfield Heights Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 3 p.m. The celebration includes a program followed by refreshments and a time to reminisce.
Faith and Life Male Choir and Women’s Chorus spring concerts; (2) at Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m.; (3) at Altona Bergthaler Mennonite, at 3 p.m.
Mennonite Community Orchestra presents its spring concert at CMU’s South Campus chapel, at 3 p.m. Program includes Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella Suite,” Mozart’s “Exultate Jubilate,” and Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 6.”
The 45-voice adult choir of Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, is performing Bach’s Kantate No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden,” and other music on Good Friday, at 11 a.m., at the church.
Winnipeg’s First Mennonite Church Choir, with orchestra, presents Schubert’s Deutsche Messe and Rutter’s Requiem, at the church, at 7 p.m.
“A place in the kingdom: Paintings and heritage stories celebrating farm animals” exhibition by Lynda Toews, at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery, Winnipeg. Opening reception on March 15, at 2:30 p.m.
Rescheduled MCC Manitoba 50th-anniversary benefit concert, at Knox United Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m. Keynote speaker: former prime minister Joe Clark. Music by Faith and Life Men’s and Women’s choirs, the University of Manitoba Women’s Chorus and the Buffalo Gals Drum Group. Ticketholders for the previously scheduled event can obtain tickets for the new event by calling 204-261-6381 or online at http://mccmanitoba.ca/50. Any remaining tickets were made available on Feb. 9.
MDS spring fundraising banquet at North Kildonan MB Church, Winnipeg, at 6 p.m. Speakers include Harold and Sandra Friesen and Janet Plenert. Topic: “MDS: Rebuilding homes and restoring hope.” For reservations, call toll-free 1-888-261-1274.
“Bells and Whistles with Strings Attached” concert, at CMU’s Laudamus Auditorium.
CMU’s spring concert, at the Loewen Athletic Centre, at 7:00 p.m.
CMU celebration fundraising dinner, at the Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m.
Jazz at CMU, in the Great Hall, at 7:30 p.m.
CMU dessert fundraiser, at Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite.
Face2Face community discussion: “On being good neighbours: An urban reserve shopping centre, housing complex or casino at Kapyong?” featuring Steve Heinrichs, MC Canada’s indigenous relations director; at CMU’s Great Hall, at 7 p.m.
Westgate Mennonite Collegiate 11th-annual golf tournament at Bridges Golf Club, Winnipeg. For more information, call 204-775-7111.
Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Grade 10 to 12 spring concert at Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m. For more information, call 204-775-7111.
Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Grade 7 to 9 spring concert at Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m. For more information, call 204-775-7111.
Westgate Mennonite Collegiate work day. For more information, call 204-775-7111.
