Mennonite World Conference invites you to an Online Prayer Hour at 9:00 a.m. (UTC -5). Join Anabaptist-Mennonites from Indonesia to Peru in one hour of prayer together in English, Spanish, French, Hindi and Indonesian. Welcome and orientation is followed by ~40 of sharing and prayer time in language-specific groups in breakout rooms. Register here.
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Mennonite Church U.S.A. invite pastors and faith formation leaders to a conference titled, “Formed in the Wilderness, Leading in Hope.” Details: ambs.edu/pastorsandleaders
CommonRead Conversation with Regina Shands Stoltzfus and Tobin Miller Shearer, authors of Been in the Struggle: Pursuing an Antiracist Spirituality. 7:00 p.m. EST / 6:00 p.m. CST. Register at mennomedia.org/register-now.
You are invited to a virtual winter getaway to the Philippines at 7 p.m. CT / 8 p.m. ET. Join your guides Lakan and Lakambini (Witness workers Dann and Joji Pantoja) for a tour of communities in Mindanao. Details and registration info: mennonitechurch.ca/event/12762
Join a virtual prayer meeting with Mennonite pastors in Burkina Faso. There has been a military coup today in Burkina Faso, with the military taking control from president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Pastor Calixte Bananzaro, president of the Mennonite Church in the country, has asked Mennonite Church Canada to join in prayer that bloodshed would be avoided and that peace would be restored in the country. Pastor Bananzaro and his wife Noelie will speak at this meeting to share their faith stories and how this situation is affecting the church.
The Centre for Transnational Mennonites Studies presents "Reading the Russlaender in Ukraine: On Real and Literary Places" at 6:30 p.m. CT. Literary scholar Robert Zacharias will explore the Russlaender migration from the Soviet Union by considering its representation in Mennonite Canadian literature. Visit ctms.uwinnipeg.ca/events/reading-the-russlaender for details and to register.
The Grebel and UWaterloo Music Department presents a Noon Hour Online Concert at 12:30 p.m. ET. Enjoy a recital by professional musicians from the comfort of home. Details: uwaterloo.ca/music/events
The Grebel and UWaterloo Music Department presents a Noon Hour Online Concert at 12:30 p.m. ET. Enjoy a recital by professional musicians from the comfort of home. Details: uwaterloo.ca/music/events
The Grebel and UWaterloo Music Department presents a Noon Hour Online Concert at 12:30 p.m. ET. Enjoy a recital by professional musicians from the comfort of home. Details: uwaterloo.ca/music/events
The Grebel and UWaterloo Music Department presents a Noon Hour Online Concert at 12:30 p.m. ET. Enjoy a recital by professional musicians from the comfort of home. Details: uwaterloo.ca/music/events
The Grebel and UWaterloo Music Department presents a Noon Hour Online Concert at 12:30 p.m. ET. Enjoy a recital by professional musicians from the comfort of home. Details: uwaterloo.ca/music/events
The Grebel and UWaterloo Music Department presents a Noon Hour Online Concert at 12:30 p.m. ET. Enjoy a recital by professional musicians from the comfort of home. Details: uwaterloo.ca/music/events
The Grebel and UWaterloo Music Department presents a Noon Hour Online Concert at 12:30 p.m. ET. Enjoy a recital by professional musicians from the comfort of home. Details: uwaterloo.ca/music/events
Conrad Grebel University College invites you to the 2022 Bechtel Lecture in Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies. 7:00 p.m. ET. Award-winning author Sofia Samatar will give a lecture titled, "On Dwelling: Shelters in Place and Time." Details and registration information: uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/lecture-series/bechtel-lectures
Canadian Mennonite University presents the Renew 2022 conference in an online format. "Water from a Living Stream: Rejuvenation for Pastoring in a Complex World" will feature three scripture-rich presentations by Dr. Scot McKnight, Julius R. Mantey Chair of New Testament at Northern Seminary, to help pastors clarify or re-focus their calling. Details and registration info at cmu.ca/renew.
Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg invites you to a Virtual Open House at 6:00 p.m. CT. Come for a virtual tour of CMU's campus, live questions and answers with CMU's Admissions team, and a chance to hear from faculty and current students. After registering, you will receive a link via email to access the webinar. This is open to anyone: parents, students, siblings, teachers, and school counsellors. Register at cmu.ca/future/experience/virtual-open-house.
Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg invites you to a Virtual Open House at 6:00 p.m. CT. Come for a virtual tour of CMU's campus, live questions and answers with CMU's Admissions team, and a chance to hear from faculty and current students. After registering, you will receive a link via email to access the webinar. This is open to anyone: parents, students, siblings, teachers, and school counsellors. Register at cmu.ca/future/experience/virtual-open-house.
Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg invites you to a Virtual Open House at 6:00 p.m. CT. Come for a virtual tour of CMU's campus, live questions and answers with CMU's Admissions team, and a chance to hear from faculty and current students. After registering, you will receive a link via email to access the webinar. This is open to anyone: parents, students, siblings, teachers, and school counsellors. Register at cmu.ca/future/experience/virtual-open-house.
Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg invites you to a Virtual Open House at 6:00 p.m. CT. Come for a virtual tour of CMU's campus, live questions and answers with CMU's Admissions team, and a chance to hear from faculty and current students. After registering, you will receive a link via email to access the webinar. This is open to anyone: parents, students, siblings, teachers, and school counsellors. Register at cmu.ca/future/experience/virtual-open-house.
Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg invites you to a Virtual Open House at 6:00 p.m. CT. Come for a virtual tour of CMU's campus, live questions and answers with CMU's Admissions team, and a chance to hear from faculty and current students. After registering, you will receive a link via email to access the webinar. This is open to anyone: parents, students, siblings, teachers, and school counsellors. Register at cmu.ca/future/experience/virtual-open-house.
Mennonite Church Canada is hosting a new online community learning series. “Creator’s Call in a Climate Emergency” starts on Jan. 20 and lasts until March 17. Co-hosted by the national church’s Indigenous-Settler Relations office and Sustainability Leadership Group, the series is open to anyone wishing to learn about decarbonization and decolonization as ways forward for the church in the current climate emergency.
Canadian Mennonite University invites you to enjoy its annual "Christmas at CMU" concert program from the comfort of your own home. With Christmas favourites performed by a variety of CMU's music ensembles, this is the university's gift of glad tidings and joy to you! Watch the video premiere at 7:00 p.m. CT, or anytime after that, at cmu.ca/christmas.
CommonWord Bookstore and Resource Centre in Winnipeg invites you to a launch event at 7:00 p.m. CT for Suffering the Truth: Occasional Sermons and Reflections by Chris K. Huebner. There is an option to attend in person or watch a livestream of the event. Visit commonword.ca/ResourceView/82/22105 for details.
CommonWord Bookstore and Resource Centre in Winnipeg invites you to a launch event at 7:00 p.m. CT for Benchmark: Countering COVID Through Painting and Poetry by Susan Moore and Mary Reimer. There is an option to attend in person or watch a livestream of the event. Visit commonword.ca/ResourceView/82/24930 for details.
Ongoing: Join an MC Manitoba gratitude group every second week for six week on Zoom, for 40 minutes of gathering with others in encouragement and sharing gratitude. Leader: Laura Funk, MC Manitoba’s spiritual director-in-residence. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2YbxzRf.
