Online Event

Mennonite Creation Care Network virtual meeting with Jane McCloskey, co-editor of the cookbook Sustainable Kitchen: Recipes and Inspiration for Plant-based, Planet-conscious Meals. 7:30 p.m. EST. Join the Sustainable Kitchen Cookbook club for conversations about eating for human and planetary health. Register at mennocreationcare.org/sustainable-kitchen-cookbook-club.

Join Foothills Mennonite Church in Calgary, as it remember what matters most through scripture, story, song and prayer. In addition, the worship team members will be sharing what they have been learning about themselves and God during a time of great staff and structural transition. To watch, visit www.mennonitechurch.ca/worshipservices.

Herald Press, Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church U.S.A. kick off their annual Common Read event—to get Mennonites reading together over the next year—with a Zoom event at noon EDT with Stephanie Lobdell, the author of Signs of Life: Resurrecting Hope Out of Ordinary Losses, September’s book of the month. For registration information, email info@mennomedia.org. Books are available for order at commonword.ca.

Mennonite Church Canada’s rotating series of weekly online worship services continues with Langley (B.C.) Mennonite Fellowship, which will share a service that draws from Matthew 16:13-28. In the intimacy of Jesus and Peter’s master-disciple relationship, Jesus is recognized for who he is, and Peter is blessed, ordained, confounded and sternly rebuked. Living with good news is so perplexing and surprising. To view, visit mennonitechurch.ca/worshipservices.

Mennonite Church Canada invites you to participate in a church service that Charleswood Mennonite Church in Winnipeg is preparing. In Matthew 14: 22- 33, Jesus walks on the water and beckons Peter to follow him. How is the church being invited to step out of the boat and walk towards Jesus amid a storm of injustice, a pandemic, a climate crisis and uncertainty that swirls around?

First Edmonton Church in Edmonton, Alta. welcomes the nationwide Mennonite Church Canada community to join it in worship. For more information, visit mennonitechurch.ca/worshipservices.

“Mourning our losses together during COVID-19: The good news of biblical lament," a free webinar from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, from 2 to 3 p.m. EDT. Health. Employment. Weddings. Gathered worship. Graduations. The “list of losses” during this global COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow. This webinar is for those experiencing loss and for caregivers journeying with people impacted by such realities. We will explore the three-act movement of biblical lament as a faithful response to God and its use in both individual and corporate settings.

Theatre of the Beat presents a three-week audio drama series of its "Yellow Bellies" production, starting June 4. Visit theatreofthebeat.ca/yellow-bellies for details.

Registration is now open for “Table talk: Does the church have legs?” Mennonite Church Canada’s virtual study conference. Join the nationwide community of faith as it gathers for a virtual study conference on the nature and identity of the church and the role of worship. Plenary speakers from MC Canada-affiliated universities and colleges will speak on themes of ecclesiology and worship. For more information or to register, visit mennonitechurch.ca/tabletalk2020.

The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice, a program of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, is offering the following webinar:

Building Mutual Understanding Between Community and Police