Fundraiser Concert at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, 2:30 p.m.
Featuring the music of Menno Valley Sound and Rockway’s own Better Than Nothing, there is sure to be something for everyone! Special Guest, Cal Jutzi will add some Mini-Auction excitement too! Admission by donation (receipts for amounts over $20). Proceeds support First Mennonite's Student Aid Program.
International Day of Action for a Ceasefire and release of hostages.
Join Christians across Ontario peacefully marching together to demand a ceasefire and Palestinian liberation.
1 p.m. Pre-march prayer at Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square, Toronoto.
2 p.m. Rally hosted by Palestinian Youth Movement, Younge-Dundas Square, Toronto.
Saturday, 7 p.m. "Music Through the Generations" at Elmira Mennonite Church, featuring music groups from the past and present, along with relevant commentary. Refreshments and fellowship to follow.
Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Worship service with communion, followed by a potluck. Lift your glad voices at 2 p.m. for a hymn sing.
Men listening, men talking: Retreat at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp & Retreat Centre, New Hamburg. Who are men called to be in 2024 and beyond, and how can they live lives that matter? Register at mcc.org/events/men-listening-men-talking-honest-conversations-men-faith
Church at Nairn (formerly Nairn Mennonite Church) annual Spirit of Christmas. Live music, crafts, tearoom and more.
At the Church at Nairn, Ailsa Craig. Nov. 29 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.; Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more info call: 519-232-4425
Benjamin Eby Lecture Series, “Reading socio-political experiences through graffiti and street art in conflict-affected societies,” by Eric Lepp, assistant professor of Peace and Conflict Studies. 7:30-9 p.m. in the Great Hall at Conrad Grebel University, Waterloo.
Grebel Alumni Community Supper, 6 p.m., Grebel Dining Room at Conrad Grebel University, Waterloo.
MCC Material Resources warehouse in New Hamburg open house, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with games, snacks and hands-on activities for all ages.
MCC Learning Tour: Travelling Together Through Truth, engaging with First Nations communities and partners of MCC Ontario’s Indigenous Neighbours program in Timmins. More at mcc.org/events/learning-tour-travelling-together-through-truth
MCC Ontario Annual General Meeting, 7-8:30 p.m., virtual only. For the link, see mcc.org/events/mcc-ontario-annual-general-meeting
Please note: date has changed! Meeting is now Monday, Sept. 23.
Steinmann Mennonite Church Bicentennial weekend of celebration, including a bus tour, hymn sing, comfortor knotting, packing MCC Relief kits, extended Sunday service, and much more. For more details, see smchurch.ca/bicentennial-events.
Toronto (GTA) Mennonite Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Willowgrove farm, Stouffville, raising money for MCC's work in peace and justice around the world.. https://www.gtamennonitefestival.ca/
Walk with Grassy Narrows youth and community members at 12 p.m. in Toronto in solidarity on their path to achieve mercury justice and freedom. More at freegrassy.net
Book launch for Troy Osborne's Radicals and Reformers: A Survey of Global Anabaptist History. Short program and reception at Conrad Grebel University College, fourth floor gallery, 4-5:30 p.m.
Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission Co-Executive Coordinator John Fumana will speak at Listowel Mennonite Church, at both 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. services with updates from ministries with African churches in Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa.
The Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario has arranged for two buses to go from Waterloo to Montreal River for the installation of the plaque on September 28. Overnight accommodation in Sault Ste.
Theatre of the Beat is hosting an arts festival! The festival will include new stage plays in development, a pop up art gallery, food vendors, artisan vendors, live music, and more!
The Emerging Producers Festival is an initiative that unfolds in two phases.
The Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, along with the Ontario Heritage Trust, will unveil a commemorative plaque to be placed at the site of the Montreal River Alternative Service camp (just north of Sault Ste. Marie). Canada's Alternative Service program ran from 1941-1946, with over 10,000 participants, many of them Mennonite. The unveiling will take place at Conrad Grebel University College at 4:00 p.m. The plaque will be installed at the Montreal River site on September 28. For more information, please visit MHSO.org.
Come together in song to commemorate the centenary of the 1920s Mennonite immigration to Ontario from settlements in present-day Russia and Ukraine.
Featuring music leading by Mark Diller Harder, and community members.
Lots of gray hair in your faith community? That’s great! Find out why at the annual Spirituality & Aging Seminar on Friday, June 21st (in-person or virtually) at Conrad Grebel University College. Rev. Dr. Mark Roberts presents “From Problems to Possibilities: Faith Communities enabling those in the third third of life to flourish.”
This seminar challenges the narratives about elders in communities, churches, and society at large; exploring the role churches can play in empowering older adults.
Hungry for some delicious Mennonite foods and a fun day out? The New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale is back at the New Hamburg Fairgounds May 24-25 in New Hamburg, Ontario. Indulge in your favourite relief sale treats and bid on a variety of treasures from quilts to experiences to outdoor tools. There's plenty to see and do for the whole family. Visit NHMRS.com to learn more.
New Hamburg Fairgrounds, 251 Jacob St. New Hamburg, ON
Come and enjoy our delicious chicken dinner that thousands of people have come to know and love. Along with the chicken, your meal includes potato salad, coleslaw, veggies, pickles, a fresh roll, chips and an apple or fresh baked donut.
$20 Small meal (1 piece of chicken) / $24 Regular meal (2 pieces of chicken).
Pie Auction will happen during the meal.
Menno Singers partners with the Heart Cry Ensemble for an all a cappella concert of songs to celebrate God's faithfulness. 3 p. m. Tickets $20. Wallentstein Bible Chapel, Wallenstein.
June 14, 15, 16: Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church celebrates its centennial -- 100 years since the first Russländer migrants began gathering to form “Die Mennoniten Flűchtlingsgemeinde in Ontario”.
Brubacher House invites you to a powerful concert featuring North Carolina-born social justice songwriter Crys Matthews. "Matthews is an artist of our time, poignantly echoing the voice of a generation that chooses to embrace hope, and declaring it her duty to inspire through her music."
7:00 p.m. Brubacher House, Frank Tompa Dr., Waterloo, ON
Website: http://www.crysmatthews.com
