September 28
Event Date:
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Location:
Breakfast celebrating 40 years of The Mennonite Story at Waterloo North Mennonite Church, 8:30 a.m. with John Ruth as guest speaker. Tickets at mennonitestorybreakfast.eventbrite.ca.
Ontario
September 21
Event Date:
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Location:
Toronto Mennonite Festival to support MCC at Black Creek Pioneer Village 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information visit mcco.ca/events.
August 3
Event Date:
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Location:
Former Stratford Voluntary Service workers participating in a reunion are hoping to meet with locals at Avon Mennonite Church at 5 p.m. with a potluck at 6 p.m.
September 21
Event Date:
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Location:
Doors Open Waterloo Region, a day of architecture, heritage and tech events, including at MCC Ontario’s headquarters at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener. For more information, email doorsopen@regionofwaterloo.ca.
August 18
Event Date:
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Location:
Detweiler Meetinghouse, Roseville, hosts the Fair Wind band playing traditional music from the British Isles, at 2:30 p.m.
July 22
Event Date:
Monday, July 22, 2019
Location:
“Women explore the role of Mary Magdalene: The dedicated apostle,” an afternoon lecture and discussion with Amanda Witmer, at Wilmot Mennonite Church.
July 14
Event Date:
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Location:
Detweiler Meetinghouse, Roseville, hosts a gospel song fest from “Life Songs II,” led by Bob Shantz, at 2:30 p.m.
June 22
Event Date:
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Location:
Crosshill Mennonite Church road hockey challenge fundraiser, beginning at 9 a.m., at the church. For more information, visit crosshillmennonite.ca.
June 8, 2019
Event Date:
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Location:
Preston and Wanner Mennonite Churches are partnering with the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank to host a production of “My Place is Right Here: Hugh Burnett & the Fight for a Better Canada” at Preston Mennonite Church (791 Concession Rd., Cambridge, Ont.). Please bring a donation for the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The performance begins at 7:00 p.m.
June 22
Event Date:
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Location:
Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario spring meeting, at Elmira Mennonite Church, at 2 p.m. Topic: “The Elmira Life and Work School: An innovative collaboration between public secondary schooling and Conservative Mennonites. For more information, visit mhso.org.
May 2021
Event Date:
Monday, May 31, 2021
Location:
Open until May 2021, “Growing family: Design and desire in Mennonite genealogy” exhibit showcases family trees, hand-drawn charts and other ways Mennonites have remembered family; at the Mennonite Archives of Ontario, Waterloo. For more information, visit uwaterloo.ca/grebel/growingfamily.
June 8, 2019
Event Date:
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Location:
All are invited to a fundraising dinner at 6 p.m. at Rouge Valley Mennonite Church (7452 Reesor Rd., Markham, Ont.). Funds raised will assist the Laos Canadian Evangelical Mennonite Church (LCEMC) in repaying a $15,000 building loan. The theme of the meal will be, "Dining at a Laotian Home." The price per ticket is $40 ($20 for meal and $20 for tax deductible donation toward building fund). The program will include a presentation about LCEMC and how it all began. Contact Pastor Chinda Kommala if you have questions: chindakommala@gmail.com
Until Oct. 25
Event Date:
Thursday, May 9, 2019 to Friday, October 25, 2019
Location:
“New Fraktur,” featuring recent works by Meg Harder, at the Grebel Gallery at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo.
May 23, 2019
Event Date:
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Location:
Book launch event for "Mennonite Funeral and Burial Traditions: Interviews and Personal Stories - Waterloo Region, Oxford, Perth and Wellington Counties" by Marion Roes. Erb Street Mennonite Church (131 Erb St. W.) in Waterloo, Ont. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
September 13-16
Event Date:
Friday, September 13, 2019 to Monday, September 16, 2019
Location:
Anabaptist Learning Workshop canoe trip (“Canoe tripping as a spiritual practice: Deepening the waters of faith”), at Massasauga Provincial Park, with guides Tanya Dyck Steinmann and Mark Diller Harder. For more information, visit uwaterloo.ca/anabaptist-learning-workshop/.
June 28-30
Event Date:
Friday, June 28, 2019 to Sunday, June 30, 2019
Location:
Family camping weekend at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg. For more information, or to book a space, call 519-625-8602.
June 22
Event Date:
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Location:
Annual Nithview Community strawberry social, New Hamburg, from 2 to 4 p.m., and 6:30 to 8 p.m.
May 30
Event Date:
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Location:
Fretz Visiting Scholar Lecture, at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, at 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Ben Nobbs-Thiessen. Topic: “Feeding the colony, the nation and the market: Transported foodways and new crops in Latin American Mennonite colonies.” Reception to follow.
May 24-25
Event Date:
Friday, May 24, 2019 to Saturday, May 25, 2019
Location:
New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale. For more information, visit nhmrs.com.
October 25
Event Date:
Friday, October 25, 2019
Location:
Opening May 9th, “New Fraktur,” featuring recent works by Meg Harder, at the Grebel Gallery at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo.
June 22
Event Date:
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Location:
MennoHomes Out-Spok’n for Affordable Housing Bike-a-thon, at Elmira Mennonite Church. Options for hikers, recreational bikers and avid cyclists. For more information, visit mennohomes.com.
May 6-7
Event Date:
Monday, May 6, 2019 to Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Location:
“Understanding conflict: Foundations,” presented by Credence & Co., at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo.
April 28, 2019
Event Date:
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Location:
Theatre of the Beat presents Yellow Bellies, an historical drama that highlights the experiences and public response to Mennonite conscientious objectors during WWII, on Sunday, April 28 at Waterloo North Mennonite Church in Waterloo, Ont. 7:00 p.m. Tickets are pay what you choose with a starting range of $10-$20.
April 27, 2019
Event Date:
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Location:
Theatre of the Beat presents Yellow Bellies, an historical drama that highlights the experiences and public response to Mennonite conscientious objectors during WWII, on Saturday, April 27 at Valleyview Mennonite Church in London, Ont. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are pay what you choose starting at a suggested price of $15-$20.
April 26, 2019
Event Date:
Friday, April 26, 2019
Location:
Theatre of the Beat presents Yellow Bellies, an historical drama that highlights the experiences and public response to Mennonite conscientious objectors during WWII, on Friday, April 26 at Floradale Mennonite Church in Floradale, Ont. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20.
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