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
7:00 pm Rockway Mennonite Collegiate information night is an evening where families can discover why Rockway may be the right choice for their child. Guests will hear from current students and parents, take a brief tour of our campus, then enjoy a delicious treat at the Arts Cafe during our Visual Arts Exhibition. Email admissions@rockway.ca for more information.
Rockway Mennonite Collegiate 110 Doon Rd Kitchener ON N2G 3C8
Grade 9-12 students of Rockway Mennonite Collegiate invite you to watch them perform as they take on the world of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson April 11-13. Evening shows are 7:30 pm with an additional 2 pm Saturday matinee. With many supporting actors in the cast, these plays come to life, with British accents and all. Tickets are $15 per person. For more information and to get your tickets, visit: www.rockway.ca/sherlock
Rockway Mennonite Collegiate 110 Doon Rd Kitchener ON N2G 3C8
Hawkesville Mennonite Church invites you to their "HMC Finale' on May 5, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.
HMC is dispersing after concluding 74 years of Ministry. www.hawkesvillemennonite.ca
From Problems to Possibilities with Dr. Mark D. Roberts
We hear it all the time. Older people are a problem for their families, communities, churches, and the society at large. Without ignoring the challenges of aging, it’s time for a new narrative. We need to move from problem to potential as we think about people in the “third third” of life and their opportunity to flourish. Churches will play an essential role in this effort and will reap rich benefits from the empowerment of their older adults.
In-person at Conrad Grebel University College and online.
This one-day marriage workshop is your chance to reconnect, improve your communication and discover more joy for the lifetime you share. Each session will help you move past differences and drift to a place of greater closeness and trust. You’ll gain new tools to strengthen the foundation of your relationship in the important areas of communication, conflict, sex and spirituality.
9am-4pm, Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church.
Peace activist, priest and author John Dear speaks at All Saints Lutheran Anglican Church, 210 Silvercreek Parkway N, Guelph, on Tuesday April 16 at 3 pm on his new book, "The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark and Luke from the Perspective of Non-Violence." Dear links the teachings of Jesus with the message of non-violence of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Free admission.
3:00 p.m. All Saints Lutheran Anglican Church, 210 Silvercreek Parkway N, Guelph, ON
Celebrate the launch of On Mennonite/s Writing, a collection of essays by literary scholar Dr. Hildi Froese Tiessen, edited by Rob Zacharias. All are welcome to attend this book launch reception, held in the Grebel Chapel. Books will be available for sale during this launch.
"On Mennonite/s Writing"
This one-day marriage workshop is your chance to reconnect, improve your communication and discover more joy for the lifetime you share. Each session will help you move past differences and drift to a place of greater closeness and trust. You’ll gain new tools to strengthen the foundation of your relationship in the important areas of communication, conflict, sex and spirituality.
7:30 pm at Trillium Lutheran Church, Waterloo .
Cellist Ben Bolt-Martin and Menno Youth Ensemble join Menno Singers in a concert including Bach's Jesu Meine Freude, Morlock's Exaudi, works by Tavener and a premiere work by Carol Ann Weaver.
Grade 10 Information Night. Conrad Grebel University College invites students in Grade 10 (or above) and their families to share a meal at Grebel before attending Univ. ofo Waterloo's annual Grade 10 Info Night.
Sawatsky Lecture - Is Reconciliation Possible? Presented by guest speaker Rev. Dr. Ray Aldred.
A Plot-Driven People: Mennonite Narratives in the Age of Nationalism (1870-1945). The 2024 Bechtel Lecturer in Anabaptist Studies is Dr. John P. Eicher, Associate Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University-Altoona. Eicher's presentation focuses on two groups of German-speaking Mennonites from Russia—one composed of voluntary migrants and the other composed of refugees—who settled in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco during the interwar years of the twentieth century.
Are you looking for an exciting camp adventure? Ontario Mennonite Music Camp (OMMC) is a place where youth develop and enrich relationships, faith, musicality, and leadership in a fun and supportive summer camp environment. OMMC provides an exciting summer opportunity, pairing exceptional musical instruction with traditional camp activities. This is an in-person, 2-week overnight camp experience at Conrad Grebel University College. Camp is available for students who have finished grade 6-12, with a Leader-In-Training program for students who have finished grades 11 or 12.
MCEC Annual Church Gathering, “Transformed, Inspired, Called,” at UMEI Christian High School in Leamington. Come and be transformed by the love of God, inspired by the hope we find in Jesus and called to action by the power of the Holy Spirit. Join new and now friends as we grow, learn and serve together as a community of faith. Save the date!
Intercultural Volleyball Tournament at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, Kitchener, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. Come on out for a fun day of volleyball, fellowship and fun! Register at https://mcec.ca/events.
