Nov. 11
Location:
MCC Peace Conference, at Cornerstone Christian Community Church, Markham, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Focus: MCC’s Cry for Home advocacy campaign on Palestine and Israel.
Ontario
Nov. 4
Location:
Menno Singers presents Come Evening’s Rest: Evening, Eternity and Time, its first concert with new artistic director Brandon Leis, at Rockway Mennonite Church, Kitchener, at 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit mennosingers.com.
Oct. 29
Location:
Conrad Grebel University College installs its eighth president, Marcus Shantz, in the University of Waterloo’s Hagey Hall, at 2 p.m. Reception to follow at Grebel.
Dec. 2
Location:
Conrad Grebel University College’s Peace Society presents its Make-a-Difference Market, featuring local and fair-trade vendors, food and music, in benefit of Direct Relief; at Grebel beginning at 10 a.m.
Dec. 15-17
Location:
Listowel Mennonite Church presents An Advent Journey Marketplace: (15 and 16) from 7 to 9 p.m.; (17) from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 519-291-2350.
Nov. 18,19
Location:
Soli Deo Gloria Singers present their fall concert, To God Alone be the Glory; (18) at UMEI, Leamington, at 7:30 p.m.; (19) at Leamington United Mennonite, at 3 p.m. For more information, call 519-326-7448.
Nov. 18
Location:
Nithview Christmas Bazaar, in New Hamburg, featuring a bake sale, silent auction and community vendors, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Oct. 26
Location:
Benjamin Eby Lecture, at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, at 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Reina Neufeldt. Topic: “When good intentions are not enough: Confronting ethical challenges in peacebuilding and reconciliation.”
Until Dec. 15
Location:
Painting a Picture of Dignity exhibit explores the theme of dignity through paintings created by people with Alzheimer’s and dementia, at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo.
Oct. 15
Location:
Sixth annual Male Chorus Sing at the Detweiler Meeting House, Roseville, at 2:30 p.m. Song leaders: Laverne Martin, Charles Kruger and Laverne Brubacher. For more information, call Sam Steiner at 519-884-1040.
April 28
Location:
Pax Christi Chorale presents “The Creation” by Haydn, at Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, at 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit paxchristichorale.org.
Dec. 16,17
Location:
Pax Christi Chorale presents “Gloria” by Poulenc, and other works, including French carols, at Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto: (16) at 7:30 p.m.; (17) at 3 p.m.
Nov. 25
Location:
MennoHomes annual general meeting and Inshallah ensemble concert, at Rockway Mennonite Church, Kitchener, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit mennohomes.com.
Nov. 18
Location:
Fairview Mennonite Home in Cambridge presents its annual handicraft sale, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: includes decorations, gifts, sweet shop, wreaths, knitting, woodworking; refreshments in the tea room.
Nov. 17-18
Location:
Spirit of Christmas celebration at Nairn Mennonite Church, Ailsa Craig, featuring homemade treats and crafts by local talent and Ten Thousand Villages, plus music of the season. Canned goods welcomed for the local food bank.
Oct. 29
Location:
Pax Christi Chorale presents “Romantic masters,” at Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, at 3 p.m.; featuring works by Bruckner, Brahms and Beethoven.
Oct. 5
Location:
Book launch of “The Later Writing of the Swiss Anabaptists, 1529-1592,” edited by C. Arnold Snyder, at Conrad Grebel University College, from 4 to 5 p.m.
Nov. 26
Location:
Fifth annual Welcome Advent event at Detweiler Meeting House, Roseville, at 2:30 p.m. Featuring Lifted Voices. For more information, call Sam Steiner at 519-884-1040.
Oct. 15
Location:
Sixth annual Male Chorus Sing at the Detweiler Meeting House, Roseville, at 2:30 p.m. Song leaders: Laverne Martin, Charles Kruger and Laverne Brubacher. For more information, call Sam Steiner at 519-884-1040.
Oct. 14
Location:
Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario celebrates a century of Mennonite sewing circles in Ontario, at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener, at 2 p.m. Visit mhso.org for more information.
Sept. 30
Location:
Ride for Refuge in support of MCC. For more information, visit mcco.ca/ride.
Sept. 30
Location:
MCC Ontario annual general meeting, at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener, from noon to 3 p.m. For more information, visit mcco.ca/agm.
Sept. 26
Location:
“Refugee sponsorship: A lunch and listen event,” at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener, at noon. For more information, visit mcco.ca/events.
Sept. 16
Location:
Toronto Mennonite Festival in support of MCC, at Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto, at which a 50th-anniversary quilt will be auctioned off.
Sept. 24
Location:
Grand Opening of Rockway Mennonite Church’s new facility at 47 Onward Ave., Kitchener. Celebration and open house beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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