Nov. 18
Nithview Christmas Bazaar, in New Hamburg, featuring a bake sale, silent auction and community vendors, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Nithview Christmas Bazaar, in New Hamburg, featuring a bake sale, silent auction and community vendors, from 2 to 4 p.m.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
MennoHomes annual general meeting and Inshallah ensemble concert, at Rockway Mennonite Church, Kitchener, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit mennohomes.com.
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.
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.
Pax Christi Chorale presents “Romantic masters,” at Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, at 3 p.m.; featuring works by Bruckner, Brahms and Beethoven.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ride for Refuge in support of MCC. For more information, visit mcco.ca/ride.
MCC Ontario annual general meeting, at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener, from noon to 3 p.m. For more information, visit mcco.ca/agm.
“Refugee sponsorship: A lunch and listen event,” at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener, at noon. For more information, visit mcco.ca/events.
Toronto Mennonite Festival in support of MCC, at Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto, at which a 50th-anniversary quilt will be auctioned off.
Grand Opening of Rockway Mennonite Church’s new facility at 47 Onward Ave., Kitchener. Celebration and open house beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Pioneer Park Christian Fellowship celebrates its 175th anniversary; worship at 9:45 a.m., followed by a fellowship meal, then “Songs from our history” at 1:30 p.m. For more information, email ppcf.mc@gmail.com.
Jim Reimer Memorial Bluegrass Concert, at Conrad Grebel University College’s Great Hall, at 2:30 p.m., featuring Rescue Junction and 5 on the Floor. In support of the Reimer Scholarship in Theological Studies.
“Mennonite life in the Detweiler Neighbourhood 150 years ago” presentation by Sam Steiner, at the Detweiler Meeting House, Roseville, at 11 a.m.
Erie View United Mennonite Church celebrates its 70th anniversary; worship service at 10 a.m. followed by light lunch and an informal sharing time. Seating is limited; RSVP to ptwarner1985@gmail.com.
“Building community” retreat at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg. Speakers: Gord Alton and Johanna Wall. Theme: “Growing in understanding.” For more information, call 519-625-8602.
Final concert of the Ontario Mennonite Music Camp, in the Great Hall at Conrad Grebel University, College, Waterloo, at 7 p.m.