May 11
Low German Networking Conference in Leamington.
Low German Networking Conference in Leamington.
Low German Networking Conference in Aylmer.
MCC meat canning in Elmira.
MCC Meat canning in Leamington.
Fundraising breakfast for MCC Elmira meat canning.
The Music of James MacMillan at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener at 3 p.m. For tickets go to grebel.ca/Sawatsky.
Sawatsky Lecture with Sir James MacMillan at Conrad Grebel at 7:30 p.m. (grebel.ca/Sawatsky).
MCC Heifer Sale in Listowel.
Bechtel Lecture with Dr. Janneken Smucker, “Unexpected intersections: Amish, Mennonite, and Hmong Textiles and the Question of Authenticity,” in the Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College at 7 p.m. (grebel.ca/Bechtel).
Bechtel Lecture dinner with Dr. Janneken Smucker, “Abstract Art or Country Craft: The Quilts of the Amish” at 6:30 p.m. Contact Alison Enns (519) 885-0220 x 24217 or aenns@uwaterloo.ca for tickets.
C. Henry Smith Scholar Lecture with Dr. Rebecca Janzen, “Minorities in Mexico: Mennonites and the 21st-Century State,” in Schlegel Community Education Room, Conrad Grebel University College (grebel.ca/events).
“As the Women Sew: Community Quilts of Mampuján, Colombia” art exhibit at the Grebel Gallery, Conrad Grebel University College (grebel.ca/events).
Vineland United Mennonite Church celebrates its 80th anniversary with a homecoming weekend. More details to follow.
13th-annual Epicurean Hootenany in support of MCC and hearing impaired children, at the Conrad Centre, Kitchener. Appetizers at 6 p.m.; singing at 7 p.m., with a dinner buffet and dessert to follow. For more information, visit mcco.ca/events.
Evangelical Anabaptist (EVANA) Network preview weekend at Maple View Mennonite Church, Wellesley. Visit evananetwork.org for more information and to register.
Pax Christi Chorale and Menno Singers present “A Cappella Masterworks,” featuring Josef Rheinberger’s “Mass in E Flat”; (30) at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, at 7:30 p.m.; (1) at Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, at 3 p.m. For tickets, e-mail boxoffice@paxchristichorale.org.
Menno Singers present “Bach and his Contemporaries” with soloists and the Nota Bene Baroque Players, at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Kitchener, at 7:30 p.m.
“Glorious baroque: Music for trumpet and organ,” at First United Church, Waterloo, at 2:30 p.m. Featuring Jan Overduin, organ, and John Thiessen, baroque trumpet. For more information, call 519-699-5362.
Menno Singers present “Sing Along Messiah” with orchestra and soloists, at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, at 3 p.m.
Three Choirs at Christmas- Menno Singers will be joined by Inter-Mennonite Children's Choir and Menno Youth Singers at St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Kitchener, 3 p.m. More info and tickets at www.mennosingers.com.
“An Advent Journey,” at Listowel Mennonite Church: (18) 7 to 9 p.m.; (19) 7 to 9 p.m.; (20) 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 519-291-2350/
Book launch of Winnipeg author Armin Wiebe’s “Armin’s Shorts,” at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, at 7:30 p.m.
MCC Ontario presents “The Syrian crisis: What is a small player to do?” at Conrad Grebel University College’s Great Hall, at 7 p.m. Learn about MCC’s ongoing humanitarian and peacebuilding response to the Syria and Iraq crisis. For more information or to register, visit http://bit.ly/1O4RJGi.
International recording artist Matt Epp will perform at UMEI at 7 p.m. in a fundraising concert for UMEI, Mennonite Church Canada peace building ministries and Coffee for Peace in the Philippines. Matt will be joined by the UMEI Vocal Ensemble on selected songs. Tickets: $12 (advance) $15 (door) available at www.mennonitechurch.ca.
Pax Christi Chorale and Menno Singers present “A Cappella Masterworks,” featuring Josef Rheinberger’s “Mass in E Flat,” at Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, 3 p.m. For tickets, e-mail boxoffice@paxchristichorale.org.