Jun. 9
Location:
Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg, hosts its annual fundraising chicken barbecue and pie auction, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Advance tickets required; available by phone at 519-625-8602 or e-mail at info@hiddenacres.ca.
Ontario
May 29-30
Location:
New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale. More than 20 food booths and three auctions, including the largest quilt auction in Canada. For more details, visit http://nhmrs.com.
May 24
Location:
Martin Family Singers and KW Chamber Orchestra perform a fundraising concert for the New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale at Steinmann Mennonite Church, Baden. Tickets available at MCC Ontario and MSCU branches.
May 22-24
Location:
Community Mennonite Fellowship, Drayton, celebrates its 25th anniversary. (22) Youth and sponsors reunion. (23) Community carnival. (24) Worship service at 10:30 a.m., followed by potluck. For more information, e-mail communitymennonite@bellntet.ca.
May 20
Location:
18th annual Low German Networking Conference, at Meadow Brook Church, Leamington. For more information, e-mail Lily Hiebert Rempel at lilyhr@mennonitecc.on.ca.
May 24
Location:
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp annual general meeting at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, Kitchener, at 1 p.m.
May 9
Location:
“Paddle the Grand” fundraiser for Silver Lake Mennonite Camp, from West Montrose to the Kaufman Flats, where there will be a barbecue dinner. For more information, call 519-422-1400 or visit www.slmc.ca.
May 2
Location:
“Enjoy a taste of Southeast Asia” fundraiser for MCC Ontario’s refugee sponsorship, cohosted by Grace New Life Mennonite and Hamilton Mennonite churches, at Hamilton Mennonite, from 5 to 7 p.m., followed by a musical concert. For more information, call 905-528-3607 or e-mail hmc@cogeco.net.
May 1-3
Location:
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp spring work weekend. For more information, call 519-422-1400 or visit www.slmc.ca
Jun. 20
Location:
MennoHomes “Out-spok’n for Affordable Housing” bike-a-thon, at Elmira Mennonite Church. Options for hikers, cyclists and motorcyclists. For more information, contact Dan Driedger at 226-476-2535 or ddriedger@mennohomes.com.
Jun. 3
Location:
Retired ministers and spouses retreat at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Palmer Becker will share about his recent ministry in Israel and South America. Pre-registration required. Participants are to bring their own lunch.
May 2
Location:
Theatre of the Beat performs “Bicycle Built for Two,” at Valleyview Mennonite Church, London, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.valleyviewmc.ca
Apr. 26
Location:
Steinmann Mennonite Church, Baden, hosts a “Gospel Echoes” concert featuring the Gospel Echoes Cross Connection Team, at 7:30 p.m. Besides the music, there will be a multimedia presentation of the group’s prison ministry and inmate testimonies. For more information, call 519-634-8311.
Apr. 22-23
Location:
MCC Ontario comforter knotting event at Elmira Produce Auction. Comforters made will be shipped to the Middle East in June to respond to the ongoing crisis in Syria. To volunteer, call Keith and Diane Snyder at 519-669-4084. To donate completed tops, call Wendy Cotter at 519-745-8458 x248.
Apr. 17
Location:
Menno Youth Singers coffee house fundraiser, at Waterloo North Mennonite Church, Waterloo, at 7 p.m.
Apr. 14
Location:
Mennonite Savings and Credit Union’s 51st annual general meeting, at Creekside Church, Waterloo; registration at 6:30 p.m., followed by meeting at 7.
May 3
Location:
Inter-Mennonite Children’s Choir presents “Songs of the Psalms” at Breslau Mennonite Church, at 3 p.m. Tickets available at the door.
May 2,3
Location:
Soli Deo Gloria Singers present their spring concert, “Foretaste of Glory: (2) UMEI, at 7:30 p.m.; (3) Leamington United Mennonite Church, at 3 p.m. For more information, call 519-326-7448.
Apr. 27, 28
Location:
Spring seniors retreat at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg. Speaker and song leader: Mark Diller Harder. Theme: “Singing our faith: Heart songs and hymnals.” Same program each day. For more information and registration forms, e-mail info@hiddenacres.ca or visit www.hiddenarces.ca.
Mar. 31
Location:
Open rehearsal for the Inter-Mennonite Children’s Choir, at Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite, Waterloo; (6:30 p.m.) children aged 6 to 9; (7:30 p.m.) children aged 10 to 15. For more information, e-mail imcc.conductor@rogers.com.
Until Apr. 30
Location:
David L. Hunsberger photo exhibit, “Taking community from the farm to the world,” at the Grebel Gallery and MAO Gallery at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo.
Mar. 28,29
Location:
Conrad Grebel Student Council presents Fiddler on the Roof, with an all-student cast and orchestra; at the Conrad Centre, Kitchener.
Mar. 28
Location:
Conrad Grebel University College’s Institute for Anabaptist Mennonite Studies and the Mennonite Historical Society celebrate the release of Sam Steiner’s new book, In Search of Promised Lands; in the Great Hall, at 2 p.m.
Mar. 14
Location:
Conrad Grebel University college open house, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
May 7,20
Location:
18th annual Low German Networking Conference; (7) at Bradley Street Church of God, Aylmer; (20 at Meadow Brook Church, Leamington. For more information, e-mail Lily Hiebert Rempel at lilyhr@mennonitecc.on.ca.
Pages
