My partner Suzanne Braun and I spent three years as Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) service workers in South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho from 2011-14. As the connecting... Read More
News & Stories
We spent a lot of time on the road, travelling to meet with different partner organizations. This road is in the Drakensberg Mountains. (Photo by Aaron Janzen)
November 18, 2015 | Young Voices | Aaron Janzen
Stories of how their life journeys were shaped by voluntary service filled the room at a reunion of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) service workers who were part of the Pax... Read More
November 16, 2015 | Web First | Gladys Terichow
As political unrest brings increased violence in Burundi, partners of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) continue building on two decades of peacebuilding to encourage peace. The... Read More
November 16, 2015 | Web First | Melody Musser
Congregating junior youth in small-town Saskatchewan may seem like a counter-intuitive way for them to discover their part in the global church body, but that’s what the purpose... Read More
November 16, 2015 | Web First | Marcus Kruger
Jane Philpott, a member of the Community Mennonite Church in Stouffville, Ont., and the chief of family medicine at Markham-Stouffville Hospital, was named today to Prime Minister... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Web First |
Board member Caleb Redekop, centre, cuts the PiE pie with Chris Brnjas and Jessica Reesor Rempel at Pastors in Exile’s kick-off on Sept. 27, 2015, at the Queen St. Commons Café in Kitchener, Ont. (Photo by Dave Rogalsky)
Both Jessica Reesor Rempel and Chris Brnjas are fond of puns, as perhaps only geeks are. Self-professed “church geeks,” they kicked off their new ministry, Pastors in Exile (PiE)... Read More
November 4, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Dave Rogalsky
An interactive blanket exercise on Missions Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, shows members of Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, B.C., a different way of looking at Canadian history... Read More
November 4, 2015 | God at work in the World |
Bringing a long-standing and dearly loved institution to an end is not an easy thing to do. The members of Saskatchewan Women in Mission (SWM) have at least shown that it can be... Read More
November 4, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Saskatchewan Correspondent
People who want to love their indigenous neighbours must first learn to love themselves, according to Dr. Patricia Vickers, a psychotherapist and Tsimshian theologian. Vickers... Read More
November 4, 2015 | God at work in the World |
She is a novelist and world traveller, speaks Mandarin and has a brown belt in karate. Shaimaa Kraba also wears a hijab and is a Sunni Muslim. At the third annual Christian-Muslim... Read More
November 4, 2015 | God at work in the World | Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
Leona (Unger) Rogalsky was born into an Evangelical Mennonite Conference (EMC) family in southern Manitoba in the 1930s. During her childhood, her family spent some time in the... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Artbeat |
Conrad Stoesz, Mennonite Heritage Centre (MHC) archivist, is passionate about pursuing peace and the history of conscientious objection to war. His long-held convictions inspired... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Artbeat |
It could be that thousands of people have learned about Mennonites from Katie Steckly. Early last year, the 19-year-old, who grew up in Milverton, Ont., and is a member of... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Young Voices |
It takes Anna Chemar almost two hours to dress in her favourite style. The elaborate makeup alone requires 45 minutes. Carefully slipping into the clothes—bell-shaped skirt,... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Young Voices | Katrina Brooks
Cellphones are this generation’s cigarette. That was one analysis provided by Jerry Holsopple and Linford Stutzman to students participating in an October Living and Learning... Read More
November 2, 2015 | Web First | Kara Painter
When Brian Darweesh and Reem Younes got married, they were living as refugees in Lebanon. They left their homes in Syria, fleeing violence and a threat on Darweesh’s life. At... Read More
November 2, 2015 | Web First | Emily Loewen
Kaleigh Van Egmond paints the face of Ellery Sawatzky at the celebration of Bethany United Mennonite Church’s 50th anniversary. (Photo by Dave Rogalsky)
The way Bill Goertz remembers it, every time it seemed that the building plan for Bethany Mennonite Church was settled, Victor Dyck would come to yet another caffeine-fuelled... Read More
November 2, 2015 | Web First | Dave Rogalsky
George Reesor, front row right, a local historian and Parkview Home board member in the 1980s, spoke at the 50th anniversary celebration and observed: ‘The Parkview of today could not have been conceived or planned in its entirety back in the 1960s. Rather, each added project has been built upon vision, experience and expertise gained from earlier endeavours.’ His wife Anna is seated beside him. (Parkview Home photo)
The Parkview auditorium was filled on Sept. 27, 2015, as residents, past and present board members, and community supporters gathered to celebrate 50 years of service to the... Read More
October 28, 2015 | Web First | Joanna Reesor-McDowell
October 31 in Canada and the USA is widely acknowledged as Halloween. It is marked by costumes, candy—and tales of horror. But the date has deeper historical connotations for... Read More
October 27, 2015 | Web First | Conrad Stoesz
Gregory Rabus and Jennifer Otto, Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers in Germany, are finding ways to respond to the needs of refugees flooding into the country from Syria and... Read More
October 21, 2015 | God at work in the World |
While the physical space has been there since the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union (MSCU) Centre for Peace Advancement was inaugurated a year ago, the Frank and Helen Epp Peace... Read More
October 21, 2015 | God at work in the World |
Nyantut Pal, left, Christina Chany and Balat Pal are ready for three-and-a-half-hour drive from Edmonton to Camp Valaqua in Water Valley, Alta., with their driver, Barry Andres. (Photo by Donita Wiebe-Neufeld)
What does it look like when two churches and Camp Valaqua partner toward a common goal? It looks like 18 enthusiastic campers! This past summer, the Service and Outreach branch of... Read More
October 21, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
Song leaders from a number of MC Saskatchewan churches participated in ‘Singing with the Spirit,’ a weekend music and worship event hosted by Nutana Park Mennonite from Oct. 2 to 4, 2015. (Photo by Donna Schulz)
“I will sing with the Spirit, but I will sing with understanding.” These words, from I Corinthians 14:15, formed the basis of Marilyn Houser Hamm’s recent music workshop at Nutana... Read More
October 21, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Donna Schulz
His name was David Schroeder, but those who knew him affectionately and respectfully referred to him as “Doc.” Schroeder, who worked as professor of New Testament and philosophy... Read More
October 21, 2015 | God at work in Us | Kevin Kilbrei
