News & Stories
Mennonite Central Committee B.C.’s offices and thrift shop may be closed on Sunday, but two Sunday afternoons a month there is plenty of activity in the back parking lot of the... Read More
September 9, 2015 | God at work in the World | Amy Rinner Waddell
Parkland Restorative Justice has a new executive director. The agency, which is supported by Mennonite Church Saskatchewan (MC Sask), hired Heather Driedger to fill the position... Read More
September 9, 2015 | God at work in Us |
When Linnea Thacker suggested to her co-director of Ontario Mennonite Music Camp, Elizabeth Rogalsky Lepock, that they perform a shortened version of My Fair Lady as the musical... Read More
September 9, 2015 | Artbeat |
The Tent of Nations is a family farm situated in the Palestinian hills near Bethlehem in the West Bank, owned by the Palestinian-Christian Nassar family since 1916. The farm... Read More
September 9, 2015 | Young Voices | Emily Hunsberger
For Beverley Winter, the Friendship Manor community includes teenagers from the Altona Mennonite Church (AMC) youth group. Winter looks forward to monthly Sunday morning... Read More
September 9, 2015 | Young Voices | Paige Mierau Friesen
Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC) has received an allegation of sexual and ethical misconduct against a former credentialed pastor, the late Vernon Leis. “It is a painful... Read More
September 8, 2015 | Web First |
Nearly 500 years ago, the Anabaptist movement centred on rediscovering Jesus and applying what he taught to all aspects of life. The Mennonite World Conference assembly, held in... Read More
August 31, 2015 | Web First |
A group of children from Orchard Park Bible Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., carry signs celebrating the 200th birthday of Sunday school as Kathy and Alfred Guenther present... Read More
August 26, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Kate Regier
Thanks to a great deal of planning, the 310 Canadian young people and their sponsors had the “global experience of a lifetime,” according to Kirsten Hamm-Epp, area church minister... Read More
August 26, 2015 | God at work in the Church |
All the youth name tags at Mennonite World Conference assembly in Harrisburg, Pa., had “#J178” on them. Nobody gave much thought to it until 600 youth from around the world were... Read More
August 26, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Prabidhi Pandey
A chapter of 20th-century German Mennonite history that has been predominantly glossed over, received attention in back-to-back workshops by historians on July 22 at the Mennonite... Read More
August 26, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Tim Huber
A campaign of church signs supported by Juno-award-winning musician Steve Bell is calling on the federal government to address the longstanding injustice of Winnipeg’s water... Read More
August 26, 2015 | God at work in the Church | J. Neufeld
There’s never a dull moment at the thrift shop. Whether it’s a truckload full of donations five minutes before closing or a till that needs balancing, Mennonite Central Committee... Read More
August 26, 2015 | God at work in Us | Katie Steckly
Erin Brubacher and Christine Brubaker are seventh cousins, more or less. Before their 700-kilometre walk from Brubaker Valley Road in Lancaster, Pa., to the historic John E... Read More
August 26, 2015 | Artbeat |
Javier and his family arrived in Winnipeg in November of 2013, on the brink of Winnipeg’s coldest winter since 1898, a bone-chilling change from their Colombian homeland, where... Read More
August 26, 2015 | Young Voices | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
From Winnipeg to Minneapolis to Edmonton, Terry Hildebrand and Miriam Rudolph’s journey together as artists and life partners has taken them to a variety of different places... Read More
August 26, 2015 | Young Voices |
Just as the ripples from a stone thrown into a body of water move outward from the centre, so too the effects of one person acting in and for peace affect many around them,... Read More
August 26, 2015 | Back Page |
A new bursary will make it possible for students who volunteer with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) to receive financial help for their higher education. Learning how to live out... Read More
August 26, 2015 | Web First | Mark Beach
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) has received long-awaited approval for students from Canada to study in the seminary’s distance program, Master of Divinity Connect... Read More
August 26, 2015 | Web First | Mary E. Klassen
When Darnell Barkman found out he would be home in Canada during the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP), he had to enrol. Barkman was one of 84 students from around the world... Read More
August 26, 2015 | Web First |
More than 100 Anabaptist educators attended a global education conference July 16-19, 2015, just before Mennonite World Conference assembly. The summit, held at Christopher Dock... Read More
August 26, 2015 | Web First |
Applying for a visa to enter the U.S. was serious business for many internationals hoping to attend PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) assembly held in Harrisburg, July... Read More
August 13, 2015 | Web First | From reports by Phyllis Pellman Good, Judy Zimmerman Herr and Robert Herr
Lenore Mendes of Guatemala addresses Mennonite World Conference 12 in Winnipeg in 1990. She thought she would be speaking to a few hundred people, but was surprised to see... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Conrad Stoesz
The Commons is starting to slow down. No, we are not retiring as a church, we just think it is time for a little different pace. The plan is to switch things up in the fall for... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Randell Neudorf
A group of children visited a greenhouse on the last day of Bread for Success, an after-school project in Saskatoon supported by Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Global Family... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in the World | Meghan Mast