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When Gabby Martin mentions that she’s a Mennonite, she’s often met with, “Okay, but where are you from?” Her father is Black and her mother is Syrian; she was adopted by... Read More
October 21, 2020 | People | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
My earliest memories of food go back to my childhood in the Chaco, Paraguay, where my family lived from 1947 to 1952. Our family, like the others in our village, were refugees... Read More
October 21, 2020 | People | Elfrieda Schroeder
Christen Kong, 27, was part of the community outreach team at Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church when the group started a local butterfly garden to encourage pollinators. Kong... Read More
October 21, 2020 | People | Janet Bauman
Now that I am retired, I love to bake zwiebach and have become known at Jubilee Mennonite Church in Winnipeg as the “Zwiebach Lady.” You can read more about my story here . My... Read More
October 21, 2020 | People | Elfrieda Schroeder
After 20 years of negotiations, planning and construction, the water has gone up behind Manitoba Hydro’s $8.7-billion Keeyask dam about 725 km. north of Winnipeg. The troubled... Read More
October 20, 2020 | Web First | Will Braun
Tany Warkentin and her family served as Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers in Burkina Faso for six years, until 2011. Warkentin brings that experience to her role as liaison... Read More
October 20, 2020 | Web First |
Mary Anne Neufeld of Vineland, Ont. teaches Kindergarten in the public school system and was surprised at the beginning of the school year that 92 percent of students returned to... Read More
October 9, 2020 | Web First | Maria H. Klassen
For many congregants, the invitation to receive communion at Edmonton’s First Mennonite Church on Sunday, Sept. 27 would mark the first time they had physically set foot in the... Read More
October 7, 2020 | News | Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
Mennonite Central Committee Ontario (MCCO) held its annual general meeting (AGM) online on Sept. 21, 2020. John Head, executive director, reported that most targets in the... Read More
October 7, 2020 | News | Janet Bauman
Vineland (Ont.) United Mennonite Church plans to continue meeting virtually for worship through September, using YouTube video. According to pastor Louise Wideman, the church is... Read More
October 7, 2020 | News | Maria H. Klassen
When Leonard Doell was hired as Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Saskatchewan’s Native Concerns program coordinator in 1996, he was told his job was “to drink tea with elders.”... Read More
October 7, 2020 | People | Donna Schulz
Miles Kirkaldy, who is six years old and just started grade one, enjoys reading Canadian Mennonite . When a new copy comes in the mail, he reads bits and pieces and asks questions... Read More
October 7, 2020 | People | Jennifer Kirkaldy
Sarah Johnson Theology scholar Sarah Kathleen Johnson has always been interested in religion and Christian worship. In her pursuit of education, her many different involvements at... Read More
October 7, 2020 | Focus On Education |
“Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to attend a Mennonite post-secondary institution,” says Danika Warkentin, one of seven recipients of this year’s Mennonite Church... Read More
October 7, 2020 | Focus On Education | Joanne De Jong
Life at Columbia Bible College (CBC) looks quite different than it did back in mid-March, when classes suddenly ended and students were sent home due to COVID-19. After six months... Read More
October 7, 2020 | Focus On Education | Amy Rinner Waddell
Mennonites around the globe yearn for Anabaptist theological education, identity formation and leadership development, but attending an Anabaptist-related college, university or... Read More
October 7, 2020 | Focus On Education |
The annual Menno Simons Sermon Prize is seeking submissions from pastors and lay preachers from around the world in German, English, Dutch, French and Spanish before Dec. 1, 2020... Read More
October 6, 2020 | Web First |
In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) leaders of !Explore: A Theological Program for High School Youth are planning for a... Read More
October 5, 2020 | Web First |
Myeengun Henry, Indigenous elder, says treaty relationships should be tended. “We need to shine those up every year so we don’t forget how important they are.” Henry was the first... Read More
October 5, 2020 | Web First | Janet Bauman
Valerie Alipova arrived in Canada for the first time five years ago, on a one-year Mennonite Voluntary Service (MVS) assignment. In September, she became an associate pastor of... Read More
September 23, 2020 | People | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
Natalie Stevanus, 36, of Bloomingdale, Ont., likes how her photographs bring joy to people, which inspires her to take even more. (Photo by Jane van Pelt) Natalie Stevanus has an... Read More
September 23, 2020 | People | Janet Bauman
Part educator, part listener, part mentor and part bridge-builder. The mandate for Fanosie Legesse, appointed as Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s intercultural mission minister... Read More
September 23, 2020 | People | Janet Bauman
Across the nationwide church, there are likely as many approaches to reopening as there are congregations. Mennonite Church Saskatchewan recently hosted an online conversation... Read More
September 23, 2020 | News | Donna Schulz
Although Mountainview Mennonite Church in Vancouver closed its doors in 1996, its legacy lives on through several Mennonite Church British Columbia congregations. When... Read More
September 23, 2020 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell