News & Stories
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
“I’m not very good at being helpless,” says Ric Driediger as he reflects on the impact Saskatchewan’s forest fires have had on his business and his life. Driediger and his wife,... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in Us | Donna Schulz
Pop psychology writer Malcolm Gladwell popularized the 10,000-hour rule—the notion that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master a craft. Jeremy Hamm will tell you a different... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in Us | J. Neufeld
In Search of Promised Lands: A Religious History of Mennonites in Ontario By Samuel J. Steiner. Herald Press, 2015, 877 pages. Sam Steiner has pulled off an amazing feat. He has... Read More
August 12, 2015 | Artbeat |
Youth and young adults from all over the world went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from July 21 to 26 for a reunion with the global Mennonite family. We spoke with a handful of young... Read More
August 12, 2015 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen and Aaron Epp
Growing up, Dustin Loewen was sometimes teased by his friends for being a “Mennonite poster boy.” He had a well-rounded Mennonite upbringing, attended Mennonite schools and has... Read More
August 12, 2015 | Young Voices | Anya Snider
Mennonite Central Committee’s mobile meat canner went vegan for the Mennonite World Conference assembly, switching for one week from pork, beef and turkey to green beans. Slipping... Read More
August 11, 2015 | Web First | Tim Huber