Alberta AGM marked by hope and diversity
Participants celebrated the diversity of the family of God, strategized ways to improve inclusivity and marked leadership transitions at Mennonite Church Alberta’s 2024 delegate sessions. Mennonites from across the province gathered March 15-16 at Holyrood Mennonite Church in Edmonton. On the first evening, an enthusiastic, intergenerational, intercultural music group led delegates and visitors in a…
The gift of limited options
This past spring, Mennonite Church Alberta held its first in-person annual delegate sessions in four years. Representatives from across the province were in attendance. Who hosted this grand gathering? One of the smallest churches in the province: Springridge Mennonite. There are about 25 people in the pews at Springridge on a typical Sunday morning and…
Transitions abound at MC Saskatchewan’s annual delegate sessions
David Boshart, president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Ind., encouraged Mennonite Church Saskatchewan participants at this year’s annual delegate sessions (ADS) to hold on to a hopeful perspective, even as the challenges of church life after the pandemic grew. “This all begins with Christians who see the world in a different way,” he…
