MCEC reviews 67 church annual reports
Mennonite Church Eastern Canada invited congregations to share their annual reports with regional church staff in order to improveunderstanding of how MCEC can better support congregations and pastors, and also identify trends in giving and congregational activities. Sixty-seven of 108 MCEC congregations shared their annual reports with the regional church, allowing MCEC to compile a list of themes and trends in an executive summary. Ann L. Schultz, interim executive team leader of MCEC, stated in an email to Canadian Mennonite: “What is most helpful for congregations to know now…
Surely there are more of us
“If I’m here, surely there are more of us, and one of us just needs to start it.” With those words in mind, Rachel Reid decided to reach out to all the churches in Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC) in hopes of starting a young adult network. Her home church—Hamilton Mennonite in Hamilton—doesn’t have a…