Tag: Toronto Mennonites

  • ‘It’s time for the next generation to step up’

    ‘It’s time for the next generation to step up’

    Despite summer temperatures, the leaves on the trees surrounding Black Creek Pioneer Village were tipped with autumn red on Sept. 15, the day of the annual Toronto Mennonite Festival. Traditionally known as the Black Creek Pioneer Village MCC Relief Sale, the event began in 1967 and has raised more than $1.3 million. This year, the…

  • A Prayer for the Danforth

    A Prayer for the Danforth

    Oh God of Love, Maker of human neighbours and neighbourhoods, Hear our prayer from the Danforth, for the Danforth. Hear our cry of anguish and disorientation; Our sidewalk cafes are shattered and scattered; we are suddenly lost in our own home town.     Calm us! Hear our cry of fear, we run, we hide, from…