Watch: Conrad Grebel’s viral video
Over the last two years, Conrad Grebel University College’s YouTube channel has become a go-to source for quality gamelan videos. This moderate internet fame is spurred on by one performance in particular—a piece called “Hujan Mas” performed by the University of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan at their end-of-term concert in March 2017. Watch it now: This…
Watch: Spotlight on Cris Derksen
The bio on Cris Derksen’s website says it well: The “Juno-nominated and classically trained cellist and composer braids the traditional and contemporary, weaving her classical background and her Indigenous ancestry together with new school electronics to create genre-defying music.” In 2018, the half-Cree, half-Mennonite musician from northern Alberta wrote a piece for the Eybler Quartet.…
Watch: Foothills bids Doug Klassen farewell
Foothills Mennonite Church in Calgary, Alta. recently said goodbye to pastor Doug Klassen and his wife, Rose. After 20 years of ministry at the church, the Klassens are headed to Winnipeg. Doug will begin his new role as executive minister of Mennonite Church Canada on June 1. Watch a short video from May 12, the Klassens’ final Sunday…
Watch: “I Am a Mennonite” trailer
Winnipeg filmmaker Paul Plett has announced his next project: a documentary exploring his Mennonite roots. “I’m going to retrace the steps of my ancestors and find out where I came from,” Plett says in a video he posted online earlier this week alongside a campaign to raise funds to complete the film. “Along the way,…
Watch: International Witness update
Mennonite Church Canada has released a video that provides an update on its International Witness ministry. The video was shown at regional church gatherings over the past few months and posted to YouTube. Watch it below. The video introduces viewers to MC Canada’s 11 Witness workers, summarizes the new funding model for Witness and concludes with an invitation to…
Once Round the Barn: Pat-on-the-back Edition
He’s our resident ranter, our pigpen pundit. Canadian Mennonite writer Will Braun rants around the barn on his southern Manitoba farmyard. This time he’s got opinions on how Mennonites talk about their generosity. (See the video below. Then scroll down more and check out more rants.)
Once Round the Barn: LBGTQ Edition
With a nod to Ranting Rick Mercer, senior writer Will Braun steps into the mess that is the church’s disagreement over same-sex inclusion. The Maple View insert appeared in the September 25, 2017, print issue of Canadian Mennonite. You can read readers’ responses here: Readers write: October 23, 2017 issue Readers write: November…
Many Voices, One Song
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, a Vancouver congregation produced a documentary featuring its church. Many Voices, One Song: The Story of Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship is a 27-minute video telling both the history of Point Grey and how it contributes to and enriches the faith of its members. The church is distinctive in that it…
Once Round the Barn: Radisson Assembly Edition
In this inaugural edition of “Once Round the Barn,” Braun unravels the less-with-more choice of a downtown Radisson as the venue for the 2017 Mennonite Church Canada Special Assembly (which he chose to skip). See Assembly coverage here: Focus on Special Assembly. This is the first in the video series, Once…
