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Events:

• October 14 & 15: Saskatchewan Women in Mission Retreat at Shekinah
• October 14 to 16: MCBC Women’s Retreat Weekend at Camp Squeah
• October 20: Women of MCEC supper at Breslau Mennonite Church
• July 2012: MW Canada 60th Anniversary Celebration

Mission Statement

Mennonite Women Canada encourages women to:

• nurture their life in Christ
• acknowledge and share their gifts
• hear and support each other
• serve and minister across the street and around the world

We commit ourselves to:

• Promote spiritual growth through bible study, prayer, other Christian disciplines, and fellowship.
• Discern and nurture women's gifts and skills for leadership and service in the local church, the community, and the world.
• Build relationships and networks of support, affirmations, discernment, witness, service, and celebration.
• Support and strengthen the missional outreach of Mennonite Church Canada

National Executive

L to R: Myrna Sawatzky, Saskatoon, SK Waltrude Gortzen, Abbotsford, BC Lois Mierau, Langham, SK Liz Koop, St. Catharines, ON Patty Ollies, Milverton, ON Ev Buhr, Edmonton, AB

Contact

• President: Liz Koop, koopfarms@becon.org
• Secretary-Treasurer: Lois Mierau, glmierau@yourlink.ca
• British Columbia: Waltrude Gortzen, waltrude@shaw.ca
• Alberta: Evelyn Buhr, pebuhr@telus.net
• Saskatchewan: Myrna Sawatsky, mesawatzky@sasktel.net
• Eastern Canada: Patty Ollies, pattyo@mennonitecc.on.ca
• Mennonite Women Canada
  Mennonite Church Canada
  600 Shaftesbury Blvd.
  Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M4
  

Local Groups

There are approximately 150 groups in Canada. In any one of these groups you would experience fellowship, devotions, prayer, food and opportunities to participate in service/mission projects.

Task Force members
Back row, L to R: Justina Heese, Manitoba, Ruby Harder, Saskatchewan, Waltrude Gortzen, British Columbia, Mylene Melacon, Quebec.
Front row, L to R: Irene Bartel, Saskatchewan, Marguerite Jack, Alberta, Liz Koop, Ontario.

Task Force on Bridging the Gap - Enlarging the Tent

In the summer of 2008 a Task Force was established that would help us discern how women today view their mission/vision and how we can embrace/support each other in carrying out our mission.

This Task Force completed its work with a Final Report in March 2010. You can download the Summary and Recommendations of this Report below. A response from the Executive follows the Recommendations.

As a result of the Report, women voted unanimously to change two aspects of our Constitution. For details see our Fall 2010 Newsletter.

Download:

• the Summary of Task Force Findings, March 2010 [35KB PDF file]
• the Executive Response to Task Force Report, March 2010 [11KB PDF file]