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| Nov 7, 2000 |
Get
Your Household Advent Resource |
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Winnipeg, Man.-
Mennonite Church Canada's Resource Centre has been buzzing with requests
for the Advent household resource By another road: finding God's
way (by Eleanor Snyder, Pandora Press). |
| Nov 7, 2000 |
Share
Your Congregation's Advent Programs with Others! |
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Winnipeg,
Man.-
Each year we receive many requests for Sunday School programs, Advent
dramas and Christmas Eve programs to assist congregations in planning
their own... |
| Nov 7, 2000 |
MWC
2003 to feature international art exhibit |
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Winnipeg, Man.-Ray Dirks, curator
of the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery here, will put together an
international collection of Mennonite art at the next Mennonite World
Conference (MWC) tentatively planned for Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in 2003. |
| Nov 6, 2000 |
Violent
toys more than child's play, say volunteer toy inspectors |
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Winnipeg, Man.-A group of volunteer
toy inspectors has called for the removal of violent toys from store
shelves by launching the national 500 Churches for Change Campaign
in Winnipeg. |
| Oct 23, 2000 |
Mennonite
Church Canada will bid farewell to Tym Elias |
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Winnipeg, Man.-Tym
Elias, director of outreach and church planting, will leave his
position at the end of this year to become pastor at Home Street
Mennonite Church, an inner city congregation here. |
| Oct 13, 2000 |
Mennonite Media
establishes presence in Canada |
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Winnipeg, Man.- Burton Buller, Executive Director of
Mennonite Media (Harrisonburg, Virginia), will work out of an office
at Mennonite Church Canada on a part-time basis, starting immediately,
for a one-year period. In a brief presentation to MC Canada staff... |
| October 12, 2000 |
Results are in-MC
Canada Communications Survey |
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Winnipeg, Man.-Sixty-nine per cent of participants
at Lethbridge 2000 said they felt "very positive" when they think
of Mennonite Church Canada; 26% felt "somewhat positive", while 2%
said they felt "somewhat negative". These are among the preliminary
results of a communications survey... |
| September 26, 2000 |
Mennonite Church Canada
forms new partnership with Tenth Man |
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Winnipeg, Man.- The Outreach and Church Planting Committee
(OCPC) of Mennonite Church Canada has formed a Joint Ministries agreement
with the Tenth Man Program of Mennonite Men. Tenth Man is a network... |
| September 13, 2000 |
Resources Commission
peeks into the future |
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Winnipeg, Man.-While wild turkeys roamed the grounds outside, participants
in a September 7-9 workshop here were encouraged to "think wild."
The Resources Commission of Mennonite Church Canada hosted the workshop... |
| August 31, 2000 |
Mennonite Church Canada Calls for
Another Perspective on US Military
Aid to Colombia |
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Winnipeg, Man.-"People aren't getting the whole story," says Jack
Suderman, executive secretary of Ministries Commission of Mennonite
Church Canada, referring to Bill Clinton's $1.3 billion infusion of
aid for Colombia. Suderman points to a letter... |
| August 14, 2000 |
KidsPak Reaps Results! |
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Winnipeg, Man.- KidsPak is a Sunday School kit to
help children foster a sense of stewardship and mission. Produced
by Mennonite Church Canada, it outlines church-relevant issues of
the day in easy to understand language for children, and encourages
adults to participate with them.
Last year, Tool Time was a one of the projects featur |
| August 14, 2000 |
Congregational
resources now on the web! |
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Congregational resources now on the web! Mennonite
Church Canada Resource Updates can now be found on the conference's
web site... |
| August 11, 2000 |
Mennonite Heritage
Centre appoints archivist |
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Winnipeg, Man.-Conrad Stoesz has been hired in a
permanent position as archivist (half-time) for the Mennonite Heritage
Centre. Stoesz has previously worked at the centre... |
| July 14, 2000 |
Mennonites
to Descend on Lethbridge |
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Winnipeg, Man.-Over 600 Mennonites representing 255
churches and 37,000 members across Canada will descend on Lethbridge
next week as the annual sessions of Mennonite Church Canada begin
on Wednesday, July 19. The sessions will... |
| June 12, 2000 |
Mennonite
Church Canada appoints new director of Mennonite Heritage Centre |
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Alf Redekopp has been appointed to the position of
Director, Mennonite Heritage Centre. The appointment was made by the
Resources Commission on June 12... |
| June 2, 2000 |
Project Wired:
Connecting Youth and Adults |
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Winnipeg, Man.-Looking for ways to connect youth
and young adults with adults in your congregation? Use technology
as a bridge!
Church administrators and members... |
| May 18, 2000 |
Retiree creates plaques for churches across Canada
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"Retired" does not describe John Reimer,
73. In the past few months he has made nearly 300 wooden plaques with
the new Mennonite Church Canada name and logo. He views his woodworking
as a hobby, hardly an apt description. Nearly every day, from December
10 to the end of February, Reimer was in his basement workshop, … |
| May 13, 2000 |
Mennonite Church Canada
hires new treasurer |
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Gerhard Epp has been appointed as the new treasurer
of Mennonite Church Canada. He currently works as corporate controller
of Century Properties Inc., a property management company, and brings
a wealth of experience in past accounting positions held with a software
developer, bus manufacturer, wholesale distributor, and public accounting... |
| March 9, 2000 |
Mennonite Church Canada
hires new director of communications |
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Dan Dyck has been hired as the new Director of Communications
for Mennonite Church Canada. He brings nine years experience in corporate
communications at Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI)
in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, where he was responsible for writing,
design, web site construction, technical illustration and photography... |
| March 9, 2000 |
Mennonite Church Canada
website chosen as ‘site of the month’ |
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An internet organization has chosen to honor Mennonite
Church Canada’s website (found at www.mennonitechurch.ca)
as March "Site of the Month." Mennonite.net (found at www.mennonite.net)
is a project of Goshen College and Mennonite Mutual Aid. It aims to
provide technology services for Mennonite Church... |
| November 24, 1999 |
Conference minister
appointed to Mennonite Church Canada |
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Henry Paetkau was appointed by the General Board
of Mennonite Church Canada to be the next Conference Minister, beginning
in July, 2000. Paetkau comes to this position after twenty-two years
of pastoral service, including the last fifteen at Grace Mennonite
Church in St. Catharines, Ontario... |
| November 24, 1999 |
Heritage centre gets interim
director |
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Alf Redekopp has been appointed as interim director
of the Mennonite Heritage Centre of Mennonite Church Canada. The appointment
was made by the general board November 12, on the recommendation of
the Heritage Committee... |
| May 13, 1999 |
New booklet on work and
rest is now available |
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"Mennonites are known for their work ethic.
That is good much of the time, but it can also be detrimental. For
that reason... we need to give attention to the blessings and curses
of work," writes Helmut Harder in about a recent booklet written
to encourage Mennonites to look at the strengths and pitfalls of their
work ethic... |
| May 1, 1999 |
Staff Reassignments
and New Positions at Mennonite
Church Canada |
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After much prayer, discussion and discernment, there
will be a staff shuffle at the head office of the Mennonite Church
Canada, effective this Fall.... |
| March 9, 1999 |
Mennonite Church Canada
General Board Selects New General Secretary |
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Dan Nighswander has been selected by the general
board of the Mennonite Church Canada as the new general secretary
for the (proposed) Mennonite Church Canada, beginning in August 1999.
Currently Mennonite Church Canada conference minister, Nighswander
will replace retiring Mennonite Church Canada general secretary Helmut
Harder, who has served in that role since 1990.... |
