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What would happen if my congregation was the natural world?
Aug 5th, 2020

What would happen if my congregation was the natural world?

An interview with pastor Wendy Janzen from Burning Bush Forest Church on worshipping with nature and how outdoor church challenges our need for control

Wendy Janzen is the pastor of Burning Bush Forest Church in Kitchener, Ont., a wild church that meets monthly in the outdoors in urban parks and forests.

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Registration open for Mennonite Church Canada’s virtual study conference
Aug 5th, 2020

Registration open for Mennonite Church Canada’s virtual study conference

Online registration for the October 24 event is available on Mennonite Church Canada website

Registration is now open for “Table Talk: Does the Church still have legs?”, Mennonite Church Canada’s virtual study conference on October 24, 2020.

The registration link is https://www.mennonitechurch.ca/tabletalk2020.

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Moving towards relationships with our Indigenous neighbours
Jul 31st, 2020

Moving towards relationships with our Indigenous neighbours

An interview with Bruce Clemenger and Aileen Van Ginkel from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada on urging churches toward right relationships with Indigenous Peoples

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) is committing to help its affiliate congregations, denominations (including Mennonite Church Canada), organizations and institutions move forward on the path of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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"Broken as the world is broken": setting our sights on God’s Shalom vision
Jul 10th, 2020

"Broken as the world is broken": setting our sights on God’s Shalom vision

Sara Wenger Shenk will be the plenary speaker at “Table Talk: Does the Church Have Legs?”, Mennonite Church Canada’s virtual study conference on October 24, 2020.

Wenger Shenk shares about her reaction to the question “Why the Church?” and how crises like COVID-19 and justice movements like the Black Lives Matter help inform her answer to such a question.

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Guiding healing for those harmed
Jul 2nd, 2020

Guiding healing for those harmed

Jaymie Friesen is program coordinator for MCC’s Abuse Response and Prevention program. She spoke with Mennonite Church Canada writer Katie Doke Sawatzky about the challenges of her work, the importance of seeking third-party support for victim-survivors of abuse, and the response so far to resources on the new website, abuseresponseandprevention.ca.

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“Listen to the stories of the oppressed”: stories from centres of conflict around the globe
Jun 22nd, 2020

“Listen to the stories of the oppressed”: stories from centres of conflict around the globe

When Lukasz Firla and his fellow team members finally arrived at the house of the family they were searching for it was around lunchtime. They hadn’t planned on inviting themselves for a meal, but the family welcomed them. Afterwards, the family invited the team to accompany them to the gravesite to observe a period of mourning for the loss of their son, Himdat Osman Darwish, a young man who had been killed by a Turkish bomb exactly one year ago while driving his car in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Generosity Flowers in Kitchener
Aug 7th, 2020

Generosity Flowers in Kitchener

“We saw folks losing work and being forced into quarantine - fourteen days at home without a pay cheque can be devastating,” says Rene, a pastor at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, ON. They modified their emergency fund protocols so that they could give smaller amounts and more often. However, the fund was quickly depleted, overwhelmed by the needs within the congregation. 

“We put out an invitation to the congregation, to those who were able to help, and we were astonished," says Rene. “It has been wonderful to see the resources of the congregation being connected with the needs of the congregation."

People across MCEC continue to find creative and innovate ways to stay connected during this time of pandemic - covid stories of hope.

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Community Garden Gives Life in Time of Pandemic
Jul 22nd, 2020

Community Garden Gives Life in Time of Pandemic

Growing from Mississauga Mennonite Fellowship’s experience with ReLearning Community, they began to dream of what a missional community might be in their context. Erik and Natasha, Neil and Chris, Chrissy, Carol, Stephen and Daniel began to plan a community garden. Then Covid-19 hit!

“We had no idea when we started how valuable it would be to have people you can get together with in person! That has been one of the most valuable parts of this whole endeavor," says Stephen.

People across MCEC continue to find creative and innovate ways to stay connected during this time of pandemic - covid stories of hope.

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7 Deadly Ecological Sins
Jul 7th, 2020

7 Deadly Ecological Sins

Written by Nelson Lee

Reflecting on plagues in the Bible, these always seemed to be from God (or that God allowed) as a result of sin – usually widespread common sin of the masses.

There are many sins that seem so common today – greed, selfishness, indifference, pride...

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Katie Goerzen Sheard Named MCEC Coordinator of Youth Events
Jul 6th, 2020

Katie Goerzen Sheard Named MCEC Coordinator of Youth Events

MCEC is pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Goerzen Sheard as interim coordinator of youth events.

“We are excited that Katie has agreed to offer her gifts in this way. Katie brings a lot of experience and energy to this position, and her work on the Youth Ministry Dream Team provides continuity between that discernment process and these events,” says Marilyn Rudy-Froese, MCEC Church Leadership Minister.

Along with MCEC’s long-standing youth and junior youth events listed herein, a new youth and young adult event will take place in November, and a retreat gathering for youth pastors and workers will be offered for the second year in March, as well as continued online Zoom meetings with those who work with youth in our congregations.

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Anabaptist Worship Is Not One Size Fits All
Jun 30th, 2020

Anabaptist Worship Is Not One Size Fits All

"Anabaptist worship is not one size fits all. There are so many different expressions and that’s amazing – I love it,” says Anneli Loepp Thiessen, co-director of the newly established Anabaptist Worship Network.

Anabaptist Worship Network was born from a desire to not only help congregations integrate Voices Together, the new Mennonite hymnal set for release in fall 2020, into worship life, but to help us broaden our understanding of Anabaptist worship beyond the pages of a hymnal. 

“One of the emphases of the Anabaptist Worship Network is dismantling barriers for congregations,” says Anneli. “We recognize the need to engage worship practices that are outside of a denominational hymnal, to claim those as Anabaptist worship, and to educate each other about the diversity of Anabaptist worship cultures.”

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7 Sustainable Virtues
Jun 30th, 2020

7 Sustainable Virtues

Written by Nelson Lee

What would God’s way more closely look like? When, and to what extent possible, can we live this way? My (Nelson Lee) opinion of 7 sustainable virtues.

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