News - Mennonite Church Canada

If Mennonites could admit to having icons, I think the bell at Camp Valaqua might be one! Webster’s dictionary describes an icon as “a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere”. So much more than a small symbol on the computer screen!

The delight of an Inter-cultural Baby Dedication service

Mar 5th, 2025

The delight of an Inter-cultural Baby Dedication service

By Suzanne Gross

Last Sunday – after weeks of unsettled worship services held downstairs because of furnace issues in our sanctuary – we, at Holyrood Mennonite Church, held a magical worship service to dedicate baby Amie to God in the care of our faith community. This was the culmination of inter-cultural planning that moved from imagination to learning to testing and finally, to adapting and rejoicing!

Here is my story, from the perspective of a relatively new pastor.

Walking Together in Faith: Embracing Change and Renewal in MCEC

Mar 5th, 2025

Walking Together in Faith: Embracing Change and Renewal in MCEC

By Ben Cassels

This year’s Annual Church Gathering is different from past years. We need and invite your voice, your wisdom, your challenge and your vision as we meet.

What a gift it is to be part of MCEC—a diverse community of 106 congregations across three provinces, united in following Jesus. Though we worship in different languages and express our faith in varied ways, we are bound together by our shared calling and commitment to one another. This is the Good News made visible. May we be an encouragement to one another and a witness to our world.

Norm Dyck Reflects on Seven Years of Ministry at MCEC

Feb 26th, 2025

Norm Dyck Reflects on Seven Years of Ministry at MCEC

By Lisa Williams

“The greatest blessing has been walking with emerging congregations as they develop and find their place in MCEC until they can call this family their own,” says Norm Dyck, MCEC Mission Minister as he concludes his ministry with MCEC. “It has been a privilege to walk alongside their churches; those relationships are deeply meaningful to me.”

OUR Shared Prayers

Feb 26th, 2025

OUR Shared Prayers

By Ruth Bergen Braun

Our Shared Prayer is an experiment, no doubt, but my hope is, as these prayers open our newsletter each week that at least one over the next year would resonate with you, you specifically, you who are reading this Menno Minute right now.