Jan 22nd, 2025
Gathering 2025: Each Person Has a Gift
As we come together for MC Canada Gathering 2025, we’ll explore how God is calling us to use our gifts for the good of the church and the world.
U30 Gathering 2025
July 2-5, 2025
Kitchener, ON
U30 Gathering 2025
The U30 track (ages 18-30) includes full participation in the Gathering 2025 (July 2-5) while providing a home base for young adults throughout the conference promoting connection with peers and building networks and friendships that will last a lifetime. Staying at St. Jerome's allows for meaningful national connections through intentional community building!
Be sure to read the information boxes and articles below for important details.
U30 Young Leaders Experience
Are you - as a young adult - interested in leadership in your local congregation through things like worship leading, fellowship planning, preaching, and finances? Our U30 Leadership Experience at Gathering 2025 is for you:
- participate in the Leadership Day (July 2). Learn with pastors and leaders from across the country.
- join the U30 Gathering 2025 program (July 2-5)
- participate in extra opportunities during the Gathering to explore leadership, including:
- Scheduled times of connection with the Mennonite Church Canada leadership
- Worship leading involvement
- Backstage pass to the inner workings of our nationwide church
Connect with new and experienced leaders, all while gathering with your U30 peers. To apply for this experience and/or receive more information, contact gatheringyoungleaders@mennonitechurch.ca
We invite your feedback.
Please complete this online evaluation of Gathering 2025.
Your feedback will help shape future events and deepen our shared life as a nationwide church.
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U30 Post-Gathering Hidden Acres Retreat
On the weekend after the conference (Jul 5-6), the U30 track continues at the beautiful Hidden Acres Retreat Centre. The U30 Retreat will focus on the theme of Intercultural peace-making (see schedule below). Come and be challenged to:
- Build relationships with other young adults who are passionate about the church
- Consider Anabaptism as a shared story and what it means to participate in that story
- Connect with the land and live out faith connected to God’s creation
- Think about the most pressing issues facing the church and how Jesus shows us to respond
- Explore how to live fully into Jesus’s calling for the church
You belong here and your voice is needed. Include it in your registration.
Registration for Hidden Acres has closed!
Retreat Schedule:
Saturday, July 5
Noon - 2:00 PM Travel to Hidden Acres Retreat Centre
1:00 - 2:00 PM Registration
2:00 - 2:30 PM Social & Snacks
2:30 - 4:00 PM Session 1: Intercultural Peacemaking
4:00 - 5:30 PM Session 2: Anabaptism as a Shared Story
5:30 - 7:00 PM Supper
7:30 - 9:00 PM Session 3: Decolonizing Anabaptism
9:00 - 11:00 PM Evening Social
Sunday, July 6
8:00 - 9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 11:00 AM Outdoor Worship
11:00 AM - Noon Session 4: Anabaptism in Action
Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 PM Closing & Departure
