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CBC volleyball: Women of excellence, women of prayer
The 2012–2013 season was incredibly successful for the Columbia Bible College (CBC) Bearcats women’s volleyball team…
Canadian Foodgrains Bank launches Syria crisis appeal
“Every night I go to bed thinking about what I will feed my family in the morning,” says a Syrian woman who fled with her family to a refugee settlement in Sidon, south of Beirut, Lebanon.
Be bold, Thiessen exhorts
“Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.” That word from the Lord to Paul in Corinth (Acts 18:9), quoted by Rob Thiessen, set the tone for BCMB’s 2013 convention, held at Coquitlam’s Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship, May 3–4.
BCMB 2013: overheard
You and I have got to get our gospel back. It’s imbalanced to seek ‘manifestations’ of the Spirit. [The Spirit] is all about the gospel and Christ-like-ness. That should not scare us away from this…
Groundbreaking nears for MCC BC’s new complex
B.C.’s Mennonite Central Committee is hoping for a mass groundbreaking event for its new head office/warehouse/retail complex in Abbotsford June 22. Following the MCC BC annual general meeting in the morning, supporters will gather on the land on Gladys Avenue to dedicate ground.
Bethany Players spring tour: Living stones
“As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him – you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house…” (1 Peter 2:4–5). These words of Peter written a long time ago, spoke to us during our annual Bethany Players (drama team) tour, Apr. 22–May 6.
Many-tongued worshippers united in Christ
In the opening meditation of the Quebec conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (AEFMQ) convention, Apr. 13, host pastor David Manafo (Westside Gathering) said Christ-followers have the identity of children of love and children of light (Ephesians 5:1–2, 8).
Taking mental illness mainstream
Troubled Minds: Mental Ilness adn the Church’s Mission
Author: Amy Simpson
One in five people in the U.S. experience mental illness in any given year, and the statistics in Canada are virtually identical – nearly every family is affected. Amy Simpson calls the church to a renewed commitment…
Legacy, not money, key to retirement planning
“In our 20s and 30s, we wrestle with call; in our 40s, it’s role; but from our 60s on, our questions surround contribution,” says Dave Jackson. “Baby boomers are retiring, and they have no clue what to do with themselves,”
Q & A on CIDA changes with CFGB executive director Jim Cornelius
The Canadian Government’s Economic Action Plan 2013, announced on March 21 by Jim Flaherty, signaled the amalgamation of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Below is…
MCC’s work continues as change roils CIDA
WINNIPEG A recent decision by the federal government to amalgamate the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and foreign affairs will have little immediate impact on the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), says the executive…
Is the gospel true?
Do you believe the gospel is true? Not true in a factual sense, but true in a world-altering, Holy Spirit-empowering, life-transforming, I’d-sell-everything-for-this-treasure kind of way? True in the way that leads you to cry out…
5 Enduring gifts seniors give the church
As a younger guy who is all about getting youth and young adults active in the work of the kingdom, I’m convinced older people still have a vital role – beyond vocational retirement – to…
Transitions
The C2C Network has hired Greg Laing as regional director for Ontario. After orientation, Greg will take up his role in Toronto in July 2013. He also serves on the church planting guiding group for…
Connecting with SE Asian pastors a life-changing experience
Pastor and church planters transformed after spending a week with their counterparts from Southeast Asia during MB Mission’s missional DNA exchange in Thailand Bringing together church-planting pastors from North America and Southeast Asia has been…
