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July 2009
Mennonite Central Committee received $25 million in gifts and grants to help those affected by the December 26, 2004 tsunami. MCC’s final report to donors about these funds lists, among…
Farming God’s Way With assistance from United Church Canada and Canadian Foodgrains Bank, farmers in the Nkayi District of Zimbabwe have been implementing a farming system known as “Farming God’s…
What started as a prison rehabilitation success story has become a media relations nightmare for Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba.
Puppets aren’t “just for children,” Barb Hunter says; “adults can’t seem to get enough of them.” She has led The Armed Forces, a puppet ministry at Mountain Park Community Church,…
MBBS graduated 54 students with masters degrees and diplomas this year; 36 from the Fresno, Cal., campus and 18 at MBBS-ACTS in Langley, B.C. At the Fresno event, Elmer Martens,…
Four groups of Grade 11 students from Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg converged upon the Centre for MB Studies from June 1–4, to learn about the archives. The centre…
Engaging the military in development and reconstruction in Afghanistan is endangering aid workers and civilian recipients by politicizing the delivery of aid, says Mennonite Central Committee. In 2008, 38 aid…
I was recently observing my dog Gabby eat. She would munch some kibble, stop for a while, and ponder whether or not she was done, then possibly eat some more,…
ICOMB study guide Knowing and Living Your Faith; “Expression of New Life” art exhibit
Phyllis Tickle, author of the new book The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why, recently spoke with Winnipeg freelance writer John Longhurst. Here is part of their conversation.…
Although the German-language publication Die Mennonitische Rundschau ceased publication in 2007, the publishing arm of Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches is not now monolingual. With concentrations of French speakers…
During Mennonite Central Committee’s most extensive review in 30 years, leaders asked big questions, such as “Who is the keeper of the MCC soul?”
“Sharing meals with family”, “The power of the oatcake”, “Attracting others to Christ”, “Eating round the table”, “Bringing food and faith together”