The symbols, accoutrements, and language of what is referred to as a liturgical style of worship are unfamiliar to many Mennonite Brethren, who, in the past, continued the Mennonite and evangelical traditions of rejecting ritualistic and potentially idolatrous aspects of corporate gatherings.
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November 2010
Who is welcomed at the Lord’s Table? I was challenged by this question at a communion celebration while visiting a church during my time at seminary.
The CMU Alumni Blazer award celebrates and honours graduates of Canadian Mennonite University (and its founding colleges Mennonite Brethren Bible College/Concord College, and Canadian Mennonite Bible College) who have served their churches, communities, and the world in significant ways, embodying CMU’s values and mission of “service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society.”
Abbotsford’s Bakerview MB Church does more than support missions: members get involved personally. This past May, Berlin’s Evangelische Freikirche dedicated a new facility in an historic borough, a facility Bakerview members played a major role in bringing about.
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Don’t you wish it were true?
by James ToewsI just realized that most of my music is purchased at truck stops. There’s something about settling in for a long drive that brings out a craving for musical nostalgia.
CCMBC encourages MB churches to join Advent Conspiracy; MCC seeks kits for southern hemisphere schools; U of W offers Mennonite Studies major; Marriage Census hits all-time low; Mennonite media companies unite; MDS conducts damage assessment in Atlantic Canada; Russian president calls for more biblical moral education; Native American cultures honored, remembered; Crimincal Code provisions on prostitution struck down; Ross Road MB Church celebrates birthday; New paving material removes pollutants; BCMB to host regional theological discussion on Atonement
Stillwood Camp, Lindell Beach, B.C., has designed a unique new program that “integrates children with autism into camp” and the whole camp “into the world of autism.”
Preparation for Worship
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Anabaptist Liturgical Spirituality and the Supper of Christ
by ContributorDuring a church council retreat in the spring of 2002, a new vision was conceived for worship at Bakerview Mennonite Brethren Church in Abbotsford, B.C. This vision was inspired, in part, as a response to a growing concern. A number of committed church members had recently left the Mennonite Brethren denomination to join the Anglican church. What did those leaving the MB church find fulfilling when they participated in an Anglican worship service?
I love questions. I love dreaming them up, twisting, stretching, pulling, and bending them, letting them stew in my brain and heart. I’d rather simmer in a good question than a hot-tub any day. Sometimes I get into trouble asking people to join me in the pot but I think I’m in good company.
What a difference 50 years makes!
Over the past five decades, congregational worship in many of our churches has undergone dramatic change. We’ve seen changes in the language used in worship – from German to English and more. We’ve also seen a steady move away from formality to a more casual approach in language, leadership style, and even dress.
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