MCC restructuring process results in employee layoffs; Portage Avenue Church celebrates 75th anniversary; Canadian Foodgrains Bank responds to drought in East Africa; Ten Thousand Villages Canada appoints new general manager; Theological education to provide for Chinese-language church leaders; MCC may need to scale back or temporarily delay programs; Canada’s first aboriginal saint canonized; Creative Living Legacies workshop offered; Students raise money for MCC program
It’s a girl?!” I blurted out. Three pairs of eyes peered over their masks and fixed themselves on me. Those were not the right words for the moment.
Mennonite Central Committee thrift shops, material resource centre, and offices are to rise on a new 8.5-acre campus in B.C.’s central Fraser Valley. The project proposal won overwhelming approval at a special meeting of B.C. MCC members Dec. 15.
Introducing George Toews, Rod Schellenberg, Kevin Carrigan, Jim Nightingale, Kendra Freeland
Farewell to Travis Reimer, Ernie BergenDad loved to work. One of his frustrations in the last year was the loss of strength to work. He knew well how to delegate, having raised seven children on a farm; but now he guarded the tasks he was still able to do, such as moving folding chairs from the car’s trunk to the house, and expressly asked that I not help.
The premise of “Indescribable” is attention-grabbing right from the start: murder. At the centre of this art show are two stories of murder. Five artists have worked to make sense of the senseless, exploring feelings and memories related to personal tragedy in this exhibit at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery in Winnipeg.
At its Jan. 27–28 meeting in Abbotsford, B.C., the executive board of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (CCMBC) unanimously approved, in principle, the findings and recommendations of the National Ministry Effectiveness Project. The project – a review of all conference ministries – was commissioned by the board in conjunction with its hiring of executive director Willy Reimer in early 2011.
Beyond the Dark Night: An Ethiopian JourneyAuthor: Ingrid KossThere are so many stories that come our way; stories of economic hardship, of war and earthquakes, of survival, of struggle and grace. The constant barrage of news has the power to numb us to sorrow, and to God’s work in individual lives in the midst of a blur of global trends and realities.
There’s a lot happening at the Canadian conference. In January, the executive board completed its ministry effectiveness review. “Individual churches are thriving, but as a Canadian conference, we’re drifting apart,” says moderator Paul Loewen in this month’s executive board report.
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Real Marriage: The Truth about Sex, Friendship & Life Together
Real Marriage: The Truth about Sex, Friendship & Life TogetherAuthors: Mark & Grace DriscollReal Marriage: The Truth about Sex, Friendship & Life Together takes the reader on a candid journey into Mark and Grace Driscoll’s marriage. The first part of the book deals with building a good marriage based on friendship; the second section is a discussion on sex.