Janelle Hume didn’t like missions. Missionaries always appeared too holy and righteous. They definitely weren’t attractive people with an attractive lifestyle.
But experience can change a young person’s impressions dramatically. And that’s what happened to Janelle.In a historically Catholic country, Linz MB Church in Austria celebrated their 50th anniversary September 27–28.
To many, a seminvegary professor and a pastor are unlikely environmentalists. But Jon Isaak, associate professor of New Testament at MB Biblical Seminary in Fresno, Cal., and his wife Mary Anne, pastor at College Community (MB) Church in Clovis, Cal., showed creativity and commitment to live lightly on the land with a “green” journey across the continent in a 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit this summer.
Eight people representing five churches attended a resource and information night for children’s ministry workers at the Canadian conference office in Winnipeg, Sept. 30.
This fall’s election frenzy (both in Canada and across the border) reminded me what I appreciate about this country.
As Erica van Velsen and Cara Rempel (above) set up Ten Thousand Villages displays in communities around the East Coast, they see more than the beauty of the hand-crafted items they so carefully handle – they see the cooperation of talented artisans working together to provide a stable income for their families.
Driven by the desire to adopt a Haitian toddler, an Abbotsford, B.C. man spent 24 hours on his bicycle in a single weekend, late in September.
Why MBs should go to Asunción in July for Assembly 15 Paraguay is a “Mennonite zoo” with at least 20 species. The MB church has been there almost …
From issues of abortion, pornography, and theology, to reviewing church health and envisioning Study Conference 2009, the Board of Faith and Life (BFL) met October 3–4 to discuss it all.
In our household, there are three growing boys aged 13 and under. That makes for a lot of growth – and a lot of energy! We also have two computers. And one cat… Well, enough about the cat.