Bethany College

Author: Karla Braun
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (MBBS) Canada is “ours” – a new school for a new age; “no longer a place, but a presence,” says president Bruce Guenther. The seminary serves the conference by educating and equipping leaders…

First-year student Candace Bighead was often seen around campus doodling in a notebook at Bethany College, Hepburn, Sask., during the school year. But, the 200 hours the Prince Albert, Sask., woman poured onto these pages weren’t a distraction from homework – the illustrated notebook was the major assignment for her Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels course.

Twenty-two years ago, I was born to two wonderful people, Eugene and Melina Cook. I am the middle child of their three girls. Dad was a traditional aboriginal man; he knew how to hunt, fish, prepare hides, was fluent in our native language. Mom, a lovely and compassionate person, is also fluent in Cree.

This month, the Canadian government’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission will hold a national listening event in Saskatoon from June 21–24.

To find out more about how to engage with the issues, see MCC Saskatchewan, the Peacebuilding on the Prairies blog, Mythperceptions (a project of MCC’s Indigenous Work Program), and the EFC’s Aboriginal Ministires Council…

The graduation weekend of Bethany College, Hepburn, Sask., Apr. 21–22 included “Jabulani,” a spring concert where the choir, led by Randy Klassen, premiered Fred Onovwerosuoke’s Afro-Caribbean Mass.

What needs to die in your life and ministry to support new life?” plenary speaker and Forest Grove (MB) Community Church lead pastor Bruce Enns challenged 123 registered participants and other attendees at the Saskatchewan Mennonite Brethren annual convention, “Healthy Heartbeat: an inward look,” Mar. 9–10.

The weekend of Apr. 16–17 concluded the year for the students of Bethany College, Hepburn, Sask., with a spring concert at Knox United Church in Saskatoon and commencement ceremonies. Bethany…

A late-winter blizzard interrupted travel plans for some of Friday night’s speakers for the 65th provincial convention of the Saskatchewan Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches at Parliament Community Church, Regina, Mar. 11–12, but the longest-serving conference minister Ralph Gliege ably coped with the unexpected.

Welcome to Mitford
Performed by Bethany College
The very popular Father Tim Kavanagh transitioned from print to stage in the Canadian premiere of Welcome to Mitford at Bethany College, Hepburn, Sask., Nov. 4–6.

More than 200 guests celebrated God’s provision of the school’s 14th president, Howard J. Wall, at the Bethany College campus, Sept. 24. Wall officially joined the Bethany team in July, but constituency, supporting churches, affiliate organizations, board of directors, faculty, staff, and students formally welcomed Wall to the role with the school’s first presidential inauguration in fall.

Re:connections
Author: Wilma Derksen
We are connected to the people who hurt us even if we do not realize it. This is one of the messages of Re:connections, a joint project between Mennonite Central Committee and Bethany Bible College, Hepburn, Sask.

The energy of a college ministry tour, the reconciliation work of a peace and justice agency, and the life experience of an author converged in the Re:connections drama tour in Saskatchewan, Apr. 27–May 3. Over seven days, Bethany Players performed nine times to audiences from Prince Albert to Swift Current, Sask.

Bethany College recognized graduate Jennifer Bright as a Delta Epsilon Chi scholar of the Association of Biblical Higher Education at the April 25 commencement ceremonies. The Florida-based ABHE comprises 200 postsecondary institutions across North America and is a member of the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education.

Bethany College, Hepburn, Sask., saw an overall decrease in enrollment in the current school year with 108 full-time equivalent students enrolled for the fall semester. The previous year, 129 were enrolled.