Celebration 2010

Pondering prayer is somewhat like looking through a periscope for one object in the vastness of the ocean. Numerous volumes about prayer flood the shelves of Christian bookstores and an …

On the one hand, Celebration 2010 was about rediscovering that we are family. I left humming, “We are fam-i-ly…”

Seminary honours servant leader for evangelistic work “The honour is huge and too heavy for a small man,” said David Manuel, an East Indian minister working with South Abbotsford (B.C.) …

Seeing the city as a major urban mission field Vancouver is an international city. It’s one of the least churched major cities in North America. It’s a city of youth …

The 90th convention of the Canadian Conference of MB Churches As MBs from around the world gathered in Metro Vancouver to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Mennonite Brethren church, …

While Vancouver is known as the world-class city that hosted the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, North American Mennonite Brethren will remember this city as the backdrop for another once-in-a-lifetime event: …

“What is emerging adulthood?” and “How do we deal with it?” were questions raised on the floor of Renewing Identity and Mission sessions. An answer to the second was provided …

Renewing Identity and Mission: a consultation on MB history, theology and calling “After 150 years, you’d think we’d know who we are,” one participant noted at the Renewing Identity and …

A North American celebration of 150 years of the MB church At the winter Olympics earlier this year, the stylized image of an inukshuk was everywhere. Inuksuit, used by Inuit …

It wasn’t long after arriving at Celebration 2010 that I felt like one of the blind men in the famous Indian parable inserted into my childhood brain by a 19th-century …

“If God met our needs in this magnificent way a year and a half out,” says Canadian conference event planner Michelle Penner, “we’re excited about what will happen as we …