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 avalanche of new releases on the subject from online sources can fill email inboxes. Yet, even with commentaries, multiple Bible translations, and all these resources, many still yearn for intimacy with the almighty God of the universe.

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

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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: Celebration 2010, a weeklong occasion July 12–18 celebrating the 150th anniversary of the MB church.

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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 poem.

“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 gather together [in July for Celebration 2010].” The planning team includes Canadian conference executive director David Wiebe, communications director Cam Rowland, Penner, USMB executive director Ed Boschman, USMB administrative secretary Donna Sullivan Penner.