Discerning women in ministry leadership in the Mennonite Brethren church “It’s like a detective story; you see all these threads woven together,” says Doug Heidebrecht. Heidebrecht’s Women in Ministry Leadership: …
Katie Funk Wiebe
All Blaine Lake children looked forward to Christmas with great anticipation, just as children did in faraway Russia. Granted, it took very little at any time to overwhelm children born …
Rachel Twigg Boyce is the 2015 recipient of the Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission’s Katie Funk Wiebe research grant. At the AGM held in Fresno, Cal., (June 12–13, 2015), the Commission …
Dora Dueck, member of Jubilee Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, won The Malahat Review’s 2014 novella prize. Chosen from 221 submissions, Dueck’s story “The Mask” was awarded $1,500 and publication in the …
It happened such a long time ago, I can’t remember the details clearly any more. Shortly before retiring from college teaching, I got my first “geezer” messages. I am using …
The Historical Commission of the U.S. and Canadian Mennonite Brethren churches is pleased to announce two competitive awards made possible by the Katie Funk Wiebe fund: one research grant (worth …
My first encounter with Blaine Lake (Sask.) Gospel Chapel as a first-year college student left a distinct impression of a place with a big heart. Bethany College’s drama team was …
What is the smallest book in a Mennonite college library?
On Apr. 24, the Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission, Tabor College, and the Center for MB Studies (CMBS) in Hillsboro, Kan., sponsored a launch for a book celebrating a Mennonite writer …
How to Write Your Personal or Family HistoryAuthor: Katie Funk Wiebe“Stories are the glue that holds families together,” writes Katie. “They join the past to the future and give children …
You Never Gave Me a Name: One Mennonite Woman’s StoryAuthor: Katie Funk WiebeYou Never Gave Me a Name: One Mennonite Woman’s Story is Katie Funk Wiebe’s memoir of growth and …
When Katie Funk Wiebe stepped off the train to attend Mennonite Brethren Bible College in 1945, it was but the next step in a journey of discovery begun with her …