The fields were covered in mist on the 90-minute drive from St. Catharines, Ont., to Elmira, Ont., at 5:30 a.m. on a cool spring morning. A church elder had invited…
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“I live alone. It’s hard to cook for just one person,” says Lydia Mandau. At Scott Street Church’s weekly lunch event, she has opportunity for “a good meal” and “fellowship.”…
present tense: a Mennonite spirituality
Author: Gordon Houser
A gentle and personal book, present tense covers eight main distinctives Gordon Houser sees as characterizing Mennonite spirituality: practice, patience, peace, politics, play, prayer, perfection, and presence. The book offers practical reflections on how these eight characteristics have been carried out by Mennonites, and how readers might observe them in their own lives.During the season of Lent, Scott Street MB Church offered refreshment – Scripture reading – in the sanctuary each morning, Monday through Thursday. Pastor Jim Cober read four or five chapters from the Gospels…
On the heels of Canada’s record-breaking 14 gold medals at the 2010 Olympic Games, Scott Street MB Church, St. Catharines, Ont., held its own winter competition during spring break, March 15–19, 2010. Unit #9, an empty apartment available for community organizations at 10 Old Pine Trail, was the centre of activity. Many of the residents at the 80-unit housing complex run by Niagara Regional Housing are recent immigrants, single parents, or unemployed.
Prayers for passersby; Outside church walls
Two charter members were present at the 65th anniversary celebration of Scott Street MB Church, St. Catharines, Ont. Both age five at the time, Mary Dick, daughter of the first…
Fifty years in the same branch of work is something to celebrate, and a long career in church ministry is especially notable. For Portage Avenue Church, Winnipeg, the Apr. 13 service was a chance to acknowledge the commitment of one of its long-time leaders.