For the Love of Creation concludes its virtual climate justice series. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST. Engage with guest speakers and take action for climate justice together online. To register, visit bit.ly/flcforum2020.
Upcoming Events
Canadian Mennonite staff are doing their best to keep the below list updated. In an attempt to keep COVID-19 from spreading, some of these events may have already been postponed or cancelled without our knowledge. To be sure, contact the organizers in advance.
This listing includes events hosted by Mennonite Church Canada and its regional churches, special celebrations of MC Canada congregations, events at Mennonite-related organizations, and community events of interest to Mennonite readers. Some of these also appear in the print issue of the magazine.
You can submit an item here or send an email to calendar@canadianmennonite.org. If an event is to appear in print, please send the information at least eight weeks in advance.
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December 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
| Location: Saskatchewan
Virtual Christmas holiday dinners: Friends for Dinner is a fun and unique opportunity for University of Saskatchewan students who cannot be with their families during the December holidays to connect with households from local congregations. This year be sharing a meal will be done virtually due to COVID-19. To learn more, email churchengagement@mcsask.ca.
December 7, 2020
| Location: Nationwide
Mennonite Creation Care Network’s cookbook club virtual meeting, 7:30 EST. Register at mennocreationcare.org/sustainable-kitchen-cookbook-club/.
December 13, 2020
| Location: Nationwide
Digital launch of MennoMedia’s new Voices Together hymnal, from 5 to 7 p.m. EST. For more information, visit VoicesTogetherHymnal.org.
December 16, 2020
| Location: Ontario
A Grebel Community Christmas, online at youtube.com/user/ConradGrebelUC, at 7:30 p.m. The virtual Christmas show includes stories, music, memories and a glimpse of Grebel life today. For more details, visit bit.ly/2J4dewr.
January 27, 2021
| Location: Ontario
Conrad Grebel University College hosts a virtual Voices Together Hymnal celebration with Sarah Johnson, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit bit.ly/37erUkl.
May 31, 2021
| Location: Ontario
Open right now until May 2021, “Growing family: Design and desire in Mennonite genealogy” exhibit showcases family trees, hand-drawn charts and other ways Mennonites have remembered family; at the Mennonite Archives of Ontario, Waterloo. For more information, visit uwaterloo.ca/grebel/growingfamily.
July 1, 2022 to July 4, 2022
| Location: International
Mennonite World Conference’s Global Youth Summit, in Salatiga, Indonesia. Theme: “Life in the Spirit: Learn. Serve. Worship.” To learn more, visit mwc-cmm.org/gys.
July 5, 2022 to July 10, 2022
| Location: International
Mennonite World Conference’s global assembly, in Semarang, Indonesia. Features speakers chosen by the Young AnaBaptist Committee and by the MWC commissions. Afternoon activities include workshops, service opportunites, local tours, a global church village and the Anabaptist World Cup. Each evening will have special music and speaker from one of the participating continents. For more information, visit mwc-cmm.org/assembly/indonesia-2022.