Canadian Mennonite Magazine

LifeBridge Ministries fundraising concert. Location TBA.

MC B.C. Junior Impact youth retreat at Camp Squeah, Hope.

Lenten Vespers with the Abendmusik Choir; (12) at Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, Abbotsford, (13) at Knox United Church, Vancouver; both services at 8 p.m.

Mennonite Women B.C.’s 75th Inspirational Day at Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Abbotsford. Speaker: Karen Martens Zimmerly.

Recycled Orchestra, a youth orchestra from Paraguay is on tour across Canada; (8) Broadway Community Church, Chilliwack, at 7 p.m. (9) Vancouver, venue and time TBA; (10) Peace Portal Alliance Church, Surrey, at 7 p.m. (11) Central Heights Church, Abbotsford, time TBA; all concerts with Calvin Dyck and Abbotsford Youth Orchestra.

MCC Relief Sale fundraiser and CD release party at Edmonton First Mennonite Church. Featured musicians: Kim Thiessen and Daryl Neustaedter-Barg. For more information, call Trish Elgersma toll-free at 1-888-622-6337 or visit www.mccreliefsale.com.

MC Alberta annual general meeting, in Lethbridge.

Truth and Reconciliation national event in Edmonton. For more information, visit http://trc.ca.

MCC Alberta Middle East Learning Tour.

Summerfest at Millennium Place, Sherwood Park. For more information, call Trish Elgersma toll-free at 1-888-622-6337 or visit www.mccreliefsale.com.

RJC Guys and Pies concert fundraiser.

Prairie Winds worship retreat, at Shekinah Retreat Centre, Waldheim. Keynote speaker: John Bell. For more information, visit mcsask@mcsaks.ca or call 306-249-4844

Spring pastors gathering at Shekinah Retreat Centre, Waldheim, at 1 p.m. Theme: “Church leaders in a post-Christendom world.”

MC Saskatchewan annual delegate sessions at Parliament Community Church, Regina.

Joint choir concert by Rosthern Junior College, Canadian Mennonite University and Station Singers, at Third Avenue United Church, Saskatoon; at 2:30 p.m.

SMYO Worship Extravaganza, at Shekinah Retreat Centre, Waldheim.

“Honouring the Earth,” an SMYO service and learning opportunity for students in grades 8 to 12, at Shekinah Retreat Centre, Waldheim, and in Saskatoon. This event replaces the SMYO “Worship extravaganza” scheduled for March 29.

Saskatchewan Women in Mission Enrichment Day, at Nutana Park Mennonite Church, Saskatoon, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Recycled Orchestra, a youth orchestra from Paraguay is on tour across Canada; at Rosthern Junior College; at 7 p.m.

RJC spring choir concert, at RJC.

RJC fundraising golf tournament at Valley Regional Park.

RJC year-end musical performances.

SMYO junior high retreat at Youth Farm Bible Camp.

Quilting and scrapbooking retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre, Waldheim.

IDS Esau Public Lecture Series, with Hannah Wittman, at Menno Simons College. For more information, visit http://mscollege.ca/esau.

Face 2 Face | On Campus: Topic: “The European debt crisis and other wonders hiding in the global economy.” For more information, visit www.cmu.ca/face2face.

Face 2 Face | On Campus: Topic: “The European debt crisis and other wonders hiding in the global economy.” For more information, visit http://cmu.ca/face2face.

MC Manitoba leadership seminar, at Elim Mennonite Church, Grunthal. For more information, visit www.mennochurch.mb.ca.

MC Manitoba annual delegate gathering at Steinbach Mennonite Church; (28) evening worship; (1) business meeting. For more information, visit www.mennochurch.mb.ca.

CMU dessert fundraising evening, in Winkler, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit http://cmu.ca/events.html.

CMU Verna Mae Janzen Music Competition finals, at 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit http://cmu.ca/programs/music.html.

IDS Esau Public Lecture Series, with Jules Pretty, at Menno Simons College. For more information, visit http://mscollege.ca/esau.

Mennonite Community Orchestra and CMU Singers, Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus perform Missa Pax by Timothy Corlis. With guest artist: Catherine Richard, piano.

Face 2 Face | On Campus. Topic: “You lost me: The church and young adults.” For more information, visit http://cmu.ca/face2face.

Jazz@CMU. For more information, visit http://cmu.ca/programs/music/html.

Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of Christ” will be sung in English with an orchestra under the direction of Yuri Klaz, at First Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m. An offering will be taken.

CMU spring concert, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit http://cmu.ca/events.html.

Recycled Orchestra, a youth orchestra from Paraguay is on tour across Canada; (30) Steinbach Mennonite Church; (2) Winkler MB Church; (4) North Kildonan MB Church, Winnipeg. All performances at 7 p.m.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate fundraiser banquet, at the Marlborough Hotel, Winnipeg, at 6 p.m.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate work day.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Grade 7-9 spring concert, at Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Grade 10-12 spring concert, at Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, at 7 p.m.

CMU President’s Golf Classic. For more information, visit http://cmu.ca/golf.

Canadian School of Peacebuilding, at CMU. For more information, visit http://csop.cmu.ca.

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate’s 10th-annual golf tournament, at Bridges Golf Club, Winnipeg.

MEDA convention, at the Fairmont Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg. Theme: “Human dignity through entrepreneurship.”

Irish singer-songwriter Steafan Hanvy performs in the Chapel at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo; at 7 p.m.

Women’s retreat at Silver Lake Mennonite, Camp, Sauble Beach. Resource person: Tanya Dyck Steinmann. For more information, or to register, visit slmc.ca/retreats.

Noah, the Ark and the Rainbow, an upbeat, inter-generational, story-telling musical, at Erb Street Mennonite, Church, Waterloo; written by Joanne Bender, directed by Gord Davis. (1) at 7 p.m.; (2) 9:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Menno Singers presents “Explorations: Concert No. 3—East,” with Gerard Yun and the East-West Ensemble, at Waterloo North Mennonite Church, Waterloo, at 7:30 p.m.

Bechtel Lectures in Anabaptist/Mennonite Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo; at 7:30 p.m. each evening. (6) Steve Nolt  will speak on “Writing the Amish in North American history”; (7) Royden Loewen will speak on “Writing Low-German Mennonites into a history of Canada.”

Grandparent and Grandchild Days at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg; for children from Grade 1 to Grade 6. For more information or registration forms, call 519-625-8602 or visit www.hiddenacres.ca.

Engaged Workshop at Living Water Fellowship, New Hamburg. For more information, or to register, e-mail Denise Bender at denise_bender@yahoo.com.

The Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre hosts a panel discussion of the book Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry (Herald Press, 2013), in Boardroom 1 at the Toronto School of Theology Building, Toronto, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Menno Singers presents “Explorations: Concert No. 3—East,” with Gerard Yun and the East-West Ensemble, at Waterloo North Mennonite Church, Waterloo, at 7:30 p.m.

Menno Singers hymn sing at Wanner Mennonite Church, Cambridge, at 7 p.m. Song leader: Mark Diller Harder.

Mennonite Savings and Credit Union’s 50th annual general meeting, at Rockaway Mennonite Collegiate, Kitchener; registration at 6:30 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7 p.m.

MCEC Youth Bible quizzing

MennoHomes hosts a retirement celebration for Martin Buhr at Gale Presbyterian Church, Elmira, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit www.mennohomes.com.

Recycled Orchestra, a youth orchestra from Paraguay is on tour across Canada; (25) First Baptist Church, Waterloo; (26) UMEI Christian High School, Leamington; (27) Bethany Community Church, St. Catharines; (28) Wainfleet Brethren in Christ Church. All performances at 7 p.m.

MCEC annual church gathering in the Niagara region.

Pax Christi Chorale presents “Passion and Peace,” featuring the True North Brass; (26) St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, at 7:30 p.m.; (27) Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto, at 3 p.m. For tickets, call 416-491-8542 or e-mail boxoffice@paxchristichorale.org.

New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale promotion dinner at Bingemans in Kitchener, at 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Eileen Henderson, MCC Ontario restorative justice coordinator. Topic: “Finding God in unexpected places.” For tickets, call 519-745-8458.

Engaged Workshop at Maple View Mennonite Church, Wellesley. For more information, or to register, e-mail Denise Bender at denise_bender@yahoo.com.

“Healthy Pastoral Relationships” MCEC workshop.

Menno Singers presents “Explorations: Concert No. 4—South,” with Debbie Lou Ludolph and Inshallah, performing Missa Criolla by Ramirez, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, at 7:30 p.m.

MCEC Youth spring retreat at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp.

MCEC Junior youth retreat at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp.

Mennonite Education Agency’s Marpeck Conference at Conrad Grebel University College.

MCEC Administrators’ Day at 50 Kent Ave., Kitchener.

Sound in the Land III at Conrad Grebel University College. Keynote speaker: Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, founder of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. For more information, visit http://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/sound-land-2014/about.

MennoHomes annual fundraising bike-a-thon, Out-spok-n for Affordable Housing IV. For more information, call Dan Driedger at 226-476-2535 or visit www.mennohomes.com.