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11 Canadians beginn MCC assignments

JESSE EPP-FRANSEN of Winnipeg, Man., has begun a two-year assignment in Washington, D.C., as legislative assistant and communications coordinator with the MCC U.S. Washington Office. Epp-Fransen has a bachelor’s in English literature from Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, and a master’s in English literature from University of Manitoba. He attended Charleswood Mennonite Church, Winnipeg.
CHRIS EWERT of Winnipeg, Man., has begun an assignment with MCC Canada, Winnipeg, as a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Haiti project coordinator. Ewert has a bachelor’s in development studies and economics from The University of Winnipeg and a master’s in development studies from Oxford (U.K.) University. He attends Saint Margaret’s Anglican Church, Winnipeg.
MARTIN HARDER of Petershagen, Germany, has begun a two-year assignment in Abbotsford, B.C., as a daytime support worker with Communitas Supportive Care Society, a service provider, advocate and resource for persons living with mental, physical and/or emotional disabilities. He attended an Evangelical Free Bible study group in Germany.
STEVE JARNICK of Kitchener, Ont., has begun an assignment in Waterloo, Ont., as an assistant manager in the Generations Thrift Shop. Jarnick has a certificate in physics from Etobicoke (Ont.) Collegiate Institute. He attends The Meeting House, Kitchener.

'I walked where soldiers walked'

By the end of the week we had grown close to each other. Missionary Gerry Keener is on my right. The darker ones are from the mountain tribes.
The electricity and AC were off yesterday so we sat on the cool floor for our classes.
Mrs. Ly is a wonderful translator.
An entrance to the secret tunnels.

Mennonite Church Canada hires new staff

NA BUN is a volunteer from Mennonite Central Committee’s International Visitor Exchange Program and will be working as a Communications Assistant until July, 2012. He comes to Canada from comes to Canada from Phnom Penh, Cambodia where he is a member of God’s Family church. He is currently attending Home Street Mennonite Church in Winnipeg.
As a former pastor in the Carrier First Nations territory of northern British Columbia, STEVE HEINRICHS brings a history of relationship building among Aboriginal communities as the new Director of Native Ministry. The position was previously shared by Neill and Edith von Gunten until their retirement in June. Steve began work on Aug. 15. His wife Ann and their three children, ages 6, 3 and 2 joined him in Winnipeg on Sept. 1. Steve welcomes invitations to visit congregations.
DANIEL HORNE, director of Partnership Development, comes to Mennonite Church Canada with experience as a pastor and has worked in Recruitment and Admissions in Christian higher education. He has been on the board of Mennonite Church Manitoba for four years. Daniel will work primarily as a dispersed staff member from his home in Niverville, Man, where he lives with his wife Jennifer and two daughters ages 1 and 3. They are members of the Niverville Community Fellowship. Daniel welcomes invitations to speak and present the many ministries of Mennonite Church Canada. This existing position has been vacant for some time.
KYUNG-HEE PARK is the new executive assistant, Witness. A member of the Charleswood Mennonite Church, Kyung-Hee is active in both the English and Korean fellowships of that congregation, participates in the congregational visioning group and serves as an interpreter and translator. Her background includes some seminary training. She and her husband Gil are parents of two young boys, aged 5 and 3. KyungHee began her duties on August 2.

Churches visit Palestine on MCC-sponsored learning tour

CAPERNAUM, ISRAEL. At the traditional site of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, Rick Cober Bauman, executive director of MCC Ontario(solid brown shirt), and Margaret Amanatides, MCCO board member, read scriptures to fellow members of a learning tour sponsored by MCC Ontario.
HEBRON -- A Palestinian child passes an Israeli military patrol in Hebron's old city. Once a busy marketplace, many shops have been closed by Israeli military orders
BEIT HANINA, East Jerusalem. The remains of a Palestinian home demolished by Israeli forces. Though cited as an
SUSEYA, occupied West Bank. Israeli settler Ary’el Tsion speaks to members of the learning tour in his house in the Israeli Jewish settlement of Suseya, located deep within Palestinian territory in the West Bank, and considered illegal under international law.

New pastors for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada congregations (2011/2012)

RENE BAERGEN was installed in September as interim pastor of Hispanic Ministry at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, with primary responsibilities related to the 50 member Spanish-language group within the congregation. Rene has been a pastoral intern previously (at Aberdeen Evangelical Mennonite Church in Winnipeg and at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener) and has been active at First Mennonite in a leadership capacity for some time. He is a doctoral student in New Testament at the Toronto School of Theology (B.Th. CMBC; BA Wilfrid Laurier; MA University of St. Michael’s College) and has taught most recently at seminaries in Toronto (Emmanuel College) and Lima, Peru (Recinto Universitario Teológico - UBL). He is married to Anna Janecek, who is also on staff at FMC in a worship capacity, and the two have three young daughters- who sometimes feel like they live at church.
LINDA BRNJAS, ordained Oct 23rd, 2011, has been the pastor at Bethel Mennonite Church (Elora) since September, 2003 when she and her husband, Steve were called by the congregation to co-pastor the congregation of about 100 people. Steve and Linda co-pastored for six years at which time Steve resigned and the church underwent a LifeCyle of the Church process assisted by ARC (Associates Resourcing the Church). Linda has continued on as the sole pastor. Previous to serving at Bethel, Linda was the Family Ministries Pastor with the Brethren in Christ church plant in Kitchener, Pathway Community Church. She holds a Bachelor degree with a double major in Music and Psychology; a Bachelor of Education (and Ontario Teacher's Certificate) and is currently finishing off a MTS (Masters of Theological Studies) at Conrad Grebel University College. She also is near completion of a Certificate in Conflict Management and Congregational Leadership (also through Grebel). As well as being happily married to Steve, they are the proud parents of eight children, one of whom is married with two children (and a third due in May 2012!) and another one who is due to be married in August 2012.
ALISSA BENDER, new pastor of the 100-member Hamilton (Ont.) Mennonite, was the associate pastor at Calgary First Mennonite Church from 2007-2010. While studying for her Master of Divinity at AMBS prior to that, she did pastoral internships at Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Abbotsford BC and Walnut Hill Mennonite Church in Goshen IN. She was on the Young Adult Fellowship of MC Canada & MC USA for 5.5 years, and the MCEC Student & Young Adult Commission overlapping with that. She has also worked in bilingual client services in the years between her bachelor’s degree in French degree at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo and MDiv at AMBS. “My family is mostly spread around Ontario so I'm grateful to be close to many of them again,” she says.
LOIS BUKAR is the new pastor, her first, of the 65-member Widemann Mennonite Church in Markham, Ont. Coming from a career in teaching, she taught theology (1 year) in Gindiri, Nigeria, English and Economics(1 year) in North Korea, English (4 years) at Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, and was interim pastor (6 months) at Cairo Christian Fellowship. She taught English (3 years) in China with China Educational Exchange (CEE.) and taught English (2 years) in Lesotho with a Canada International Development Agency (CIDA) organization. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg and a Master of Divinity degree from AMBS (2005). Originally Lois Unrah from Steinbach, Man. (Evangelical Mennonite Church), she is married to Tromhan Bukar.
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