Nov. 19
Fairview Mennonite Home’s annual handicraft sale, in Cambridge, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Includes tea room and bake sale, Christmas decorations and gifts, and Santa’s “sweet shop.”
Fairview Mennonite Home’s annual handicraft sale, in Cambridge, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Includes tea room and bake sale, Christmas decorations and gifts, and Santa’s “sweet shop.”
“Spirit of Christmas” sale, at Nairn Mennonite Church, Ailsa Craig: (18) from 6:30 to 9 p.m.; (19) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. With crafts, Ten Thousand Villages items and home baking. Music in the tea room. In support of the local food bank.
Rescue Junction concert and MennoHomes AGM at Woodside Church, Elmira, at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. For information call 226-476-2535 or visit www.mennohomes.com.
Marriage Encounter weekend for couples at Monastery of Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre, Niagara Falls. For information, go to marriageencounterec.com or call 519-669-8667.
Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, hosts the launch of “Out of Place: Social Exclusion and Mennonite Migrants in Canada” by author Luann Good Gingrich, at 7 p.m. The evening will include remarks by the author, a book signing and panel discussion.
50th anniversary celebration of Welcome Inn Community Centre, Hamilton. Sept. 24- community street party, 2:00-7:00 p.m. Sept 25- potluck and worship. More information at www.welcomeinn.ca.
Ten Thousand Villages festival sale at Hamilton Mennonite Church: (20,21) from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; (22) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Homemade soup and desserts available in the Villages Café.
Menno Singers present Honegger’s “King David,” and a world premiere of a new work by Colin Labadie, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener.
Menno Singers present Bach’s “St. John Passion,” with orchestra and soloists, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener.
Soli Deo Gloria Singers present their fall concert, “Christ alone, Scripture alone”: (19) at UMEI, Leamington, at 7:30 p.m.; (20) at Leamington United Mennonite Church, at 3 p.m. For tickets, call UMEI at 519-326-7448.
The Benjamin Eby Lecture, at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, at 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Jeremy Bergen. Topic: “Christians killing Christians: Martyrdom and the disunity of the church.”
Detweiler Meetinghouse hosts its fifth-annual “Male Chorus Sing,” at 2:30 p.m., with song leader Bob Shantz. For more information, visit Detweilermeetinghouse.ca.
Detweiler Meetinghouse hosts its seventh-annual “Contemporary Hymn Sing,” at 2:30 p.m., with song leader Mark Diller Harder. For more information, visit detweilermeetinghouse.ca.
“Together: When we are engaged” photo exhibit that celebrates everyday acts that deepen our sense of community, at the Conrad Grebel University College gallery, Waterloo.
“Ride for Refuge in support of MC Canada Witness ministries in 20 countries around the world. For more information, visit mennonitechurch.ca.
Corn fest fundraiser for the Cambridge Food Bank, at Wanner Mennonite, at 5:30 p.m.
Pax Christi Chorale presents Elgar’s “The Apostles,” at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto; (29) 7:30 p.m.; (30) 3 p.m.
Pax Christi Chorale, with Shannon Mercer and the Aslan Boys Choir, presents, “Ode on the Nativity” by C.H.H. Parry, at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto; (10) 7:30 p.m.; (11) 3 p.m.
Pax Christi Chorale, with the Bicycle Opera Project, presents Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto; (5) 7:30 p.m.; (6) 3 p.m.
Mennonite Fellowship of Montreal hosts a meal and discussion for young adults interested in community and fellowship at Maison de l’amitié, at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 514-849-9039.
Mennonite Mass Choir with the KW Symphony and soloists perform Handel’s “Messiah,” at Centre in the Square, Kitchener.
Menno Singers present “Romantic Rarities,” featuring Widor’s “Mass for Two Choirs and Two Organs,” at Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, at 3 p.m.
MCC Ontario annual general meeting, at the Kitchener MCC office, at 8 p.m. To register in advance, visit mcco.ca/agm.
Ontario Mennonite Music Camp presents its final concert at Conrad Grebel University College’s Great Hall, Waterloo, at 7 p.m. Reception to follow the concert.
Ontario Mennonite Music Camp leads worship at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, Kitchener, at 9:30 a.m.