Future of Egypt is up to the people, say MCC workers
Judith and Tom Snowdon
What happens next in Cairo is entirely up to the Egyptian people, MCC workers Tom and Judith Snowdon told
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Farmers raise $242,000 to End Hunger
Wes Epp has chaired the Drake growing project committee since its inception in 1998.
Drake, Saskatchewan, a small prairie village south of the number one, is home to about 200 people. While small in size, the community has made
Conrad Grebel grad takes 1st in Smith peace contest
John Wray, a 2010 alumnus of Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ont., won the 2010 C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest with a speech titled “Seeing the Human in the Human.” (Conrad Grebel University College photo/Karl Juhlke)
John Wray believes he knows what it will take for peace to rule in everyday life, all over the world.
The only catch is that we’ve all got an assignment.
13 MCC staff, including two children, temporarily relocated to Strasbourg, France.
Long queues in Cairo have been common over the past few days outside bakeries selling subsidized bread, supermarkets and vegetable sellers. --Photo by Adam Makary/Al Jazeera English
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has moved its international workers out of Egypt because of the ongoing civil unrest there.
Heifer Relief Sale set for February 18
The animals will range in age from calves to springing heifers, and from grades to deep pedigreed purebreds
The 30th annual Heifer Relief sale sponsored by Ontario Mennonite Relief Sale Inc. will take place at
Born reflects on visit to Civil Rights sites
--from Seeking Community website
Returning recently from a "seeking community tour," Paul Born, director of Tamarack Community here, says that "being in the southern US, in the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, provided a powerful reminder about the role of this movement in history, its global implications, and how it affects ongoing work for social justice."
Goshen grad among finalists in theater festival
Jenna Grubaugh performs in the 2010 Goshen College spring mainstage play "Tartuffe" with fellow student Sam Jones (right). (Photo by Emily Miller/Goshen College Public Relations Office)
Goshen College graduated senior Jenna Grubaugh, a theater major from Vancouver, British Columbia, placed in the top 10 percent of the almost 400 actors nominated in the American College Theater Festival (ACTF) Region III held at Michigan State University in early January.
Epicurean Hootenanny produces fun and funds
House band musicians Willem Moolenbeck (sax) and Dave Tompson (guitar) anchored the singing during the 2011 Epicurean Hootenanny
John Bergen (l) with Bob Janzen at the 2011 Epicurean Hootenanny
Betsy Petker, principle at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, enjoys her dessert.
Buffet dinner at the 2011 Epicurean Hootenanny
Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone, sings Joshua fought the battle of Jericho
House band musicians Jeff Cowell (drums), Willem Moolenbeck (sax), Jeff Laughton (base), Tom Cummings (Vibraphone), and John Wiebe (guitar) anchored the singing.
John Bergen in avid conversation with his sister-in-law Ilene Bergen
The Rockways belt out “9 to 5”, made famous by Dolly Parton.
Scott Brubacher-Zehr, pastor at John Bergen’s church – Rockway Mennnonite - enjoys appetizers.
Wearing strings of beads reminiscent of Mardi Gras in New Orleans 220 people were transported to Mississippi
Elizabeth Buhler dies just short of 112
Elizabeth three years ago
Canada's oldest living person, Winkler's Elizabeth Buhler, has died just two weeks shy of her 112th birthday. “Liese” (as she was known to family) passed away Sunday night, Jan. 23, at the Salem Home in Winkler. Her daughters had already begun planning a small birthday party in the nursing home for the centenarian.
Christian Peacemaker co-founder remembered
Stoltzfus died March 10, 2010
A video clip and book about the life of Gene Stoltzfus, co-founder of Christian Peacemakers, has been created at the direction of his widow, Dorothy Friesen of Fort Frances, Ont. Stoltzfus died unexpectedly last March at the age of 69, after taking his daily bike ride.
Kraybill speaks on Amish forgiveness
Donald Kraybill
Donald Kraybill, Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, Pa., will give the 2011 Sawatsky Lecture at Conrad Grebel University College on Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
South Korean Mennonite partners pave the way of peace
Palmer Becker will teach a course on Pastoral Care and Counselling at Bethlehem Bible College; his wife, Ardys, joins him later as librarian.
Though Jae Young Lee doesn’t think the recent North Korean shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island will lead to full-scale war, as Peace Program Coordinator for the Korea Anabaptist Center (KAC) he is alarmed by what is happening in both North and South Korea.
Soto Albrecht announced as nominee for MC USA moderator-elect
Elizabeth Soto
Jack Suderman, recently retired general secretary of MC Canada, was one of six persons named by the new nominee for moderator-elect of Mennonite Church USA, Elizabeth Soto, who gave her opportunities to develop her leadership skills.
Governor General bestows peace medal on Regehr
Regehr (center holding medal) is flanked by Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston, Nancy Wildgoose (left) and Nancy Regehr (right). Photo by Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall.
Called a “seasoned and tenacious advocate for peace who represents the best of Canada’s leadership
Mennonites in the news in eastern Ontario
Several Mennonites have been in the news this past week, one with an op-ed piece in the local Kitchener-Waterloo Record, another featured as a “true saint of the community,” and yet another group, the young people of the David Martin Mennonites playing Canada's classic winter sport—ice hockey in a photo essay in the Globe and Mail.
'Let them stay' peace rally planned
Toews looks down as protestors outside the University of Manitoba in October object to an honorary degree, holding placards condemning Toews for public statements he has made about crime and immigration. (CBC)
Peace Alliance Winnipeg is staging a peaceful rally Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 1:30 p.m. called “Let Them Stay” outside Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ office in Steinbach. The organization is inviting local residents to “help an important humanitarian and social justice cause to help restore Canada’s tarnished international image.”
EMU appoints Swartzendruber to another 4-year term
Loren Swartzendruber (l.) receives congratulations from EMU trustees chair Andrew (Andy) Dula following his announcement of Swartzendruber’s appointment to another four-year term as president. Photo by Lindsey Kolb
Loren Swartzendruber will serve another four-year term as president of Eastern Mennonite University.
African guests urge Canadians to support mining regulations
Learning exchange participants visit The Mennonite Story, a museum at St. Jacob’s Ont. Front row, from left, are Godfrey Walalaze (Tanzania), Hubert Mukalasi Lubyama (Tanzania), Dumisani Nkomo (Zimbabwe) and Rose Lala Biasima (Congo); back row from left are Ray Motsi (Zimbabwe) and Jean-Calvin K
Although Canada is a world leader in mining, its laws don’t ensure that Canadian
MCC family worldwide embraces Haiti
Herbert Funk, left, and fellow members of a Work and Learn team from Paraguay clear away the rubble of Adral and Marie Sylvain’s house in Port-au-Prince, which collapsed during the Jan. 12 earthquake. Clearing the property made it possible for the Sylvains, who work with MCC and have four children,
From Paraguay, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, people volunteered through Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to work side by side with Haitians
Egypt Muslims to act as "human shields" at Coptic Christmas Eve mass
Coptic Orthodox priests pray in the house of Fawzy Bkheit, who died after Saturday's bomb attack outside the Two Saints Church in Alexandria (Photo: Reuters)
Coptic Churches around the country expect an influx of Egyptian Muslims
MCC Canada leader dies at 81
J.M. Klassen at the MCC offices in 1983.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 28 for J.M. Klassen, whose commitment and firm leadership helped shape MCC Canada for more than two decades. He died here on December 23 at the age of 81.
Freeman wins $8,000 Reimer Award
Sarah Freeman
Sarah Freeman, a ThD student at the University of Toronto, has earned Conrad Grebel’s highest valued academic award – the A. James Reimer Award at the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre. This $8,000 award will allow Sarah to continue studying full-time to achieve her dream of teaching homiletics.
Vietnamese Mennonite group clashes with authorities again
Nguyen Hong Quang
Mennonite Church Canada has become aware that on December 14th, the Ho Chi Minh church buildings
Remembering Glen Lapp
Marvin Lapp, father of Glen Lapp, stands against mountains outside Faizabad, Afghanistan. He visited Faizabad and Kabul during an October trip to attend a memorial service and learn more about Glen’s work and life in Afghanistan. (MCC Photo/John Williamson)
Two months after MCC worker Glen Lapp and nine other aid workers were killed in rural Afghanistan
‘Rattling everyone’s paradigms’
Margaret Loewen Reimer (Mennonite) and Allen G. Jorgenson (Evangelical Lutheran) have co-authored a study guide for congregations, based on the report of the Lutheran-Mennonite Study Commission (2010)
Walking in each other’s theological shoes for a day, professors from their respective seminaries in Waterloo
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