News & Stories
It’s brighter than ever in the basement at First Mennonite Church in Winnipeg. Sunshine House, a community drop-in and resource centre, is operating there temporarily while its... Read More
January 11, 2024 | News | Aaron Epp
While pursuing degrees in health studies and music at the University of Waterloo, Mykayla Turner stumbled into a plethora of worship songs that left her wondering why and how she’... Read More
January 11, 2024 | News | Madalene Arias
Mennonites in British Columbia celebrated the holidays in a variety of ways last month. With both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve falling on Sundays, churches were presented with... Read More
January 11, 2024 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
One winter day in 2022, our family was discussing the problem of our society’s dependence on fossil fuels. One of our young-adult sons, who perhaps felt we were slipping into... Read More
January 11, 2024 | News | Ruth Isaac Wiederkehr
It’s not your typical nativity play. While most Christmas productions feature rosy-cheeked children wearing bathrobes and pillows cases, Bethany Manor’s “Nativity on Wheels” stars... Read More
January 5, 2024 | News | Emily Summach
On December 19, approximately 250 Mennonites, Palestinians and others gathered in Waterloo’s City Hall to call on Member of Parliament Bardish Chagger to publicly support an... Read More
December 22, 2023 | News | A.S. Compton
Whether it’s a vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women or a march for climate justice, chances are you’ve seen an article about a protest in recent years. In a society... Read More
December 22, 2023 | News | Emily Summach
“We come with intense pain and grief over the suffering of Palestinians and Israelis.” With those words, Marta Bunnett Wiebe welcomed about 95 Winnipeggers to a peace service of... Read More
December 20, 2023 | News | By John Longhurst
About 30 Mennonites assembled in the lobby of Garden Park Tower on December 19 to make their voices heard on the Mennonite Day of Action asking for a ceasefire in Palestine... Read More
December 20, 2023 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
Mennonite Church Canada is pleased to announce Emissions Reduction Grants (ERG) totaling $23,021 to help one rural and eight urban congregations reduce their carbon footprint... Read More
December 19, 2023 | News |
On October 24, 2023, the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre (TMTC) held a virtual closing ceremony to mark the end of its 33-year existence. The centre’s mandate was to develop... Read More
December 19, 2023 | News | Jeremy Bergen
On November 29, Canadian Mennonite hosted “Answering the Call,” an online event featuring three young pastors: Curtis Wiens of Aberdeen Mennonite Church in Aberdeen, Saskatchewan... Read More
December 15, 2023 | News | A.S. Compton
Welcome to “Life in the 80s,” a semi-regular series in which we ask people in their 80s or 90s to share their wisdom. Ed (85) and Louise (84) Janzen met as students at Mennonite... Read More
December 15, 2023 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
The film Custodians: A Story of Ancient Echoes won big at the Saskatchewan International Film Fest (SIFF) in October. The documentary explores the work of local landowners,... Read More
December 15, 2023 | News | Emily Summach
Mennonite Church Saskatchewan continues to deliberate on the future of its camping ministry. The regional church operates Camp Elim, Youth Farm Bible Camp and Camp Shekinah. On... Read More
December 15, 2023 | News | Emily Summach
Overwhelmed, distraught, touched and compelled by the stories and images from Gaza, Canadian Mennonite reporter Madalene Arias has interviewed many people—Palestinians and Jews—... Read More
December 15, 2023 | News | Madalene Arias
One of the latest churches to partner with Mennonite Church Manitoba is outside the province—2,047 kilometers outside of Winnipeg, to be exact. Estuary Church, an emerging... Read More
December 15, 2023 | News | Aaron Epp
Above is a recording of our November 29, 2023, online event. Titled "Answering the Call: Three Young Pastors Reflect on Ministry," the webinar is hosted by Aaron Epp, associate... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Past Events |
Uri Weltmann says support for Israel’s government and support for the people of Israel are two different things. “This is not one and the same,” he says, speaking by video call... Read More
December 1, 2023 | News | Madalene Arias
Growing up as a member of the Sumacher Indigenous peoples group in the Philippines, Tala Bautista listened to American music. She longed to see snow and perhaps roast chestnuts on... Read More
December 1, 2023 | News | Valerie Kauffman
Working for a more peaceful world can take place anywhere. For Susanne Guenther Loewen it takes place at the front of the classroom at Saskatchewan’s largest public university... Read More
December 1, 2023 | News | Emily Summach
A recent seminar in Abbotsford, B.C., considered how churches can help fellow British Columbians find reasonably priced housing. The November 18 event was hosted by Emmanuel... Read More
December 1, 2023 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
How do you adjust after stepping away from the work to which you’ve dedicated two decades of your life? That’s the question facing Kennert Giesbrecht now that he’s no longer the... Read More
December 1, 2023 | News | Aaron Epp
John Van Deusen plays in a pop band called Telephone Friends and a punk band called Buffet, but he suspects it’s his Christmas album that you’ll like best. In the Bleak Midwinter... Read More
December 1, 2023 | News | Aaron Epp