Calendar

This listing includes events hosted by Mennonite Church Canada and its regional churches, special celebrations of MC Canada congregations, events at Mennonite-related organizations, and community events of interest to Mennonite readers. Some of these also appear in the print issue of the magazine.

You can submit an item here or send an email to calendar@canadianmennonite.org. If an event is to appear in print, please send the information at least eight weeks in advance.

 

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March 20, 2024 | Location: Online Event

MEAT -- the ethics.

Wednesday, March 20 at 8:30 E.T. on Zoom

Every day, we all make many decisions about what to eat. It’s complicated; the shelves are stocked with ethical dilemmas.

We contend with high prices, a dozen kinds of breakfast cereal to choose from and ever-evolving appeals to our consciences: organic, local, grass-fed, plant-based, low-carbon, free range, pasture-raised, farm fresh, natural, etc.

What’s a Mennonite to do...

March 21, 2024 | Location: Ontario

A Plot-Driven People: Mennonite Narratives in the Age of Nationalism (1870-1945). The 2024 Bechtel Lecturer in Anabaptist Studies is Dr. John P. Eicher, Associate Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University-Altoona. Eicher's presentation focuses on two groups of German-speaking Mennonites from Russia—one composed of voluntary migrants and the other composed of refugees—who settled in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco during the interwar years of the twentieth century. It examines how members of Russia’s Mennonite diaspora created vastly different narratives about the past, present and future...

March 22, 2024 to March 23, 2024 | Location: Alberta

Youth event Friday evening at First Mennonite Church, then all day Saturday at West Edmonton Mall waterpark. Billeting can be arranged for out-of-town youth. Register by March 18.

March 29, 2024 | Location: Manitoba

7 p.m. at First Mennonite Church. 922 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg

Soli Deo Gloria Choir presents Lobgesang, a Symphony-Cantata by Felix Mendelssohn, on Good Friday.

Conductor: Yuri Klaz. Soloists: Karis Wiebe, soprano and James Magnus-Johnston­, tenor.

Contact:  sdgwpg@gmail.com

April 4, 2024 | Location: Ontario

Celebrate the launch of On Mennonite/s Writing, a collection of essays by literary scholar Dr. Hildi Froese Tiessen, edited by Rob Zacharias. All are welcome to attend this book launch reception, held in the Grebel Chapel. Books will be available for sale during this launch.

"On Mennonite/s Writing"

In 1973 Hildi Froese Tiessen published one of the earliest essays about Rudy Wiebe's “Mennonite novels.” Over the next fifty years, Dr. Froese Tiessen would go on to author some eighty additional contributions to the field of Mennonite/s writing, including over sixty essays and...

April 16, 2024 | Location: Ontario

Peace activist, priest and author John Dear speaks at All Saints Lutheran Anglican Church, 210 Silvercreek Parkway N, Guelph, on Tuesday April 16 at 3 pm on his new book, "The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark and Luke from the Perspective of Non-Violence." Dear links the teachings of Jesus with the message of non-violence of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Free admission.

3:00 p.m. All Saints Lutheran Anglican Church, 210 Silvercreek Parkway N, Guelph, ON

April 19, 2024 to April 21, 2024 | Location: B.C.

MCBC Impact Youth Retreat at Camp Squeah

April 26, 2024 to April 27, 2024 | Location: Ontario

MCEC Annual Church Gathering, “Transformed, Inspired, Called,” at UMEI Christian High School in Leamington. Come and be transformed by the love of God, inspired by the hope we find in Jesus and called to action by the power of the Holy Spirit. Join new and now friends as we grow, learn and serve together as a community of faith. Save the date!

May 4, 2024 | Location: Manitoba

Faith and Life Choirs Spring Concerts: (4th)First Mennonite Church, Winnipeg; (5th) Morden Mennonite Church, Morden.

May 4, 2024 | Location: Ontario

This one-day marriage workshop is your chance to reconnect, improve your communication and discover more joy for the lifetime you share. Each session will help you move past differences and drift to a place of greater closeness and trust. You’ll gain new tools to strengthen the foundation of your relationship in the important areas of communication, conflict, sex and spirituality.

9am-4pm, Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church.

Regular rate is $80/...

June 7, 2024 to June 9, 2024 | Location: B.C.

Young Adult (18-35) Anabaptist Conference, “Faith, Activism, and Church: Building an Active Future” at Camp Squeah.

June 7, 2024 to June 9, 2024 | Location: B.C.

This conference seeks to encourage young Anabaptist young adults to engage with important issues and topics within the church and the world–and to help them find workable, actionable solutions. For ages 18 - 35. At Camp Squeah. For more information, go to: Young Adult Conference

June 15, 2024 | Location: Alberta

Join us for food, fellowship and the opportunity to donate to MCC projects around the world through our live and silent auction.

The MCC Alberta Relief Sale starts at 9:00 a.m.

Bergthal Mennonite Church, Bergthal Rd Township Rd 310, Didsbury

June 21, 2024 to June 23, 2024 | Location: Manitoba

75 . . . Already?! Save the date for Camp Assiniboia’s 75th Anniversary. More details to come.

June 21, 2024 | Location: Ontario

From Problems to Possibilities with Dr. Mark D. Roberts

We hear it all the time. Older people are a problem for their families, communities, churches, and the society at large. Without ignoring the challenges of aging, it’s time for a new narrative. We need to move from problem to potential as we think about people in the “third third” of life and their opportunity to flourish. Churches will play an essential role in this effort and will reap rich benefits from the empowerment of their older adults.

 

In-person and online.

Registration and more information ...

August 11, 2024 to August 24, 2024 | Location: Ontario

Are you looking for an exciting camp adventure? Ontario Mennonite Music Camp (OMMC) is a place where youth develop and enrich relationships, faith, musicality, and leadership in a fun and supportive summer camp environment. OMMC provides an exciting summer opportunity, pairing exceptional musical instruction with traditional camp activities. This is an in-person, 2-week overnight camp experience at Conrad Grebel University College. Camp is available for students who have finished grade 6-12, with a Leader-In-Training program for students who have finished grades 11 or 12. We hope you'll...