October 6
Event Date:
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Location:
Make a Difference Day, for MC Eastern Canada’s junior youth, at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg.
Ontario
October 10
Event Date:
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Location:
Benjamin Eby Lecture, at the Conrad Grebel University College Chapel, Waterloo, at 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Mark Vuorinen, chair of the Music Department and associate professor. Topic: “Witnessing passion: Musical depiction of minor characters in passion music of Bach, Esenvalds, MacMillan and Pärt.”
October 18-19
Event Date:
Friday, October 18, 2019 to Saturday, October 19, 2019
Location:
“I am not alone” church planters workshop, in Hamilton. For more information, visit bit.ly/i-am-not-alone.
October 29-30
Event Date:
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 to Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Location:
Credence & Co. presents the workshop “Giving and receiving feedback: Speaking truth in the love,” at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, featuring Betty Pries. For more information, visit bit.ly/credence-feedback-workshop.
October 20
Event Date:
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Location:
MCC Ontario presents “Across rivers and ocean,” a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Canada’s private sponsorship program, at Steinmann Mennonite Church, Baden, at 3 p.m. For more information, visit mcco.ca/rivers-and-oceans.
September 23 or 24
Event Date:
Monday, September 23, 2019
Location:
Fall seniors retreat, at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp. Same theme each day: “Engaging with friends, family and God through the transitions of later life.” Resource person: Jane Kuepfer. For more information, call 519-625-8602.
September 11
Event Date:
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Location:
Southwestern Ontario Gleaners host Leamington and area’s 20th annual Poor Boy Luncheon, at the Roma Club, Leamington, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more information, call 519-326-7687.
September 10
Event Date:
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Location:
Mennonite World Conference hosts an open house to welcome César Garcia, general secretary, and his wife Sandra Baez, to Kitchener, at 50 Kent Avenue, from 1 to 3 p.m.
September 13, 15
Event Date:
Friday, September 13, 2019 to Sunday, September 15, 2019
Location:
“Training active bystanders,” a program by MCC Ontario and Quabbin Mediation to help participants intervene when they witness abusive, isolating or stigmatizing behaviour; at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener; (13) at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., (15) at 2 p.m. For more information or to register, visit mcco.ca/events.
October 18, 19
Event Date:
Friday, October 18, 2019 to Saturday, October 19, 2019
Location:
“A mile in my moccasins,” a moccasin-making workshop, at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener, led by Madelaine Kioke: (18) at noon, (19) at 9 a.m. For more information or to register, visit mcco.ca/moccasin.
November 16
Event Date:
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Location:
MCC peace conference, at Bethany Community Church, St. Catharines, begins at 9 a.m.
October 19
Event Date:
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Location:
“Empty bowls for Haiti” fundraiser to support MCC Ontario’s commitment to sustainable change in Haiti, at Steinmann Mennonite Church, Baden; seatings at 5 and 7 p.m. For more information, visit mcco.ca/events.
September 23
Event Date:
Monday, September 23, 2019
Location:
MCC Ontario annual general meeting, at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener, at 6 p.m. Light supper buffet begins at 6 p.m., with meeting to follow at 6:20. For more information, visit mcco.ca/agm.
December 15
Event Date:
Sunday, December 15, 2019
Location:
Pax Christi Chorale presents jubilant choral masterworks by Bach, Vivaldi and Durante, at St. Andrew’s Church, Toronto, at 3 p.m. For more information, visit paxchristichorale.org.
November 2
Event Date:
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Location:
Pax Christi Chorale presents works by Vaughan Williams and Elgar, and “The Sun, the Wind and the Man with the Cloak,” a new cantata by Stephanie Martin and Paul Ciufo, at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, at 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit paxchristichorale.org.
September 6-8
Event Date:
Friday, September 6, 2019 to Sunday, September 8, 2019
Location:
“Building community” retreat at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp, New Hamburg. Speakers: Scott Robertson and Katie Gingerich. Theme: “The theory of conflict and resolution.” For more information, call 519-625-8602.
September 28
Event Date:
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Location:
Breakfast celebrating 40 years of The Mennonite Story at Waterloo North Mennonite Church, 8:30 a.m. with John Ruth as guest speaker. Tickets at mennonitestorybreakfast.eventbrite.ca.
September 21
Event Date:
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Location:
Toronto Mennonite Festival to support MCC at Black Creek Pioneer Village 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information visit mcco.ca/events.
August 3
Event Date:
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Location:
Former Stratford Voluntary Service workers participating in a reunion are hoping to meet with locals at Avon Mennonite Church at 5 p.m. with a potluck at 6 p.m.
September 21
Event Date:
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Location:
Doors Open Waterloo Region, a day of architecture, heritage and tech events, including at MCC Ontario’s headquarters at 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener. For more information, email doorsopen@regionofwaterloo.ca.
August 18
Event Date:
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Location:
Detweiler Meetinghouse, Roseville, hosts the Fair Wind band playing traditional music from the British Isles, at 2:30 p.m.
July 22
Event Date:
Monday, July 22, 2019
Location:
“Women explore the role of Mary Magdalene: The dedicated apostle,” an afternoon lecture and discussion with Amanda Witmer, at Wilmot Mennonite Church.
July 14
Event Date:
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Location:
Detweiler Meetinghouse, Roseville, hosts a gospel song fest from “Life Songs II,” led by Bob Shantz, at 2:30 p.m.
June 22
Event Date:
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Location:
Crosshill Mennonite Church road hockey challenge fundraiser, beginning at 9 a.m., at the church. For more information, visit crosshillmennonite.ca.
June 8, 2019
Event Date:
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Location:
Preston and Wanner Mennonite Churches are partnering with the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank to host a production of “My Place is Right Here: Hugh Burnett & the Fight for a Better Canada” at Preston Mennonite Church (791 Concession Rd., Cambridge, Ont.). Please bring a donation for the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The performance begins at 7:00 p.m.
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