Canadian Mennonite
Volume 10, No. 07
April 3, 2006
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British Columbia
April 22: Columbia Bible College graduation ceremony.
April 24-29: MEI spring musical The Secret Garden.
April 28-May 5: CMU Chamber Choir tour—First Mennonite Church, Kelowna, 7:30 p.m. (28); Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Abbotsford, 7 p.m. (29); Langley Mennonite Fellowship, 11 a.m. (30); First United Mennonite Church, Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. (30); Saanich Community Church, Victoria, 7 p.m. (2); Christian Life Assembly, Barriere, 7 p.m. (3); Nechako Community Church, Vanderhoof, 7 p.m. (4); Northgate Mennonite Brethren Church, Dawson Creek, 7:30 p.m. (5).
April 28-30: Jr. Youth IMPACT retreat at Camp Squeah.
April 29-30: Bethel Mennonite Church 70th anniversary.
May 2: Columbia Bible College 2006 Open golf tournament.
May 7: B.C. Mennonite Women in Mission Inspirational Day, First Mennonite Church, Vancouver.
May 26-27: “Come to the table: A conference on the arts in worship” explores the theme of collaborative worship (dance, drama, visual arts, writing for worship, storytelling and more). Keynote speakers from AMBS: June Alliman Yoder, Marlene Kropf and Rebecca Slough. For more information, e-mail Angelika Dawson at music@emmanuelmennonite.com.
June 1: MEI graduation ceremony.
June 3: MC B.C. special delegate sessions. Location TBA.
Alberta
April 21: MCC’s third annual fine arts festival, Master’s Academy, Calgary. Theme: “What does peace look like to your neighbour?”
April 21-23: Strengthening Family Ties men’s retreat at Camp Valaqua. Guest speaker: Gordon Houser, associate editor of The Mennonite. For more information, call Marvin Baergen at 403-256-2894.
April 27, May 7: CMU Chamber Choir tour—Rosemary Mennonite Church, 7 p.m. (27); Lendrum Mennonite Brethren Church, Edmonton, 10 a.m. (7); First Mennonite Church, Edmonton, 2 p.m. (7).
May 6-7: Songfest hosted by Edmonton First Mennonite Church. Theme: “God’s people now.” CMU Chamber Choir will be the featured guests.
May 12: Youth night at Camp Valaqua. Call 403-637-2510 for more information.
May 13: Spring work day at Camp Valaqua. A camp contact meeting will be held in the afternoon. Call 403-637-2510 to register or for more information.
May 26-28: Women in Mission annual retreat at Camp Valaqua. Theme : “Women in conversation: Celebrating women’s lives.”
May 28: “Glimmers of Hope” with Brian Stewart and Anna Maria Tremonti, Boyce Theatre, Calgary. Fundraising/awareness-raising event for MCC AIDS projects.
May 29-June 1: Theological studies week at Camp Valaqua. Guest speaker: Dan Epp-Thiessen.
June 2: Camp Valaqua fellowship banquet fundraiser. RSVP by calling 403-637-2510 or e-mailing manager@campvalaqua.com.
June 3: Annual Camp Valaqua hike-a-thon to raise funds for a new lodge roof and a future staff residence. Hike the Nihahi Ridge near Elbow Falls. Call 403-637-2510 to register.
June 2-4: Foothills Mennonite Church 50th anniversary celebrations.
June 16-17: MCC Alberta Relief Sale and bikeathon, Didsbury.
July 5-9: MC Canada annual assembly in Edmonton.
Aug. 26-27: Bluesky Mennonite Church 50th anniversary celebrations.
Saskatchewan
April 18-20: Saskatchewan Mennonite Youth “Chalo” experience in Saskatoon and Regina.
April 22: MHSS fundraising banquet and retirement celebration for Dick Epp, editor of The Historian, at Bethany Manor.
April 22-23: North Star Mennonite Church 100th anniversary weekend. To register for meals or billets, or for more information, call 306-363-2125 or e-mail ld.balon@sasktel.net.
April 25-26: CMU Chamber Choir tour—Parkland Community Church, Yorkton, 7:30 p.m. (25); RJC, 11 a.m. (26); Knox United Church, Saskatoon, 7:30 p.m. (26).
April 29: Ministries Commission second annual Touring Mission Fest.
May 6: RJC alumni golf tournament. To enter, visit www.rjc.sk.ca.
May 7: RJC spring concert.
May15-18: Anabaptist spirituality continuing education course with Arnold Snyder at First Mennonite, Saskatoon.
May 27-28: Three-camp retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre.
June 3: Prairie Falcon motorcycle rally fundraiser for MCC, Saskatoon.
June 4: Shekinah Retreat Centre triathlon.
June 9-10: MCC Relief Sale and quilt auction in Saskatoon.
June 17: Ultimate Adventure seniors retreat, banquet and carnival at Youth Farm Bible Camp.
Manitoba
April 14: First Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, presents a Good Friday evening worship service with the church choir and Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Concert Choir, 7 p.m., at the church.
April 21: “Of this earth.” Author Rudy Wiebe will speak on writing, faith and a Mennonite boyhood in Saskatchewan at CMU, 1 p.m.
April 22: CMU annual spring concert, 7:30 p.m.
April 23: Spring concert Winnipeg’s North Kildonan Mennonite Church, at the church, 3 p.m.
April 28-29: Manitoba Mennonite spring curling funspiel, Winnipeg. For more information, call Gerald Warkentin at 204-487-2972 or Dave Zacharias at 204-477-4714.
April 28-30: Manitoba Mennonite and Brethren Marriage Encounter weekend in Winnipeg. For more information, call Peter and Rose Dick at 204-757-4705.
May 2: Winnipeg Youth Orchestra presents “The Sounds of Spring Concert” at Winnipeg’s Centennial Concert Hall, 7 p.m.
May 4-6: Institute for Leaders: Part 1, sponsored by CMU’s Centre for Leadership and Management. For more information, visit www.cmu.ca.
May 6: Manitoba Women in Mission annual Worship and Enrichment Day at First Mennonite, Winnipeg. Registration at 8:30 a.m. Theme: “Stewardship in time.” Guest speaker: Melissa Miller.
May 6: Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society spring history workshop in Gretna, focusing on Bruce Wiebe’s research on Mennonites who settled around Maple River in Cass County, N.D.
May 17: Westgate Mennonite Collegiate work day.
May 25: Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Senior 2 to 4 spring concert, at Bethel, 7:30 p.m.
May 29-31: Plus 55 retreat at Camp Moose Lake.
June 1: Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Grade 7 to Senior 1 spring concert, at Bethel, 7:30 p.m.
June 5-7: Plus 55 retreat at Camp Koinonia.
June 11: MCI Saengerfest. Worship, 10:30 a.m.; concert, 2 p.m.
June 15-17: Institute for Leaders: Part 2, sponsored by CMU’s Centre for Leadership and Management. For more information, visit www.cmu.ca.
June 16-17: MCC Winnipeg Festival and Relief Sale at CMU.
June 20: CMU President’s Golf Tournament, Kingswood Golf and Country Club, LaSalle. Visit www.cmu.ca for more information.
Aug. 21-25: CMU Blazers multi-sport overnight camp. For more information, visit www.cmu.ca.
Aug. 28-Sept. 1: CMU Blazers multi-sport day camp. For more information, visit www.cmu.ca
Sept. 10: Covenant Mennonite Church, Winkler, 25th anniversary celebration. For further information, call 204-325-4374 or e-mail covenant@mts.net.
Sept. 16: Morris MCC Relief Sale.
Sept. 16-17: Brandon MCC Relief Sale.
Oct. 9: Morden Mennonite Church 75th anniversary celebration.
Oct.15-16: CMU J.J. Thiessen Lectures with Ellen Davis, professor of Bible and practical theology, Duke Divinity School.
Nov. 17-18: MCC Manitoba annual general meeting, Winnipeg.
Jan. 18-20: CMU Refreshing Winds conference on worship and music. Keynote speaker: Marva Dawn, author of Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship For This Urgent Time.
Feb. 20-21: CMU winter lectures with Robert Russell, professor of theology, Graduate Theological Union. Topic: “Science and theology.”
Ontario
April 18-20: MCC meat canning in Leamington at the Heinz tomato grading station.
April 21: Guelph MCC meat canning fundraising ham dinner at Hamilton Mennonite Church, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Music by Hope Rising. For tickets, call 905-679-6506.
April 21: Menno Youth Singers coffee house at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, Kitchener. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
April 22: MEDA Waterloo chapter annual banquet at Conrad Grebel University College, 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Sarah Smith.
April 22: Women in MC Eastern Canada Enrichment Day at UMEI, Leamington. Theme: “Nurturing our souls with spiritual disciplines.” Speaker: Pauline Schlegel Shank. To register, call 519-356-2387.
April 24-28: MCC meat canning at the University of Guelph.
April 28-29: Engaged workshop at Living Water Fellowship, New Hamburg. To register, call Delmar and Mary Bender at 519-656-2256.
April 28-29: MC Eastern Canada spring conference, St. Catharines.
May 5-7: Women’s retreat at Hidden Acres Camp. Open to all MC Eastern Canada women and their friends.
May 13: Menno Singers present “Psalms and Hymns” with Marilyn Houser Hamm, Zion United Church, Kitchener, 8 p.m.
May 15,16: Annual seniors spring retreat at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp. Choose to attend either day. Resource people: Randy and Anita Lebold, missionaries to Indonesia with Wycliffe Bible Translators. To register, e-mail info@hiddenacres.ca.
May 20: Hamilton Welcome Inn Community Centre garage/plant/bake sale and open house, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call 905-525-5824.
July 14-16: Shantz family reunion in New Hamburg. Activities include local tours, storytelling, a pie and ice cream social, and a thanksgiving worship service. For more information, visit www.christianrshantz.ca or e-mail Ralph Shantz at rdshantz@golden.net.
United States
June 8-10: “Holding fast to our faith: Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective 10 years later” conference, AMBS, Elkhart, Ind.
Oct. 26: Mennonite/s Writing: Beyond Borders conference, Bluffton University, Ohio. Keynote speaker: Kathleen Norris. Submissions of Mennonite writing sought. For details, visit: www.bluffton.edu/eng/conference/.
Nov. 2-5: MEDA convention—“Business as a calling: Set the pace.” Tampa, Fla. For more information, visit www.businessasacalling.org.