Canadian Mennonite
Volume 10, No. 19
October 2, 2006

To ensure timely publication of upcoming events, please send Calendar announcements EIGHT WEEKS in advance of the event date by e-mail to: calendar@canadianmennonite.org.

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British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
United States

British Columbia

Oct. 20-22: B.C. Women in Mission retreat at Camp Squeah.

Oct. 21: Mennonite Foundation all-day seminar for church leaders involved with governance, finance and employment. Rick Braun-Janzen and Clayton Loewen presenting at CBC. Call 1-800-772-3257 for information.

Oct. 26: Retired pastors meeting/lunch in the CBC boardroom; 10 a.m.

Oct. 26: One-day workshop on faith and mental illness at Cascade Community Church, Abbotsford. Contact MCC Supportive Care Services at 1-800-622-5455 or www.mccscs.com.

Nov. 4: MC B.C. special delegates sessions, West Abbotsford Mennonite Church, 8:30 a.m. Pension plan holders meeting follows.

Nov. 4-12: MCC Arts and Peace Festival at CBC.

Nov. 6-7: Peace Week activities at CBC.

Nov. 16-18: MC Canada general board meets at Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church, Abbotsford.

Nov. 17: Mennonite Heritage Society of B.C. presents lecture “Controversy, change and consensus” dealing with theological issues of the last century by David Ewert and John Neufeld (of Winnipeg) at Bakerview M.B. Church, 7 p.m.

Nov. 17-19: Senior youth Impact retreat at Camp Squeah.

Nov. 18: MCC B.C. annual general meeting. Willingdon MB Church, Burnaby.

Dec. 1: World AIDS Day benefit concert with the Vancouver Welshmen’s Choir at Abbey Arts Centre, Abbotsford.

Dec. 2,3: Advent vespers with Abendmusik Choir, 8 p.m. Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, Abbotsford (2); Knox United Church, Vancouver (3). Donations to Menno Simons Centre.

Feb. 10: B.C. Women in Mission special business session at Bethel Mennonite Church, Aldergrove, 2 p.m.

March 16-17: Youth workers conference at CBC.

March 31, April 1: Lenten vespers with Abendmusik Choir, 8 p.m. Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, Abbotsford (31); Knox United Church, Vancouver (1). Donations to Menno Simons Centre.

May 6: B.C. Women in Mission inspirational day at Eden Mennonite Church, Chilliwack.

Alberta

Oct. 14: Camp Valaqua fall work day. Call the camp office at 403-637-2510 for more details.

Oct. 20-22: “Imagine…a balanced life” conference presented by Women Alive, at Four Points Sheraton, Edmonton. Speaker: Pam Farrel, author of Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti.

Oct. 26: MCC Alberta hosts Tony Campolo at Dalhousie Community Church, Calgary. For tickets, call 403-275-6935.

Oct. 24-26: Pastors retreat at Camp Valaqua. To register or for information call Jim Shantz at 780-485-2518.

Oct. 27-28: MCC Alberta annual meeting at Rosemary Mennonite Church.

Nov. 26: Installation service for paster Terry Lesser at Springridge Mennonite Church, Pincher Creek.

Saskatchewan

Oct. 15: Wildwood Mennonite Church 30th anniversary celebration. Breakfast, worship and afternoon events planned.

Oct. 20: MDS dessert and information evening at Nutana Park Mennonite Church, Saskatoon.

Oct. 27-29: Quilting and scrapbooking retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre.

Oct. 28: MC Saskatchewan Equipping Conference at Mount Royal Mennonite Church. Theme: “Connecting diversity.”

Nov. 3: RJC annual appreciation and fundraising banquet. Guest speaker: CPTer James Loney.

Nov. 3: MCC pastors and church leaders conference.

Nov. 3-4: MCC Saskatchewan annual general meeting at Forest Grove Community Church, Saskatoon.

Manitoba

Oct. 13-14: Manitoba Women in Mission annual 24-hour retreat, “Rooted in the Centre,” at Camp Assiniboia.

Oct. 17-18: J.J. Thiessen Lectures at CMU, with Joel J. Shuman, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Oct. 20-21: “War and the Conscientious Objector” history conference, University of Winnipeg. Speakers will include Mennonites, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Doukhobors and Quakers from B.C. to Quebec.

Oct. 26: MC Manitoba annual fall delegate sessions at Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Winkler, 7 to 9 p.m.

Oct. 27-29: Scrapbooking retreat at Camp Moose Lake.

Oct. 28: CMU fundraising and dessert evening.

Oct. 28: 25th annual MMYO volleyball tournament at Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, 8:45 a.m.

Oct. 28: Camps with Meaning celebration banquet at Whitewater Mennonite Church, Boissevain, 6 p.m.

Oct. 30: MCI soup and pie fundraiser in Gretna, 5 p.m., followed by the fall concert, 7 p.m.

Oct. 30: Westgate Mennonite College annual general meeting, at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 3-4: CMU youth ministry conference. Theme: “Kingdom-driven ministry. Speaker: Wen-dell Loewen of Tabor College.

Nov. 3-5: Camp Moose Lake quilting retreat with Val Pankratz and Lois Friesen Wiebe.

Nov. 3-5: Camp Koinonia quilting retreat with Nancy Ross, Hedy Albrecht and Edith Hammond.

Nov. 4,5: Camps with Meaning celebration banquets—Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church, 6 p.m. (4); Douglas Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, 5 p.m. (5).

Nov. 10-12: Camp Koinonia quilting retreat with Jill Hildebrand and Heather Heide.

Nov. 10-12: Camp Moose Lake quilting retreat with Rose Campbell and Lois Friesen Wiebe.

Nov. 15-16: John and Margaret Friesen Lectures at CMU. Topic: “Mennonites and architecture.” Speakers: Rudy Friesen, Harold Funk and Roland Sawatzky.

Nov. 17-18: MCC Manitoba annual general meeting, Winnipeg.

Nov. 17-18: Fall Partnership Circle meetings at Riverton Fellowship Circle.

Nov. 22: Westgate Mennonite Collegiate evening with the arts, at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 2: North Kildonan Mennonite Church Quartet’s Advent concert, 7 p.m., at the church.

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.

Jan. 19-21: MMYO junior high youth retreat at Camp Koinonia.

Feb. 2-4: MMYO senior high youth retreat at Camp Koinonia.

Feb. 9-11: MMYO junior high youth retreat at Camp Moose Lake.

Feb. 20-21: CMU winter lectures with Robert Russell, professor of theology, Graduate Theological Union. Topic: “Science and theology.”

March 4-7: “Sharing the Faith in a Pluralistic and Post-Christian Society” conference at CMU. Speaker: Joe Boot of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries Canada.

March 9-11: MMYO senior high youth retreat at Camp Moose Lake.

April 13-15: Manitoba Mennonite Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend, in Winnipeg. For more information, visit marriageencounter.org.

Ontario

Oct. 7-8: Bloomingdale Mennonite Church bicentennial celebration weekend.

Oct. 11: Peace and Conflict Studies/Christian Peacemaker Teams forum at Conrad Grebel’s Great Hall, 7 p.m.

Oct. 12: Celebrate Canadian church relationships with African congregations through food, music and a presentation by Hippolyto Tshimanga, MC Canada Witness African mission facilitator, 7 p.m., at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church.

Oct. 12-14: Ten Thousand Villages fair trade craft sale at Hamilton Mennonite Church; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (12-13), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (14). Tea room open for lunch each day. For more information, call 905-528-3607.

Oct. 14: Mennonite Youth Fellowship fundraising dinner and auction at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, at 5:30 p.m. For tickets, call 519-744-6575.

Oct. 28: Institute for Worship and the Arts’ Planning and Leading Worship workshop at Conrad Grebel, 9 a.m. To register, call 519-885-0220.

Oct. 28: Silver Lake Mennonite camp fall fundraiser, “From wave tops to tree tops,” featuring hypnotist Jerry Enns and the Mike Erb Band; 7:30 p.m. at the University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre. For tickets, call 519-888-4908.

Oct. 19: MEDA breakfast at the Stone Crock, St. Jacobs, 7:30 a.m. Speaker: Larry Martin.

Oct. 22: Pax Christi Chamber Choir debut concert at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto, 3 p.m. To order tickets, visit paxchristichorale.org.

Nov. 1-4: Annual Ten Thousand Villages festival sale at Vineland United Mennonite Church; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (1,2,3) and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (4). Tea room open each day.

Nov. 3-5: Mennonite and Brethren Marriage Encounter weekend at Stratford’s Festival Inn; from 7:30 p.m., Friday, to 4 p.m., Sunday. To register call Marjorie Roth at 519-669-8667.

Nov. 11: Spirituality and Aging seminar at Conrad Grebel, 9 a.m. To register, call 519-885-0220.

Nov. 23: MEDA breakfast at the Stone Crock, St. Jacobs, 7:30 a.m. Speaker: Murray Bast.

Nov. 23: Benjamin Eby Lecture at Conrad Grebel. Theme: “Law as a sword, law as a shield.” Speaker: Lowell Ewert. For more information, call 519-885-0220.

Dec. 16, 17: Pax Christi Chorale’s Christmas concert featuring Vaughan Williams’ Hodie, 7:30 p.m. (16), 3 p.m. (17), at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto. To order tickets, visit paxchristichorale.org.

Feb. 9-10: MDS all unit meeting at South Ridge Community Church, St. Catharines. For more information, call Rudy Thiessen at 905-562-0396.

April 28, 29: Pax Christi Chorale’s 20th anniversary gala concert, “The Music Makers: Elgar, Handel, Ager,” 7:30 p.m. (28), 3 p.m. (29), at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto. To order tickets, visit paxchristichorale.org.

United States

Oct. 20-22: Young Adult Fellowship retreat focussing on young adult gifts in the church; Camp Ray Bird, South Bend, Ind. For more information, or to register, e-mail scotth@mennoniteusa.org.

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 businessasacalling.org.