Canadian Mennonite
Volume 10, No. 20
October 16, 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. 27,28,29: M2/W2 Association 40th anniversary celebrations—Southwest Community Church, Kamloops with the Gospel Troubadours (27); Sevenoaks Alliance Church, Abbotsford, with the Abbotsford Men’s Chorus (28); and Peace Mennonite Church, Richmond, with Calvin Dyck (29).

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.

Dec. 30-Jan. 1: Young adult winter retreat at Camp Squeah.

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 24,25: Lenten vespers with Abendmusik Choir, 8 p.m. Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, Abbotsford (24); Knox United Church, Vancouver (25). Donations to Menno Simons Centre.

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

Alberta

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

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

Nov. 4: MC Alberta “all committees” meeting, at Trinity Mennonite Church, Calgary.

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

Saskatchewan

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. 2-25: Ten Thousand Villages festival sales—New Horizons Centre, Biggar (2); Hope Mennonite Church, North Battleford (2-4); United Church, LaRonge (7-8); Catholic Parish Centre, Fort Qu’appelle (15); Bethany Mennonite Church, Lost River (18); Luseland (18); Rosthern Mennonite Church (25); Grace United Church, Weyburn (25).

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

Nov. 3: MCC Saskatchewan pastors and church leaders conference at Forest Grove Community Church, Saskatoon.

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

Nov. 10: Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan heritage evening honouring David Paetkau, Jake Schroeder and Albert Wiens; 7:30 p.m. at Bethany Manor, Saskatoon.

Nov. 11: Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan annual genealogy day with Alf Redekop, at Bethany Manor, Saskatoon, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Dec. 4,8: Ten Thousand Villages festival sales—Bethany College, Hepburn (4); Rosthern Junior College (8).

Dec. 8-10: RJC dinner theatre.

Jan. 26-28: Senior high retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre.

Manitoba

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 Collegiate annual general meeting, at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 3-4: CMU youth ministry conference. Theme: “Kingdom-driven ministry. Speaker: Wendell 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. 5-7: MMYO young adult retreat at Camp Koinonia.

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

Ontario

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

Oct. 25,30: MSCU regional meetings, 7:45 p.m.; Milverton and New Hamburg branches at Crosshill Mennonite Church (25); Kitchener and Waterloo branches at West Heights BIC Church (30).

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.

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. 4: Tony Brown concert in support of the Anthony Brown Comprehensive School in Northern Uganda, at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, Kitchener, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6,8: MSCU regional meetings, 7:45 p.m.; Elmira branch at Floradale Mennonite Church (6); Leamington branch at Leamington Mennonite Home (8).

Nov. 7: Foundation for International Development and Assistance concert, auction and dinner for Haiti at the Lions Hall, Elmira. Special music by the Watchmen Quartet; silent auction begins at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. RSVP to 519-886-9520.

Nov. 10-11: MCC Ontario annual meeting and celebration, at Meadow Brook Fellowship, Leamington; 7:30 p.m. (10), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (11).

Nov. 10-11: Rockway senior drama, And Then They Came For Me, Remembering the World of Anne Frank; 8 p.m. Tickets at the door.

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

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.

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

Dec. 14: Rockway Christmas concert; 7:30 p.m.

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 905-562-4324.

United States

Nov. 2-5: MEDA convention—“Business as a calling: Set the pace.” Tampa, Fla. For more information, visit businessasacalling.org.