Canadian Mennonite
Volume 11, No. 16
August 20, 2007

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

Sept. 14-15: Central Fraser Valley MCC Relief Sale, Auction and Festival at the Tradex Exhibition Centre, Abbotsford. For more information, visit mcc.org/bc/festivals.

Sept. 29: Mennonite Fall Fair at the Prince George Civic Centre. For more information, visit mcc.org/bc/festivals.

Oct. 19, 21, 27: M2/W2 fundraising events; dinner and door prizes at Summit Drive Baptist Church, Kamloops, 6:30 p.m. (19); Calvin Dyck and Gabrielle Youseff in concert at Peace Mennonite Church, Richmond, 6:30 p.m. (21); dinner and silent auction at Garden Park Tower, Abbotsford, 6 p.m. (27). For tickets to all events, call 1-800-298-1777.

Oct. 26-28: Women’s retreat at Camp Squeah. Theme: “Jesus our redeemer and friend.” Speaker: Laurel Hildebrandt. For more information, call Jackie Rempel at 604-952-0041.

Alberta

Sept. 15-16: Holyrood Mennonite Church 50th anniversary celebration. For more details, visit holyrood.mennonitechurch.ab.ca. or call the church office at 780-466-3277. RSVP your attendance to hmcoffice@interbaun.com or call the church office.

Saskatchewan

Sept. 7-9: SMYO junior high retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre.

Sept. 25: Youth Farm Bible Camp annual fall supper, Rosthern.

Oct. 12-13: Saskatchewan Women in Mission fall retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre.

Oct. 13: Youth Farm Bible Camp ride-a-thon, Rosthern.

Oct. 26-28: Quilting and scrapbooking retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre.

Oct. 27: MC Saskatchewan Equipping Day.

Manitoba

Aug. 29: Westgate alumni golf tournament at Southdale Golf Course. Call 204-775-7111 for more information.

Sept. 8: Morris MCC Relief Sale, Stampede Grounds. Huge farmers market.

Sept. 8: Eden Foundation fifth annual “Head for the hills” bicycle fundraiser. All proceeds to Eden Health Care Services mental health recovery programs. To register, visit edenhealth.mb.ca.

Sept. 21-22: Brandon MCC Relief Sale.

Sept. 23: MCI homecoming celebration. Supper and Steve Bell concert at Buhler Hall, Gretna. For tickets, call 204-327-5891.

Sept. 28-30: Camp Moose Lake work days.

Sept. 29: Westgate cyclathon. Call 204-775-7111 for more information.

Oct. 12-13: Women in Mission retreat at Camp Assiniboia.

Oct. 15-16: J.J. Thiessen Lectures at CMU, Winnipeg. Speaker: Ellen Davis of Duke Divinity School. Theme: “Live long on the land: Food and farming in biblical perspective.”

Oct. 19: “Going Barefoot” conference for church communicators at CMU, Winnipeg. Speakers: Reginald Bibby and Gayle Goosen. Visit cmu.ca for details.

Oct. 26-28: Scrapbooking retreat at Camp Moose Lake.

Oct. 27: Work day and camps celebration banquet at Camp Koinonia.

Oct. 29: Westgate annual general meeting, 7 p.m., at Westgate, Winnipeg.

Nov. 2-4: Quilting retreats at Camp Koinonia and Camp Moose Lake.

Nov. 3: “Adding to the Toolbox” conference on equipping people for congregational ministry at CMU, Winnipeg. Workshops on youth ministry, music and worship, pastoral care and conflict resolution. Visit cmu.ca for details.

Nov. 3,4: Camps celebration banquets at Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church (3); Douglas Mennonite Church, Winnipeg (4).

Nov. 6-7: John and Margaret Friesen Lectures at CMU, Winnipeg. Speaker: John D. Roth, Goshen College. Topic: “Mennonite identity in the 21st century.”

Nov. 9-10: CMU Tip-off Classic basketball tournament, Winnipeg.

Nov. 9-11: Quilting retreat at Camp Moose Lake.

Nov. 9-11: Scrapbooking retreat at Camp Koinonia.

Nov. 10-11: Home Street Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, 50th anniversary homecoming and celebration.

Ontario

Sept. 7-9: Annual “Building Community” retreat for people with disabilities and others at Hidden Acres Retreat Centre. Theme: “All God’s children: The global community.” Speaker: Esther Kern. For more information or to register, call 416-423-5525 or e-mail canada@cpt.org.

Sept. 14: MEDA Waterloo chapter fall tour, 7 p.m., at Martin’s Family Fruit Farm, Waterloo.

Sept. 20-23: CPT ninth annual Peacemaker Congress: Tearing Down Walls, Restoring Community, at Toronto United Mennonite Church. Keynote speakers: Jim Loney and Judy Da Silva. To register, or for more information, visit cpt.org and follow the “Peacemaker Congress IX” link.

Sept. 24: Willowgrove fall golf tournament at St. Andrews Golf Club in Aurora. To register, or for more information, email John Philips at jsphilips@sympatico.ca.

Sept. 26: Greening Sacred Spaces meeting. Topic: How to teach church members to make their homes environmentally friendly; 6:30 p.m.; Room 508, 99 Regina Street, Waterloo.

Sept. 29: Official opening of the Willowgrove dining hall, Stouffville.

Oct. 12-13: “Family and sexuality in Mennonite history,” an academic and community education conference hosted by Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo. For more information, call 519-885-0220 ext. 24257.

Oct. 14: Benefit concert for the Abner Martin Music Scholarship Endowment Fund; 3 p.m. at Waterloo North Mennonite Church. Performers include Carol Bauman, Daren Di Santo, Jennifer Enns Modolo, John Hess, Bethany Horst, Brandon Leis, Tim Shantz and Andrea Weber. For more information, call Lewis Brubacher at 519-884-3072.

Oct. 18: MEDA Waterloo chapter breakfast meeting, 7:30 a.m., at the Stone Crock, St. Jacobs.

Nov. 1-4: MEDA’s annual “Business as a calling” convention: “Trust in a world of change,” in Toronto. For more information, visit businessasacalling.org or call toll-free 1-800-665-7026.

Quebec

Nov. 10: In celebration of 51 years of a Mennonite presence in Quebec, La Societe Mennonite Historique du Quebec and Mennonite Central Committee Quebec are holding an evening of pioneer stories and a Mennonite-Quebecois dinner to be hosted at La Maison de l’Amitie.