Canadian Mennonite
Volume 11, No. 17
September 3, 2007
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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.
Sept. 29, 30: Thanksgiving Vespers with Abendmusik Choir, at Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, Abbotsford (29) and Knox United Church, Vancouver (30); 8 p.m. both evenings. Donations to Menno Simons Centre.
Oct. 13: Mennonite Historical Society of B.C. annual banquet. Speaker: John B. Toews. Theme: “In defence of mothers and sisters. The Mennonite Selbstschutz in Ukraine, 1918.” At Emmanuel Mennonite Church. For tickets, call 604-853-6177.
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.
Nov. 3: Twentieth anniversary of Peace Chinese Mennonite Church, Richmond.
Nov. 8-11: MCC Arts and Peace Festival at CBC, Abbotsford.
Nov. 17: MCC annual general meeting at Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church.
Dec. 1, 2: Advent Vespers with Abendmusik Choir, at Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, Abbotsford (1) and Knox United Church, Vancouver (2); 8 p.m. both evenings. Donations to Menno Simons Centre.
Alberta
Sept. 15: Golf for MCC at Tofield Golf Course; noon tee-off. Supper to follow at Tofield Mennonite Church. To register, call Suzanne at 780-672-0752.
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.
Oct. 16-18: Pastors retreat at Sanctum Retreat Centre. Call conference minister Jim Shantz at 780-485-2518 for more information.
Nov. 2-3: MCC annual celebration at Crestwood Mennonite Brethren Church, Medicine Hat.
Nov. 10: World AIDS Day event highlighting local and international AIDS work in the context of First Nations and indigenous people. Featuring Ovide Mercredi and Tom Jackson.
Nov. 23: Annette Stanwick, author of Forgiveness: The Mystery and the Miracle, will speak as part of Restorative Justice Week events, at Joie de Vivre, Calgary; at 7 p.m. Call Peter at 403-275-6935 for more details.
Saskatchewan
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. 13: Evening of celebration for Der Bote at Bethany Manor, Saskatoon; at 7 p.m. Program and refreshments.
Oct. 26: RJC fundraising banquet.
Oct. 26-28: Quilting and scrapbooking retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre.
Oct. 27: MC Saskatchewan Equipping Day.
Nov. 30-Dec. 1: RJC dinner theatre.
Dec. 16: RJC Chorale performs at Knox United Church, Saskatoon.
Dec. 21: RJC Christmas concert.
Manitoba
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. 25: MC Manitoba fall delegate session at First Mennonite Church, Winnipeg; at 7 p.m.
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.
Nov. 25: Faith and Life Advent concert at Bethel Mennonite Church.
Nov. 28: Evening with the arts at Westgate, 7 p.m. Call 204-775-7111 for more information.
Dec. 10: Westgate Christmas concert, 7 p.m., at Westminster United Church.
Jan. 24,25: Westgate junior-high three one-act plays at Franco-Manitoban Centre.
Feb. 22-23: MC Manitoba annual delegate sessions at Steinbach Mennonite Church.
March 6-8: Westgate senior-high drama.
May 14: Westgate work day.
June 11-14: 16th annual Believers Church Conference at CMU. Theme: “Congregationalism, denominationalism and the body of Christ.”
Ontario
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. 22: Grebel University College and the Teaching Circle seminar and workshops for theology students and those teaching adults in church on adult learning styles; 9-3 at Toronto School of Theology; $50 cost (grad students pay only $10). Dr Andrew Irvine, D.Min. director at Toronto School of Theology, is speaking. Contact Lydia Neufeld at lydia.harder@utoronto.ca or (416) 691-8553 to register.
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. 29: Official opening of the Willowgrove dining hall, Stouffville.
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.
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, Carol Gingerich 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.
June 20-22: Zurich Mennonite Church 100th anniversary homecoming weekend celebrations.
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.