Canadian Mennonite
Volume 11, No. 19
October 1, 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 and Eastern Canada
United States

British Columbia

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 Gabriella Epp Yusuf 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

Oct. 7: Gospel Echoes, a singing group that does prison ministry, performs at Bergthal Mennonite Church, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 14: Installation service for associate pastor Alissa Bender at Calgary First Mennonite Church.

Oct. 14: Sojourn Singers will perform “Mysteries of Grace and Judgment” with Harold Wiens conducting and story teller Jack Dueck at Edmonton Lendrum MB Church, 7 p.m.

Oct. 16-18: Pastors retreat at Sanctum Retreat Centre. Call conference minister Jim Shantz at 780-485-2518 for more information.

Oct. 20: Stories from The North End Lives: Journeys Through Poverty Terrain by Hugo Neufeld and music by the Stubble Jumpers at Foothills Mennonite, Calgary, at 7 p.m.

Oct. 20-21: Sojourn Singers will perform “Mysteries of Grace and Judgment” with Harold Wiens conducting and story teller Jack Dueck at Linden MB Church, 7 p.m. (20) and at Coaldale Gem of the West Museum 2 p.m. (21).

Oct. 28: Book launch for Their Mark: Their Legacy by Irene Klassen and others, at Calgary First Mennonite Church; 2 p.m.

Saskatchewan

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

Oct. 12-13: RJC alumni tournament.

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. 14: Ordination of Sharon Schultz at Eyebrow Mennonite.

Oct. 16: RJC corporation meeting.

Oct. 21: Installation of Ryan Siemens at Grace Mennonite, Prince Albert.

Oct. 26: RJC fundraising banquet.

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

Oct. 27: MC Saskatchewan Equipping Day at Mount Royal Mennonite, Saskatoon.

Oct. 28: Ordination of Allan Friesen at Eigenheim Mennonite.

Manitoba

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. 19-20: Partnership Circle meetings in Steinbach.

Oct. 25: MC Manitoba fall delegate session at First Mennonite Church, Winnipeg; at 7 p.m.

Oct. 25, 26, Nov. 2: Eden Foundation fall banquets, 6:30 p.m. followed by presentation and music; Altona Evangelical Mennonite Church (25), Steinbach Mennonite Church (26), Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg (2). Call 1-866-895-2919 for complimentary tickets.

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.

Ontario

Oct. 11: Pornography and the Church workshop 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church. Visit mcec.ca or call 519-650-3806 for more information.

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, Karen Di Santo, Jennifer Enns Modolo, John Hess, Bethany Horst, Brandon Leis, Tim Shantz, Carol Gingerich and Andrea Weber Steckly. 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.

Oct. 18-20: Ten Thousand Villages fair trade craft sale at Hamilton Mennonite Church. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.(18,19), 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (20). Call 905-528-3607 for more information.

Oct. 20: WMCEC Fall Enrichment Day at Faith Mennonite, Leamington, 10:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Theme: Sharing our Faith Heritage Stories. Speakers: Esther Saito, Margaret Reimer, Catherine Gortson and Gudrun Mathies. Bring bag lunch.

Oct. 20: Mennonite Genealogy Workshop at St. Clair-O’Connor Community 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. Information on Prussian, Russian and Swiss Mennonite sources. To register, contact friesen@sympatico.ca.

Oct. 21: Fourth Annual Gospel Vespers, a hymn-sing from Life Songs #2 led by Bob Shantz at Detweiler Meetinghouse (3445 Roseville Rd.) at 3 p.m. Call 519-696-2805 or 519-885-0220 x24238 for more information.

Oct. 21: Pax Christi Chorale and Chamber Choir present a concert commemorating the 300th anniversary of composer Dietrich Buxtehude’s death; Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto, at 3 p.m. For tickets, call 416-49-8542.

Oct. 28: Choir reunion celebration concert at St. Catharines United Mennonite Church, 7 p.m. Former choir members please contact Carol Penner (carol@penners.ca) for more details.

Oct. 31: Open house at TourMagination’s newly expanded office at 9 Willow St., Waterloo, from 4 to 7 p.m. Special guests: Larry and Eleanor Miller, MWC.

Quebec

Nov. 10: To celebrate 51 years of Mennonite presence in Quebec, La Societe Mennonite Historique du Quebec and MCC Quebec are hosting an evening of pioneer stories and a Mennonite-Quebecois dinner at La Maison de l’Amitie. For more information, contact 514-849-9039 or maisondelamitie@videotron.ca.

New Brunswick

Oct. 21: Mennonite Disaster Service Region V will present information about its work at Petitcodiac Mennonite, 11:30 a.m.