Canadian Mennonite
Volume 12, No. 12
June 9, 2008

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

July 13: Picnic celebrating 35 years of MCC thrift shops in B.C., King Road MB Church. For more information contact MCC B.C. at 604-850-6639.

July 14-18: MCC camping week to visit with Aboriginal neighbours on Vancouver Island. For details contact Darryl Klassen at abneighbours@mccbc.com or call 1-888-622-6337 or 604-850-6639.

Sept. 19-20: MCC festival auction and sale at Tradex, Abbotsford.

Sept. 27: Prince George Mennonite Fall Fair at the Civic Centre in Prince George.

Alberta

June 29: Springridge 80th anniversary and picnic at Spring-Glen Park with speaker Jerry Buhler, 10:30 a.m.

July 4-5: MCC Relief Sale and Auction at Millennium Place, Sherwood Park.

Oct. 11-12: Coaldale Mennonite Church 80th anniversary celebration. For more information, call 403-345-3363.

Saskatchewan

June 20-21: Rosthern Junior College presents “Pirates of Penzance,” 7:30 p.m. All seats reserved.

June 21: RJC decade reunion groups meet. Alumni supper.

June 22: RJC graduation: Baccalaureate service at Rosthern Mennonite Church, 10:30 a.m. Graduation exercises in RJC gym, 2:30 p.m.

June 28: Southern Valley Foodgrains Bank charity sale near Hague.

July 20: Farewell for Bruno Baerg, MCC Saskatchewan director at Barn Playhouse, 3 p.m.

July 26: Shekinah Adventure Challenge.

August 23-25: Green Trek: A Christian Call to Creation Care. Contact MC Sask office.

October 19-21: Canadian Mennonite Health Assembly conference in Saskatoon.

Manitoba

June 20: World Refugee Day at Central Park, Winnipeg, with music, dancers and special guests, 4–10 p.m. For more information call 475-3816.

June 21: Camp Koinonia fundraising golf tournament at Winkler Golf Club.

July 1-4: Family camp at Camp Moose Lake.

July 5: Cycle Clear Lake for MCC Manitoba. For more information visit mcc.org/Manitoba/bike or contact hila@mts.net.

July 7-8: MC Canada delegate assembly, “Living Faithfully,” at CMU.

July 8-10: Joint MC Canada/MC USA Summit, “At the Crossroads: Promise and Peril” at CMU with speakers Tom and Christine Sine, April Yamasaki and Tom Yoder Neufeld.

July 12-13: Grace Mennonite Church 50th anniversary celebration with barbecue and program (12), worship, lunch and reflections (13). Register at gracemennonitechurch.org.

July 16: Drive the Ball to Ukraine MCC Manitoba Golf Tournament.

Aug. 2-3: 40th anniversary celebration for Braeside Evangelical Mennonite Church, Winnipeg. BBQ and worship, Sat. (2), 5:30 p.m.; Sun. worship 10:30 a.m. (3). Register at braesidechurch.ca.

Sept. 6: Morris MCC Auction and Relief Sale

Sept. 7: MCC Alumni barbecue.

Sept. 26-27: Brandon MCC Relief Sale

Oct. 3-5: Work weekend at Camp Moose Lake.

Oct. 17-19: Scrapbooking retreat at Camp Moose Lake.

Oct. 25: Workday at Camp Koinonia.

Ontario

June 19: MEDA breakfast at the Stone Crock, St. Jacobs, 7:30 a.m. Speaker: Dave Erb, president, Erb & Good Family Funeral Home.

June 20-22: Zurich Mennonite Church 100th anniversary celebrations. Historical displays and tours (20-21); dinner and evening of music (21); worship at 9:30 a.m. (22). Register at Zurich Mennonite Church, Box 131 Zurich, ON, N0M 2T0.

June 20-22: Mennonite and Brethren Marriage Encounter weekend at Futures Inn, Cambridge, 7:30 p.m. (20) to 4 p.m. (22). Call Marjorie at 519-669-8667.

June 21: Strawberry social at Nithview Home, New Hamburg, 2-4 and 6:30-8 p.m.

June 22: 60th anniversary celebration at Nairn Mennonite Church. Call 519-232-4425 or visit nairn.on.ca.mennonite.net for more information.

June 21: Willowgrove and Glenbrook Day Camp 40th anniversary celebration.

June 27-29: Hidden Acres Family camping weekend. To book a campsite or more information contact 519-625-8602 or info@hiddenacres.ca.

June 29: Transport for Christ truckers Sunday sponsored by Milverton Mennonite Fellowship. Truck parade from Milverton Co-op, 9:30 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; barbecue lunch. Call 519-595-8762 for details.

July 14-18: Please join our “Beach party” daily Vacation Bible School at Leamington United Mennonite Church, 9 -11:30 a.m.

Aug. 8-9: Schürch Family Association reunion at Selkirk. For more information, contact Betty Sherk at bsherk@interlog.com or 416-431-0650.

Sept. 8: First rehearsal of Mennonite Mass Choir to sing Handel’s Messiah (Dec. 13) at First Mennonite, Kitchener. Contact www.mennosingers.com to register.

June 4-8, 2009: Sound in the Lands II, a festival/conference of Mennonites and music at Conrad Grebel University College.

Quebec

United States

July 24-27: Bridgefolk summer conference, “Holiness the Road: Saints and the spirituality that sustains them,” to discuss Catholic and Mennonite understandings of holiness and sanctity at Saint John’s Abby, Collegeville, MN. Visit bridgefolk.net for more information.

July 25-27: Southern Africa reunion for alumni of MCC and mission agencies at Bethel College, North Newton, KS. Contact Norma Johnson at 316-283-4018.

Nov. 6-9: MEDA presents Business as a Calling 2008, “Dividends of Hope” at Columbus, Ohio. Visit meda.org or call 717-560-6546 for details.