Canadian Mennonite
Volume 13, No. 2
Jan. 19, 2009
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British Columbia
Feb. 15: Columbia Bible College citywide youth event, at Columbia Place, 7 p.m.
Feb. 20-21: MC B.C. annual general meeting, at Cedar Valley Mennonite Church, Mission.
Feb. 27,28, March 6,7: MCC B.C. fundraising banquets; Peace Mennonite Church, Richmond (27); South Langley Mennonite Brethren Church, Langley (28); Bakerview Mennonite Brethren Church, Abbotsford (6); Sardis Community Church, Chilliwack (7). For more information, call 614-850-6639.
April 4,5: Lenten Vespers with Abendmusik Choir. (4) Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, Abbotsford; (5) Knox United Church, Vancouver; 8 p.m. both evenings. Donations to Menno Simons Centre.
Alberta
Feb. 20-22: Senior high snow camp at Camp Valaqua. For grades 10 to 12. Call 403-637-2510 for more information.
March 27-28: MC Alberta annual delegate sessions at Calgary Vietnamese Mennonite Church.
April 18-19: First Mennonite, Edmonton, will celebrate its 50th anniversary with worship, a program, social gathering and barbecue supper. Direct inquiries to Anne Harder at 780-470-0868 or aeharder@telusplanet.net.
Saskatchewan
Feb. 27-28: MC Saskatchewan annual delegate sessions, at North Star Mennonite Church, Drake.
Manitoba
Feb. 6: “Notes for the Road,” A concert featuring MCI’s chamber choir, Resonate, and junior vocal ensemble; Buhler Hall; 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 6-8: Manitoba Mennonite Young Adult retreat at Camp Koinonia.
Feb. 6-March 29: Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery exhibit of curated works from the Westgate 50th anniversary art show.
Feb. 13-15: MMYO Junior High Retreat at Camp Moose Lake.
Feb. 14: Westgate 50th anniversary celebration dance on Valentine’s Day, at the Gateway Community Club, at 8 p.m.
Feb. 20-21: MC Manitoba annual delegate sessions at Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church.
March 6-8: Peace, Pray and Praise-It-Together (PIT) at CMU’s Shaftesbury campus. Theme: “Face your fears.” Speaker: Tony Campolo. For more information, visit cmu.ca.
March 12-14: MCI’s presents “Ann and Gilbert; Buhler Hall; 7:30 p.m. each night.
March 16-17: CMU annual apologetics lectures with author and radio host Michael Coren. For more information, visit cmu.ca.
April 23-29: Westgate senior high musical.
April 25: Spring concert at CMU’s Shaftesbury campus; at 7 p.m.
Ontario
Jan. 30-Feb. 1: MC Eastern Canada winter youth retreat, in Cambridge.
Jan. 31: Grand Philharmonic Choir presents R. Murray Schafer’s Threnody and Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man with the KW Symphony Orchestra, Howard Dyck conducting. Centre in the Square, Kitchener, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at 519-578-6885.
Feb. 6-8: MC Eastern Canada winter youth retreat, in Cambridge.
Feb. 16: Willowgrove Family Fun Day, Stouffville; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A range of winter activities for the whole family, including snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and wagon rides (weather permitting). Refreshments available.
Feb. 16: Family Day at Hidden Acres Camp. For more information, call 519-625-8602 or e-mail info@hiddenacres.ca.
Feb. 20: Ontario Mennonite Relief Sale Inc.’s 28th annual heifer sale; Carson Auction Facilities, Listowel; 11 a.m. All proceeds to MCC relief, development and peacebuilding programs. For more information, or to donate a heifer or cash, call Clarence Diefenbacher at 519-669-2164.
Feb. 28: Menno Singers presents Mozart’s Requiem, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, 8 p.m. Tickets available at Music Plus, MSCU and at the door.
March 6-7: Engaged Workshop, Riverdale Mennonite Church, Millbank. For more information, contact Denise Bender at 519-656-2005 or denise_bender@yahoo.com.
March 7: Church leadership seminar: “Hope for the small church,” in Waterloo.
March 21,22: Grand Philharmonic Choir presents “Felix Mendelssohn and the Romantic Choral Heritage,” featuring the GPC Chamber Singers, Howard Dyck conducting. (21) First United Church, Waterloo, 7:30 p.m.; (22) St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, 3 p.m. Tickets for both shows available at 519-578-6885.
March 26,27: Bechtel Lectures in Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies at Conrad Grebel University College. Speakers: Ched Meyers and Elaine Enns. Topic: “Restorative Justice and Theology.”
April 10: Grand Philharmonic Choir presents J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the KW Symphony Orchestra, Howard Dyck conducting. Centre in the Square, Kitchener, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at 519-578-6885.
April 18: MC Eastern Canada youth Bible quizzing competition (first round).
April 24-25: MC Eastern Canada annual church gathering, in Kitchener.
April 25: Grand Philharmonic Choir presents “Love in a Northern Land—The Music of England, Scandinavia and Canada,” featuring the GPC Chamber Singers, Howard Dyck conducting. First United Church, Waterloo, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at 519-578-6885.
April 25: MC Eastern Canada youth Bible quizzing competition (finals).
April 25-26: Engaged Workshop, Living Water Fellowship, New Hamburg. For more information, contact Denise Bender at 519-656-2005 or denise_bender@yahoo.com.