Canadian Mennonite
Volume 13, No. 20
Oct. 19, 2009
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British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec and Eastern Canada
United States
British Columbia
Nov. 12-15: MCC Arts and Peace Festival at Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford.
Nov. 14: MCC B.C. annual conference at Culloden Mennonite Brethren Church, Vancouver.
Nov. 20-22: Youth Impact retreat at Camp Squeah.
Dec. 5,6: Advent Vespers with Abendmusik Choir; Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, Abbotsford, 8 p.m. (5); Knox United Church, Vancouver, 8 p.m. (6). Donations to Menno Simons Centre.
Until Jan. 3, 2010: “A Common Thread: Textiles from Sto:lo First Nation, South Asian and Mennonite Communities” exhibition at the Reach Gallery, Abbotsford.
Alberta
Nov. 7-9: Pathway to Renewal seminar at Trinity Mennonite Church, Calgary. For more information, contact Jim Shantz at 780-668-0851 or jimshantz@live.com.
Nov. 17-20: Church Planting Congress at Center Street Church, Calgary. MC Canada Witness encourages congregations to send reps; MC Alberta Missions Committee can help subsidize church costs. For more information, e-mail info@churchplantingcanada.ca.
Saskatchewan
Oct. 30-Nov. 1: Quilting and scrapbooking retreat at Shekinah Retreat Centre.
Nov. 1: Louella Klassen Friesen Christmas with Family and Friends CD launch party, 7 p.m., Zoar Mennonite Church, Waldheim. All proceeds to MCC’s Food For All campaign.
Nov. 6-7: MCC Saskatchewan Encounter (annual general meeting) at Mount Royal Mennonite, Saskatoon.
Nov. 7: RJC annual fundraising banquet, 6 p.m. Keynote speaker: Billy Morgan, a Hurricane Katrina survivor.
Nov. 10: MC Saskatchewan Pastors’ Gathering at Rosthern Junior College, 9:30 a.m. registration.
Nov. 21: MC Saskatchewan leadership assembly.
Manitoba
Oct. 31: “The Great Emergence,” a day-long seminar with Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why, at Booth College, Winnipeg; 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. For more information, visit faithforum.ca and click on “Events.”
Oct. 31: Camp Moose Lake workday. Volunteers welcome to help cut wood, rake, clean, etc.
Nov. 1: Camps with Meaning celebration banquet at Douglas Mennonite Church, Winnipeg.
Nov. 2: Mennonite Collegiate Institute soup and pie supper/fall concert.
Nov. 6-8: Quilting retreat at Camp Moose Lake.
Nov. 8: Join MCC Manitoba at Sam’s Place, 159 Henderson Hwy, Winnipeg presentation and discussion, “Militarization of Canada,” 7 p.m.
Nov. 7: One-day “Parenting Adult Children” workshop, Steinbach Mennonite Church. Resource person: Ruth. B.Z. Thomson, older adult issues specialist. For more information, or to register, call 204-326-2293.
Nov. 7: “New Songs for Worship IV,” a half-day workshop with Christine Longhurst and the CMU Worship Band, exploring a wide variety of new congregational songs for worship, at CMU; 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, visit faithforum.ca and click on “Events.”
Nov. 9: Westgate Mennonite Collegiate annual general meeting, at Westgate, 7 p.m.
Nov. 9: Mennonite Collegiate Institute annual general meeting.
Nov. 13-14: Mennonite Collegiate Institute presents Oliver Twist.
Nov. 13-14: MCC Manitoba annual general meeting, “Caring in the Name of Christ for our Neighbours and God’s Creation” at Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg.
Nov. 13-15: Mini-quilting retreat at Camp Assiniboia.
Nov. 16: MC Manitoba fall delegate meeting, at Grace Mennonite Church, Steinbach, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Nov. 18-21: Meat canning for MCC in Winkler.
Nov. 22: North Kildonan Mennonite Church Quartet presents its Advent concert, at the church, 7 p.m. Near to the Heart of God CD will be available at the concert.
Dec. 3-5: Westgate Mennonite Collegiate senior high drama.
Dec. 7: Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Christmas concert, at Westminster United Church, Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Dec. 13: Join MCC Manitoba at Sam’s Place, 159 Henderson Hwy, Winnipeg, for presentation and discussion “Christmas around the World.”
Dec. 17,18: Mennonite Collegiate Institute Christmas concert, (17) 7: 30 p.m.; (18) 1:30 p.m.
Ontario
Oct. 27: MSCU regional meeting for Elmira, Kitchener and Waterloo branches, at Elmira Mennonite Church; registration begins at 6:45 p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m.
Oct. 30: MDS fundraising dessert evening at Crosshill Mennonite Church, Millbank, at 7 p.m. Guest speaker: Jerry Klassen. Music by Five on the Floor.
Nov. 4-7: Ten Thousand Villages Festival sale at Vineland United Mennonite Church, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. (4-6), 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (7). Tea and lunch room open each day.
Nov. 6: CD release concert for Hope Rising’s third recording, Climbing Up; at Hamilton Mennonite Church, 7:30 p.m. Proceeds from CD sales to MCC Ontario’s restorative justice ministries.
Nov. 7: Menno Singers present Bloch’s “Sacred Service” and Ager’s “Mass,” St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, 8 p.m. With guest artist Cantor Maissner. For more information, visit mennosingers.com.
Nov. 10-14: Ten Thousand Villages sale, Old Town Hall, Aylmer; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (10, 11), 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (12, 13), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (14). For more information, call 519-765-3020 or e-mail anni@mcson.org.
Nov. 14: MCC Ontario annual meeting at Eden High School, 535 Lake St., St. Catharines. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Colombia fundraising dinner at St. Catharines United Mennonite Church, 6:30 p.m. To register visit mcc.org/ontario or call 905-646-3161.
Nov. 14: Marriage Encounter annual meeting, Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church, 5 p.m. Potluck supper.
Nov. 21: Nithview Auxiliary annual Christmas Tea and Bake Sale, Nithview Home, New Hamburg; 2 to 4 p.m. Features include tea room, crafts, home baking and apple dumplings.
Dec. 5, 6: Pax Christi Chorale presents “Christmas Splendour” at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto, 7:30 p.m. (5), 3 p.m. (6).
Dec. 6: Steve Bell performs with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Centre in the Square, 6 p.m. Featuring music from Bell’s Symphony Sessions CD and new arrangements of songs for Advent and Christmas.
Dec. 13: Menno Singers present “Christmas: Lessons and Carols,” St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, 3 p.m. For more information, visit mennosingers.com.