Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Mennonite Church Canada

Jan. 2 issue

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  Canadian leader attends U.N. meeting on climate

  WINNIPEG, Man. — For Mennonite Church Canada executive director Willard Metzger, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, began with a twist of irony.

  On the eve of the event, Durban was in the midst of a destructive increase in rainfall after a spring of exceeding dryness.

Aug. 15, 2011 issue

• Sexuality motion sent to MC Canada board

  WATERLOO, Ont. — A motion on sexual inclusivity was referred to the “care of the General Board” by its mover, Ben Borne, at Mennonite Church Canada’s annual delegate session July 7.

• Canada delegates OK biennial assemblies

  WATERLOO, Ont. — The Mennonite Church Canada Assembly in 2012 will mark the start of a two-year cycle of national church gatherings.

April 25, 2011 issue

• MC Canada reduces staff, budget

  WINNIPEG, Man. — As the denomination cuts its buget, Mennonite Church Canada delegates at this summer’s assembly in Waterloo, Ont., will receive a recommendation to have assemblies every other year rather than every year.

March 28, 2011 issue

• Let war resisters stay in Canada, rally urges

  STEINBACH, Man. — The Steinbach office of Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews was the scene of a mid-January rally in support of U.S. war resisters seeking asylum in Canada.

Feb. 7, 2011 issue

• Chinese start an Anabaptist network

  HONG KONG — Another Anabaptist network is taking shape, this time in East Asia.

Aug. 9, 2010 issue

• MC Canada faces legacy of schools’ abuse of aboriginal people

  CALGARY, Alta. — Delegates to Mennonite Church Canada’s annual assembly unanimously passed a resolution July 2 confronting the legacy of mistreatment of aboriginal people at residential schools in their nation.

July 12, 2010 issue

• Retired farmer makes quilts for MCC

  NIVERVILLE, Man. — Cornelius Harder retired from farming many years ago, but as he approaches his 92nd birthday he maintains the work ethic of his youth.

June 14, 2010 issue

• Pastor’s favorite passage sums it up

  CALGARY, Alta. — For Doug Klassen, Col. 3:12-17 describes in a nutshell what it means to be a Christian. It is a passage of personal significance to him.

May 10, 2010 issue

• Laotians see a new beginning for church

  Laotian Mennonites in Canada have taken the first step in proposing to the Laotian government that the Mennonite church be registered in that country.

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