Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Mennonite Church Canada

Feb. 22 issue

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  Every day, three acts of peace

  CALGARY, Alta. — Students at Menno Simons Christian School are taking on a challenge: recording three acts of peace each day for the entire school year.

  Kari Enns of Mennonite Central Committee Alberta got inspiration from One Thousand Acts of Peace. She and her colleagues devel-oped a 1,000 acts of peace proj-ect with added Anabaptist values and invited leaders at Menno Simons Christian School to work together to get students thinking about creating conditions for peace.

Feb. 1 issue

• Calgary churches advertise peace

  Six Calgary, Alta., Mennonite churches countered consumer-driven ads over the holiday season with a “Live for Peace” campaign.

Nov. 16, 2009 issue

• MC Canada joins call to fulfill U.N. development goals

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Church Canada wants to hold G8 leaders to their pledges to the Millenium Development Goals.

Oct. 19, 2009 issue

• Holy Land schools still strong witness

  Three schools with Mennonite roots continue to have a powerful influence in the conflicted Palestine-Israel region — and around the world.

Aug. 24, 2009 issue

• Moving to Canada, with help of history

  WINNIPEG, Man. — The Mennonite Heritage Centre is collaborating with Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba to assist Mennonites arriving from Latin and South America.

• Up to a challenge

  CARONPORT, Sask. — The Mennonite Church Canada Youth Assembly planners intended to issue a world-record-breaking challenge for packing school kits for Mennonite Central Committee.

June 22, 2009 issue

• Mexican churches strengthen relations with Canadians

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Four churches in Mexico that once received financial support from Mennonite Church Canada are now contributing back to the denomination’s bottom line.

March 30, 2009 issue

• MC Canada, face to face

  On my desk is God’s People Now: Face to Face with Mennonite Church Canada by Robert J. Suderman, published by Herald Press, 2007, 128 pages, $12.99.

Aug. 11, 2008 issue

• Peace in action, not just theory

  WINNIPEG, Man. — For Neill von Gunten, pacifism is not passive. The co-director of Mennonite Church Canada’s Native Ministry knows from personal experience that standing for peace demands action.

Aug. 4, 2008 issue

• Aboriginal traditions link with Christ

  The Canadian government recently offered an apology for its oppressive treatment of Aboriginal people. Mennonite Church Canada is also seeking to honor its Aboriginal members through new educational resources that include Aboriginal teachings and traditions.

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