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A Source of Hope

- by Susan Allison-Jones

The season of Lent is an invitation for self-reflection as we journey toward Good Friday and Easter. It is an opportunity to pay close attention to Jesus. It can also be a time to take stock of and seek to repair relationships with God and others.

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional

Braiding Together Histories

In Braiding Together Histories, Melissa Miller, chair of the Working Group, offers a series of reflections, based on her participation in a current research project. 

I invite you into this journey of learning, of opening eyes and hearts, of seeing your own history with new eyes, and receiving the gifts of Indigenous peoples, including the shared relationship we have with the land we call home. How do you tell the story of your beginnings in Canada? How many generations back do you go? What reasons are included? Persecution or flight from danger? A search for religious freedom or economic security? Slavery? What is emphasized and what is overlooked when your family story is told? 

Church Should…: When Our Expectations Cause Us to Miss the Spirit

- by Eliot Chandler Burns

The season of Lent is an invitation for self-reflection as we journey toward Good Friday and Easter. It is an opportunity to pay close attention to Jesus. It can also be a time to take stock of and seek to repair relationships with God and others.

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional

Welcome to MCEC ACG 2025!

What is Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC)? In the past few months I’ve learned that some of us think of MCEC as an office space, or as a group of resource people or even some kind of authoritative body. I can understand how those ideas have developed, but I see MCEC as something a bit different.

Youth Gathering 2025 schedule

The Wednesday to Saturday schedule for Youth Gathering 2025 is now available.

Allegiance, Freedom and Bearing One Another’s Burdens

Over the last weeks, news of trade wars and threats of annexation has echoed back and forth across the border. Many of us reacted in disbelief. Why would a political leader choose such a destructive path?

I hold citizenship in both Canada and the United States. I have spent years on both sides of the border. It has always seemed to me that cooperation benefits the people of both countries. While I am ambivalent about the obsession of most political leaders—economic growth—the ease of trade and travel has promoted mutual understanding. It has allowed many of us the joy of exploring new parts of this beautiful continent. Clearly, we have taken many things for granted.