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Awesome Wonder

- by Ingrid Loepp Thiessen

Recently while flying from Winnipeg to Toronto, I found myself seated in front of two young children and their mom. The children had clearly never been on an airplane. They were full of questions: “When will it go up?” And they squealed with delight when the airplane did go up. “Are we in a cloud?” “What’s that down there?” “Where did the cloud go?” They chattered loudly about all the incredible things they were experiencing, a play by play of air travel from the uninitiated. It was delightful. I found myself smiling about their deep wonder and delight. 

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional

Diversity Within Our Church - A Strength and Challenge

Our church is a “diverse community”—so says our identity statement. We treasure this diversity as both an ongoing strength and a life-giving challenge. What does this mean for our church? 

Dawn Chorus

- by Sue Carr

It’s early, still dark, and I’m awake.

Outside, a lone robin begins a few tentative notes. It repeats them, and then takes a break. A few bars of rest, and the phrase is sung again with some variations on the original theme.

With no knowledge of its audience, human or otherwise, the robin continues, and eventually others join in with an improvised counterpoint.

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional

Called to Action: A Story from the MCEC Annual Church Gathering 2025

On the morning of April 26, 2025, screens across Mennonite Church Eastern Canada lit up as over 150 participants—from 70 congregations—gathered online for the 38th Annual Church Gathering. While we were not together in the same room, a shared sense of purpose and faith filled the virtual space.

Our theme, Called to Action by the Power of the Holy Spirit, set the tone for all that followed.

Choose Glad Songs, Maybe Write One

- by Doug Schulz

My mother-in-law - who died this Valentines Day – had a delightful high-ranging soprano voice. Singing hymns and gospel tunes, she radiated faith and joy everywhere – in church, at prayer times before family meals in any of her eight children’s homes, in our car on a country drive (destination, “Happy Meal”), in the confines of her care-home wing during final months.

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional