Weekly News

Welcome! Here you will find all the news and events that your congregation will need for the week - MCEC Prayer and Event Highlights, Mennonite Church Canada Updates, Announcements. Check out the hot buttons to ministry opportunities and pastoral transitions. Administrative Assistants: make sure to see the Bulletin Cut and Paste. Bookmark this page and check back regularly for updates. New items will begin to appear on Monday and the newsletter will come to your inbox on Wednesday.

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Administrators: Thank you for sharing the MCEC story with your congregations. Please continue offering valuable feedback on how we can tailor announcements to empower you in your ministry.

Prayer:

Please pray for the MCEC community of congregations; this week we hold Grace Mennonite Church in prayer. Darrell Winger provides pastoral care to this community in St. Catharines, Ontario. Pray for this congregation that they may grow in joy, peace and faithful discipleship, so that God's healing and hope flow through them to the world.
Pray for 8 baptismal candidates as they prepare for their baptism in September in the Ubon Ratchathani congregation where Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers, Tom and Christine Poovong, provide teaching and support. Pray for wisdom, patience and grace as Tom and Christine walk with these new members of the house church.

Mennonite Church Canada

Project Ploughshares, originally begun by a Mennonite and a Quaker, is turning 50 this year, and is inviting worshiping communities to join them on Monday, September 21, 2026, 6:00 pm at Federation Hall, University of Waterloo. This Gala fundraiser will include a dinner and a keynote from the honourable Lloyd Axworthy. This fundraiser will support the continuation of our important work for global peace, needed now more than ever.
Tickets are $70 and can be purchased online or by contacting our office at 1-888-907-3223 or email plough@ploughshares.ca

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International Witness

We rejoice with Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers, Bock Ki Kim and Sook Kyoung Park, as they had opportunities to meet with and support Mennonite pastors. As they continue to work with the Chuncheon Community Peace Centre and support leadership of Mennonite Church South Korea, leaders within MCSK have been influenced to launch similar centres. Restorative Justice facilitators have been trained in God’s Family church in Jeju and Peace N Joy church in Nonsan. Pray that God will bless these efforts to spread God’s peace in their communities. Thanks be to God!

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Climate Action

Simplify worship planning for Fall of 2026 and join Christians around the world in recognizing the Season of Creation from September 1- October 4, 2026! Leader Magazine’s Summer 2026 Issue includes wonderful new worship material, written by worship leaders from Mennonite Church Canada for your use.

Find resources for the Season of Creation.

Indigenous Relations

Book event with author Jodi Spargur, Jonathan Neufeld and guests.

Join us in-person or by livestream for a panel discussion with the author and guests around reparations for the church and what it means to live as treaty people in Manitoba and Canada.

Find more information on the book event.

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