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.

Prayers

  1. Please pray for the MCEC community of congregations. This week we pray for Centre Béthésda Mennonite de Québec, and for Charles Tabena, Dems Musato and Onesiphore Kiota who provide leadership to this community. Pray for this Quebec congregation, made up primarily of people from Swahili‑speaking countries, as they navigate their intercultural reality, settle into life in Canada and respond to the needs within their community. May they be strengthened with wisdom, unity, and hope.

  2. Pray for Wendy Kroeker and Gordon Zerbe who are International Resource Workers with MC Canada International Witness. Pray for them as they contribute to courses and workshops related to New Testament, Peace Theology, and Peace Education at Duta Wacana Christian University (UKDW), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 

  3. Pray for God's peace and love to dominate the meetings of several Japanese and Chinese Mennonite leaders who will be meeting this month to deepen relationships and for utual support.

  4. God of peace, we lift our world to You today, longing for healing where there is conflict and hope where there is fear. Calm anxious hearts, protect the vulnerable, and guide leaders and communities toward justice and reconciliation. May Your peace take root in us, that we might become instruments of Your compassion in our troubled world.

Announcements:

  1. MCEC Bylaw Update Conversations, February 19 or 20, 2026, online. Are you invigorated by policy and bylaw work? Join MCEC for an early Annual Church Gathering conversation as Executive Council invites your questions and feedback on proposed bylaw updates - an important part of how we live and work together as a church community. Register today.

  2. MCEC Intercultural Competency Conversation in Leamington, March 7, 2026, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop open to all who are curious about how intercultural understanding can deepen relationships and enhance ministry effectiveness. (Similar events are planned for KW and Toronto.) Register here.

Mennonite Church Canada

As we enter a new year, Mennonite Church Canada invites you to join us in walking the path of faith with our global companions. Mennonite Church Canada’s Global Companions program strengthens relationships with international church partners—learning together, sharing resources, and encouraging one another to live into God’s call. 

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International Witness

Pray for Wendy Kroeker and Gordon Zerbe as they contribute to courses and workshops related to New Testament, Peace Theology, and Peace Education. They are working at Duta Wacana Christian University (UKDW), Yogyakarta, Indonesia interacting with over 350 students in the faculty of theology made of 12 Protestant denominations. Your gifts to International Resource Workers help to pay expenses to respond to the requests from global companions to share resources in particular areas of need.   

Pray for God’s peace and love to dominate the meeting of several Japanese and Chinese Mennonite leaders (names withheld) who will be meeting this month to deepen relationships and for mutual support. Praise God that political differences can be overcome as we together sit at the feet of Jesus! Celebrate the Lunar New Year (Feb. 17) by breaking down walls that divide us.

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Climate Action &
Indigenous Relations:

Indigenous Relations

The Jubilee Fund is a project of Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Central Committee Canada that attempts to address imbalance of wealth and power between people of Indigenous descent and Canada’s settler population through supporting Indigenous led movements to steward and care for the land. Deadline proposal due February 15th. More information.  

On or around Feb. 14th, there will be Memorial Events, Marches and Vigils to remember and honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. Pray for these gatherings, that they would be comforted in community and strengthened by their love to work for justice. Where and when you can, bear witness by showing up and letting people know that our churches see and share their concern. 

Climate Action

Does this statement strike a chord with you?  “A climate-changed world is one where extreme weather, human conflict, and division may increase, and where we need more creativity and connectivity than ever before.”   (Doug Kaufman, ACC) 

If so, check out this guide from MCC – it's a resource to help pastors, creation care committees, or individuals to discern how best to engage their congregations on climate change.  Download it here: Climate discernment and action guide for pastors and church leaders | Mennonite Central Committee 

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CommonWord Bookstore and Resource Centre  

Upcoming Book Events

  • Register to receive the zoom link and come prepared for an engaged discussion with author and Disability rights activist, Tatum Tricarico. A wonderful way to begin Lent.
  • Join our conversation about decolonization, in person or via live stream, with author and Indigenous rights activist, John Olthuis.

Church Year Resources

Materials to buy, borrow or access online. Includes Together in Worship Resources.

Lenten Guided Prayer Experience
The annual contemplative prayer resource for individuals, small groups and congregations from the Mennonite Spiritual Directors of Eastern Canada.

Together in Worship Resources

 

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Nationwide Web-Hub - All MCEC congregations are welcome to join

If you are considering a change to your website, definitely consider the new nationwide web hub. It is much more than a web building tool. Contact Lisa Williams, Director of Communications, for more info.

Click below for information about the features, pricing, testimonials and links to launched websites.

Hub Information

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