Transformed | Inspired | Called

Renewing Ministry with Young People

In fall a storyteller reminded me that young people are a bit of a paradox for the Mennonite church. On one hand, Anabaptism emerged with the (re)assertion that joining Christ’s body requires mature personal choice. This excludes most youth and all children from membership automatically. On the other hand, as an intergenerational community, the church works to welcome its young people's gifts and offer them loving, guiding companionship. Thus, despite standing outside the church, young people sit at the church’s heart. 

Covered in Glitter

- by Stephen Kennedy

My daughter is 5 years old and full of life! Last year she played in a soccer league every Wednesday night, and it was very easy to spot her. She was the only player wearing their uniform and a bright pink tutu. The only thing that my daughter loves more than tutus is glitter. Glitter covers her clothes, toys, and room, which is why, no matter what I’m doing that day I seem to have a little bit of glitter on me at all times.

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional

Caring for Creation: What’s the Church to Do?

In these latter weeks of spring I’ve been drinking in the splendour unfolding around my neighbourhood: trees explode in buds and blossoms; choruses of birdsong fill the air; snails and worms come out to greet the rain. “How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all,” says Psalm 104. Though technologies increasingly keep us indoors and global politics have been drowning out environmental concerns, God’s creatures continue to invite our delight and care, especially at this time of year.