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Mennonite Church Canada congregations match $50,000 donation for MWC COVID-19 fund in 2020

Mennonite Church Canada's Joint Council approved a $50,000 donation to the fund in May 2020 and asked congregations to match the amount in their giving for the rest of the year. Congregations across the five regional churches gave $50,946 in 2020, which means Mennonite Church Canada's total contributions to the fund were over $100,000.

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Intercultural Church Conversation with Norm and Fanosie

"Intercultural Church is not a choice but it is a MUST that God is calling us to," says Fanosie Legessee, MCEC Intercultural Mission Minister.  He encourages us to examine our own assumptions as we encounter each other. "We have already encountered each other - we've already begun," he says.

Join Norm Dyck and Fanosie Legesse as they talk about challenges, encouragement and vision of growing into an intercultural church.

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CommonWord, Herald Press and MC USA partner for Common Read winter title

Common Read encourages Mennonites to engage in a "common read," every few months, promoting specific books written to nurture Christian faith in our current cultural moment.

“Congregations are often looking for recommended titles for small group study,” says Arlyn Friesen Epp, director of CommonWord. “A Common Read book gives our nationwide church an opportunity to engage a topic collectively.”

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Prayer and response to violence on Capitol Hill

As leaders of Mennonite Church Canada and its regions, we pray for our siblings in Mennonite Church USA and, together with them, lament the escalation of violence that led to Wednesday’s events on Capitol Hill. We condemn white supremacy and Christian nationalism that are revealing themselves in American and Canadian society.  

Christ is our peace (Ephesians 2:14). Christ has broken down the dividing wall of hostility. We are called as church communities to be people of God’s Shalom in all that we do.

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Mennonite Church Canada International Witness invites Canadian Mennonite congregations to participate in Witness Support Networks

Mennonite Church Canada’s International Witness program invites congregations across its nationwide community of faith to join networks of support for Mennonite Church Canada’s International Witness ministries.

“Being part of the network for the Philippines reminds us that we are part of something much bigger than ourselves. We see the work that is being done in the name of God’s kingdom,” said Marlene Friesen from Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, B.C.

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My Christmas Prayer / Ma prière de Noël

Leah’s Christmas blessings for you in this Christmas season that’s unlike any we’ve known before!

La bénédiction de Leah pour vous en cette période de Noël, différente de tout ce que nous avons connu jusqu’à maintenant!

My View From Here - an MCEC VLOG by Leah Reesor-Keller

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