Moving Faith From a Microwave to a Crockpot

The Zoom screens come to life and connect across six computers, bringing the friends into each other’s living rooms and dorm rooms. ‘What is God doing in your life? What are you going to do about it?’ These questions have changed the lives of these friends.

Several young people at Hillcrest Mennonite Church were interested in baptism in the fall of 2019. Hillcrest planned to begin faith exploration classes after the Christmas season as a way of preparing for baptism. “And then we started hearing about this global pandemic,” says Kevin Peters Unrau, co-pastor at Hillcrest Mennonite Church. “Everything was shutting down.”

Community Garden Gives Life in Time of Pandemic

Growing from Mississauga Mennonite Fellowship’s experience with ReLearning Community, they began to dream of what a missional community might be in their context. Erik and Natasha, Neil and Chris, Chrissy, Carol, Stephen and Daniel began to plan a community garden. Then Covid-19 hit!

“We had no idea when we started how valuable it would be to have people you can get together with in person! That has been one of the most valuable parts of this whole endeavor," says Stephen.

People across MCEC continue to find creative and innovate ways to stay connected during this time of pandemic - covid stories of hope.