Reflections from NAIITS symposium 2021

Learn what members of a Mennonite Church Canada delegation to the annual symposium held by NAIITS – an Indigenous Learning Community, learned on June 3-6.

Webinar: Congregations and the Pandemic

COVID-19 has both stunted and aided congregational flourishing in a variety of ways. In this interactive online session...

Church Revitalization - Peace Church on 52nd

Pastor Adam Back of Peace Church on 52nd reports,

"Thanks to the new Public Health Orders, we are able to relaunch a few different gatherings, such as our Saturday outdoor coffee gatherings. Otherwise, we are continuing to focus on our picnic table project, food insecurity project, and learning to be relationally present in the neighbourhood."

MCBC Road Trip

Join a virtual road trip to visit our International Witness workers in South Korea.

Creation Care Challenge for June

Unplug to Save Energy. 

Make sure to turn off and unplug items when they're not in use. Plug load refers to the continuous energy consumed by electronic devices and equipment that are plugged into an outlet, no matter if they are turned off or unconnected to a gadget. Each socket draws electricity.

Camp Squeah Update - June 9, 2021

UPDATE: On June 8, we received the long awaited and very welcomed Public Health Order reinstating overnight camp programs for children along with an accompanying set of  approved guidelines from the BC Camps Association. We are reviewing and scrutinizing these updated guidelines. There are a number of considerations surrounding staffing, program development, and ensuring we have a clear understanding of the ‘how’ we need to operate within the approved guidelines before we can absolutely confirm the viability of pivoting our summer plans one way or the other.

Church Revitalization - Chinatown Peace Church

Chinatown Peace Church Revitalization Intern Ray Tsan reports, "This quarter we are studying Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl." 

Residential School Tragedy

MCBC responds to the tragic discovery of 215 children buried at former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Indigenous-Settler Relations launches Be it Resolved Challenge in June

This June Indigenous-Settler Relations is launching the Be it Resolved Challenge, a nationwide initiative encouraging Mennonite Church Canada members and congregations to create and commit to new resolutions for Indigenous Justice.

“Listening and learning as guests on Wet’suwet’en territory”

An interview with two team members from the Mennonite Church Canada and Christian Peacemaker Teams accompaniment team at Unist’to’ten

Mennonite Church Canada and Christian Peacemaker Teams form accompaniment team in Unist’ot’en Camp in Wet’suwet’en Territory

Mennonite Church Canada, together with Christian Peacemaker Teams, have responded to an invitation to accompany Unist’ot’en Camp in Wet’suwet’en Territory. Today a group comprised of CPTers and members of Mennonite Church Canada arrived at the camp.