Application for Church Revitalization Funds

Applications for MCBC’s Church Revitalization Funds for March 2022 are now available.  Deadline for applications is Oct 30, 2021.  No late applications will be accepted.

Mennonite Church Canada welcomes new Witness workers in Ethiopia

Mennonite Church Canada International Witness is pleased to announce Werner and Joanne De Jong, from Edmonton, Alberta, as new Witness workers in Ethiopia, working as relief faculty for Meserete Kristos College.

Mission worker/administrator planted seeds of good news on four continents

Three months after a cancer diagnosis, Erwin H. Rempel, 76, died June 25, at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Erwin and Angela, his wife of 55 years, served with Mennonite Mission Network and a predecessor agency, Commission on Overseas Mission (COM), on four continents from 1975-2009.

Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass

You are invited to join a 5-week book study led by MCC BC's Indigenous Neighbours program. 

Camp Squeah Update - July 7, 2021

It’s great to hear the sounds of laughter and seeing families and children re-connecting with one another in this special place of refuge. We’re wrapping up our first Family Camp of the summer after having endured the heat dome that accompanied our staff training week. We’re thankful for the health and safety we experienced in this heat wave. We’d also like to express our gratitude to Doug and Jenny Pankratz who’ve served as our much appreciated camp speakers this week. On Sunday we’ll be welcoming our first group of children campers. We’re very excited! Please pray for our staff and campers as we navigate new territory and adjust to our new safety protocols. Our aim is to ensure Covid-19 does not become the central theme of our time together and pray that God will use this time to bring healing and relief to those of us starved for community and connection.  

“We cannot stand by silently in the face of injustice”

In a recent Zoom conversation with Mennonite Church Canada International Witness, leaders of Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia (IMCOL) described how their church is responding to ongoing protests in Colombia and promoting a message of peace to the government.

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.

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."

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.