Because You Gave

  • Werner DeJong helped prepare 150 students for future ministry in their communities in Ethiopia.  Learn more about the De Jong's ministry and donate to support future students. 

  • 348 campers enjoyed time at Camp Valaqua in summer 2023.  Catch up on the latest and register for 2024 on the Camp Valaqua website. 

  • Camp Valaqua could support 26 campers with campership aid totally $8405 donations.  Sponsor a camper in 2024.
     

  • 36 young Camp Valaqua staff grew as leaders in the church.  Encourage a young adult to apply for 2024. 

  • 50+ members of the Holyrood congregation could hire Suzanne Gross and Joon Park as interim ministers and together they could set a new course for their future. Curious about Holyrood? Visit their website.
     

  • 4 students felt supported by their larger church, by receiving bursaries toward their education at Canadian Mennonite University.  Learn more about further education from an Anabaptist perspective.

  • 2 South Sudanese students, Isaac and Peter,  were able to attend Meserete Kristos Seminary to train as pastors for their home communities.  Read Joanne De Jong's story of their arrival!

  • 52 editions of the MCA Communique arrived in 213 inboxes for MCA congregations and subscribers, providing stories, prayer requests, and information about the ministries and programs we share as MCA. Read the most recent issue plus check out some back issues here. 

  • 225 people attended MC Canada’s Gathering in Edmonton in person in July 2022 with another 50+ attending online. Catch up on the event here. 

  • 2 future leaders, Elijah and Helen, were planted and watered through the Young Leaders Experience at Gathering 2022. Read how this idea came to be in the Canadian Mennonite. 

  • Over 1500 people from outside of the Mennonite Church Alberta community could enjoy God’s creation at Camp Valaqua as part of Valaqua’s rental program. Learn more about Valaqua's rental program making Valaqua a year-round camp. 

  • 133 youth participants, volunteers and staff attended our national youth event,  Amplify,  at Camp Valaqua in summer 2022. Three participants reflect on their experience here. 

  • 1 of our young adults, Rebecca Janzen, was an MCA ambassador at the Global Youth Summit in Indonesia! (plus 3 other young adults from Mennonite Church Canada.) Rebecca shares her story here. 

  • your (and 445 more) Canadian Mennonite magazine subscription is covered. 😊 Enjoy reading!  Read back issues and the latest from Canadian Mennonite here.  

  • 34 Grade 11 students and 4 RJC staff were on the THRIVE Initiative Trip to Camp Valaqua in December, 2022.  RJC would love to have you check out their website!

  • 455 different people borrowed items from CommonWord. Visit the CommonWord website. Perhaps there's a book or resource that you would like to borrow. Shipping, both directions, is free. Learn more.

  • 2,428 loan items circulated across Canada from CommonWord. Learn more about borrowing from CommonWord.

  • 8,501 people made purchases through CommonWord. Many books are available for purchase. CommonWord staff would be happy to help you. Visit CommonWord here.

  • Resources were downloaded at CommonWord over 20,000 times.  Many CommonWord resources don't have to be purchased or borrowed but can simply be downloaded immediately. Learn more.

  • 40 community members gathered at the 2023 ACWAB Interfaith dialogue -- in the care of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of the First Peoples to further our exploration of reconciliation from our faith perspectives

  • 7 church communities have participated in the Bridgebuilding Network to learn to know each other's contexts, practice sharing stories and testimonies of God at work in our larger communities, and coming together for a book study on "The Four Vision Quests of Jesus" by Choktaw Episcopalian Stevan Charleston. 
     
  • Mennonites across the province have increased their learning from Indigenous Pipe Ceremony, Pow-wow and Soup and Bannock lunches -- understanding more fully what it means to be living on Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 lands.

  • In 2022, 80 Edmonton interfaith community members heard Suzanne speak on the topic of Mennonite Settler-Indigenous relations drawing on the “Be It Resolved” collection of Mennonite Church Canada resolutions over the past 50+ years.  Learn more about "Be It Resolved."  And more about "Be It Resolved."

  • there are 43 worshiping groups and 60 outreach centres in Thailand. Learn more about Tom and Christine Poovong's work to build self-sufficient congregations.

  • MCA partners with MC Canada to support ministries in 15 countries on 3 continents.  Mennonite Church Canada International Witness is committed to the creation, resourcing or strengthening of Anabaptist/Mennonite faith communities and our shared commitment to witness to God’s work in the world.

More Giving Options from MC Canada.