What a difference a week makes!

A Menno Minute

It was barely a week ago that I received news of my first cancelled event: a Mennonite World Conference gathering scheduled to take place in Abbotsford at the end of the month. By Friday MCA had cancelled its Annual Assembly, First Mennonite Edmonton had cancelled Sunday worship services, and a long-planned family gathering was shelved.

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I'm just so tired

A Menno Minute

by Laura Wiebe

Ever commit to an event or a responsibility and slowly as the time draws closer, you just feel more tired and less interested in attending? 

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Small community, large world

A Menno Minute

by Ryan Dueck, Pastor Lethbridge Mennonite Church

A few months ago, I followed a rabbit trail from a blog that I occasionally read to the website of the church where the blogger was a pastor.

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What is the difference between CommonWord & MennoMedia?

A Menno Minute

with Arlyn Frisen Epp
intro by June Miller

 "Put simply: 
(1) MennoMedia is Mennonite Church Canada’s publisher and CommonWord is our retailer and resource centre.

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Technology and Discipleship

A Menno Minute

by Werner DeJong, Pastor Holyrood Mennonite Church

After preaching a sermon on technology and discipleship in early September,I invited the young adult and adult members of the congregation to attend a new Sunday School class on the same theme.

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Christ’s Body, Living Stones:

“Where did you get the neat stones?” I hadn’t expected this question at this past weekend’s Vision 2020 event. In my search for a symbol of our coming together as MCA, I settled on 1 Peter 2’s image of “living stones” to represent the body of Christ. I visited a local landscaper and scrounged up a bucket of small, smooth stones, each unique in shape and colour...

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