Regional & National News

MC Canada Gathering 2022 Highlights

Here are some highlights from the MC Canada Gathering held this past weekend in Edmonton....

MC Sask Appoints Delegates for MC Canada Gathering 2022

Mennonite Church Saskatchewan is sending 13 delegates to the Mennonite Church Canada Gathering in Edmonton, Alberta, from July 29 to August 1.

Delegates were gathered from MC Sask’s programs and ministries, seeking to carry the hopes, needs, and opportunities in which our congregations are invested into the national discernment and decision-making process. Delegates reflect the great diversity of MC Sask congregations—both rural and urban, older and younger, larger and smaller, generational Mennonites and newcomers to the faith tradition.

Gathering 2022 Report Book now available

Now available through CommonWord.

MC Sask Camping Ministry Study

MC Sask Council has partnered with Tim Nickel of Fifth Business (https://fifthbusinessconsulting.ca) to facilitate a study of MC Sask's Camping Ministry. At a June 14 meeting, MC Sask Council gave their strong approval for Tim to lead a robustly consultative review of MC Sask's commitment to camping ministry and of how this is carried out through MC Sask's three camps (Camp Elim, Youth Farm Bible Camp, and Shekinah Retreat Centre).

Mennonite Church Canada leadership approves updated Operating Agreement

Mennonite Church Canada’s Joint Council approved updates to the Mennonite Church Canada Operating Agreement at its latest meeting on June 8, 2022.

Mennonite Church Canada announces Young Leaders Experience at Gathering 2022

Ten young adults from across the nationwide church will take part in the Young Leaders Experience (YLE) at We Declare: what we have seen and heard, Gathering 2022 in Edmonton, from July 28 to Aug. 1.

MC Canada invites congregations to register for virtual We Declare for discounted rate

Mennonite Church Canada is offering all of its member congregations a discounted registration fee of $150 to view Gathering 2022 sessions on August long weekend. Individual registration fees have also been reduced to $75.

A Day for Spiritual Leaders - July 29, 2022

Mennonite Church Canada welcomes spiritual leaders across its nationwide community of faith to a special one-day event at Edmonton First Mennonite Church on July 29, 2022.

Mennonite Church Canada donates $50,000 to MWC Assembly Fund

Mennonite Church Canada is donating $50,000 to help Mennonite World Conference meet its expenses for MWC Assembly in Indonesia this summer, and is calling on its member congregations to help match the donation.