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Women Walking in Faith - February 2019 - Conversation Circles

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Kathy Giesbrecht, Mennonite Church Manitoba staff person on Mennonite Women Manitoba wrote an article in the February 18, 2019 Canadian Mennonite.  She shares: 

"Last fall, ignited by curiosity about what we would hear if we invited women to share their experiences of life within Mennonite Church Manitoba congregations, Mennonite Women Manitoba decided to host two Conversation Circles, one in Winnipeg and the other in southern Manitoba."   . . . . . "Overall, these Conversation Circles turned out to be powerful experiences of intergenerational storytelling and cross-congregational connecting, offering many words of encouragement and hope."

Read the whole article HERE.

Larissa Pahl, associate pastor of Morden Mennonite Church, left, and Elsie Wiebe were active participants in the Conversation Circles last fall.

Women Walking in Faith - December 2018 - Christmas rush

Mel Harms, our Saskatchewan Rep, wrote an article called "Christmas rush - Finding a time and a place for both Mary and Martha".  It appeared in the December 17, 2018 issue of the Canadian Mennonite magazine.  
She ends her article by saying, "My goal this year is to let my Mary side out more.  My Martha side can go crazy at the beginning of the evening, but afterwards she needs to step aside so my Mary can have a chance to visit, relax and just enjoy the more peaceful moments."

Read the article HERE.

REPORT BOOK 2018

The executive of Mennonite Women Canada is pleased to announce that the 2018 ANNUAL REPORT BOOK has been compiled and is ready for distribution.  You can find it HERE.  I will also be emailing it to the women whose email addresses were collected at our annual meetings in 2012, 2014 and 2016.  

All women are invited to our annual meeting, which includes lunch, to be held on Sunday afternoon, June 30 in conjunction with Mennonite Church Canada Assembly in Abbotsford, BC.  Please register on-line at http://ignitegathering2019.ca/registration/. 

"Women Walking in Faith Together 

Through the Seasons"

Mennonite Women Canada... a place to belong.... a place to connect

WMCEC Spring Enrichment Day ~ April 13, 2019

You can find the registration form on-line HERE

For questions contact Carmen Brubacher   

Women Walking in Faith - October 2018 - Gathering and sharing seeds of faith

President Shirley Redekop wrote about gathering and sharing seeds of faith in her article that appeared in the Canadian Mennonite in October.

Some years ago, a seed was planted in my heart to take a group of intergenerational North American Mennonite women to share faith and life stories with other Mennonite women in an international setting.

This summer, after much planning with TourMagination and excellent guidance from our Tanzanian connector and translator, Esther Muhagachi (presently studying at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary), that seed sprouted when 16 Mennonite women from across Canada and the United States joined me as their tour leader on a caring, sharing safari.

.... for me, the highlight was that the “seeds of faith” we carried with us, and those we gathered from our Tanzanian Mennonite sisters on this trip, bloomed during our time together. And I pray that they will continue to spread and multiply as we seek to bring reconciliation, healing and hope to each other and the world.

You can read the complete article and see more photos at    https://www.canadianmennonite.org/stories/gathering-and-sharing-seeds-faith

Shirley Redekop is pictured with a Maasi student from Monduli Village. 
(Photo courtesy of Shirley Redekop)

An Arusha Mennonite Church women sews crafts to sell in aid of
congregational projects.  (Photo courtesy of Shirley Redekop)