 Tuition Assistance for Post-Secondary Students
MCA offers tuition assistance for any MCA students attending a post-secondary Mennonite / Anabaptist affiliated institution or program. Please visit www.mennonitechurch.ab.ca to download an application. Deadline to apply is July 31, 2019.
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Cook and Asst. Cook needed for Summer
Camp Valaqua is still in search of a summer cook and an assistant. Anyone interested in the paid position, please contact Jon at valaqua@xplorenet.com
*Note: Cook does not need to be Sweedish.
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New Website Coming!
MCA will be getting a new website this year. Churches will have the option to setup a new one too. More information to come.
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International Witness Updates
Witness worker Joji Pantoja speaks on women’s leadership
 On March 28, MC Canada Witness Worker Joji Pantoja was the keynote speaker at the provincial government of Davao Occidental’s 2019 National Women’s Month Celebration. Speaking on the theme “We Make Change Work For Women,” Joji emphasized the roles of women as community leaders. She shared her journey as a mother and her Coffee For Peace story. The government is exploring whether PeaceBuilders Community, Inc., and Coffee for Peace, can help establish a quality coffee industry, framed in Peace and Reconcilitation Principles and Practices. (Story adapted from https://peacebuilderscommunity.org)
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Menno Simons Christian School presents
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
May 2 & 3 @ 6:30 pm and May 4 @ 4:30 pm
See Mackenzie Miller or Eugena Lee for tickets.
Or contact June for more information: jmiller@mennonitechurch.ab.ca.
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Camp Valaqua Work Day May 4, 9-4
Join us to help get camp ready for summer! Wood splitting, tipi setup, brush clearing, and cleaning are on the agenda. We'll feed you lunch and provide snacks!
Facebook Event
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Biblical Storytelling:
the transformative power of sacred story
May 13-14 @ Lethbridge Mennonite
Our Speaker
Ken Quiring
 Ken brings over thirty years of pastoral and chaplaincy experience in congregations, hospitals, and prisons to his storytelling. He is an ordained minister with Mennonite Church Canada and is credentialed as a Master Biblical Storyteller with the Network of Biblical Storytellers. He tells a wide variety of biblical stories as well as traditional and wisdom stories for equipping individuals and groups in spiritual formation. One of Ken’s ongoing passions is exploring how biblical storytelling contributes to reconciliation and peacemaking.
Public Lectures*: Monday and Tuesday evening @ 7pm
Monday evening - Congregational faith formation through Biblical Storytelling
Tuesday evening - Back to the Future: Biblical literacy in the digital age
*Free - No Registration required
Full Studies: $110; One Day $70
Register for day sessions online at
mennonitechurch.ab.ca/events
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June 28 - July 1
Abbortsford, BC
Leaders Gathering
(Jun 28)
Delegate Gathering
(Jun 29, am)
Inspirational Gathering
(Jun 29 @ 2pm
- Jul 1 @ 12pm)
Women's Lunch
(Jun 30)
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 Walk for Common Ground
May 31 to June 14, 2019
Between May 31 and June 14, 2019, 30 Indigenous, unionist and church friends will journey 340 kilometres from Edmonton (Treaty 6) to Calgary (Treaty 7) on the Walk for Common Ground. Opportunites will be available to join for a day walk or evening session.
Brochure now available for download
at www.treatytalk.com or here.
To learn more about the background, go to treatytalk.com.
A 50-minute video and study questions are available. Treaty Talk: Sharing the River of Life
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Last Call!
NAIITS: anIndigenious Learning Community
2019 Symposium:“Land and Place: Indigenous Perspectives In an Era of Displacement”
Wanna go? Mennonite Church Canada’s Indigenous-Settler Relations program wants to help sponsor six friends to attend from June 6-8, 2019, at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. If you are interested, please email Steve Heinrichs for details (sheinrichs@mennonitechurch.ca). Application deadline April 23.
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S H A K E:
Rattled by the Radical
Attention grades 6-12
Join other youth from across Canada.
July 28-Aug1, 2019
Shekinah Summer Camp, SK
If you are interested in attending, please register by April 26. No payment is due right now. Early regristrants are eligible for MC Canada bursaries.
Shake: Rattled by the Radical, July 28- August 1, 2019 at Shekinah Summer Camp, SK – what you need to know! Cost: $375/person. Travel subsidies and sponsor discounts available before the early-bird registration deadline: April 26, 2019. Final registration deadline: May 31, 2019. Our days will include: Biblical reflection and storytelling, shared meals, activities and play, special guests, and more! Visit www.prairieyouth.ca for full details and registration. (MCA bursaries are also available.)
Please contact Chad Miller for more details (chadmiller@nucleus.com).
Download poster here.
Download information sheet here.
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Calgary First to host final Vision20/20 phase
Phase IV - Incarnating God's Call
November 1-2 Calgary First Mennonite
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2019 Calendar
Apr 28 Celebrating Doug & Rose Klassen
May 4 Valaqua Spring Work Day
May 13-15 Faith Studies Conference -Lethbridge
May 31 - Jun 1 MCC Relief Sale - Coaldale
May 31-Jun14 Common Ground Treaty Walk
Jun 7-9 MCA Women's Retreat @ Sylvan Lake
Jun 12 Annual Heritage Retreat @ Valaqua
Jun 15 Valaqua Hike-a-thon
Jun 16 Valaqua Garden Party
Jun 29 - Jul 1 MC Canada Gathering 2019, Abbotsford BC
"Igniting the Imagination of the Church"
Jul 28-Aug1 Shake: Rattled by the Radical @ Shekinah Camp SK
Nov 1-2 Vision 20/20: Phase IV - Incarnating God's Call
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Meserete Kristos Church: Pray for the continued growth and development of the MC Canada’s partner Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia. More than 1,700 graduates from Meserete Kristos College continue to make a strong, positive impact in the leadership of the church and in society.
 The Benin Bible Institute (BBI) in Cotonou, will experience significant transitions in the next few years as several professors and the current administrator, Bonaventure Akowanou, retire. Pray that both capable professors and an administrator will be hired in their place to continue the vibrant and impactful ministry in Benin, West Africa.
 Dann and Joji Pantoja invite prayers for peace due to armed conflict between government troops and members of the New People’s Army affecting five local municipalities. Bombing and shelling by the government troops have been observed. Over 900 families, mostly indigenous, have taken refuge in nearby halls, gymnasiums or among relatives and friends. Pray along that the warring parties stop their conflict and for protection for civilians.
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Pray for the Vision20/20 Reference Group as they begin processing all that occured at the March meetings.
Pray for Pastor Reuben Tut of Edmonton South Sudanese Mennonite Church who is still struggling with his health.
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