Back Issues: 2003: News

Features, Columns, Letters, News, People, Crosscurrents

Vol. 42, No. 17 December 26, 2003

• Scott St. MB Church celebrates 60 years
  St. Catharines, Ont.
• MEDA celebrates 50 years of “doing business”
  Meda at 50 • Winnipeg, Man. • October 30–November 2, 2003
• Board of Faith and Life, MCC leaders meet, clarify concerns
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Conference ministers and extension directors meet to work and reflect
• MCC Canada marks 40th anniversary
• Third Church Planting Congress considers culture, urges creativity
  Vancouver, B.C.
• Youth explore ministry possibilities
  Fresno, Calif.
• Jubilee youth raise funds for NYC’04
  Winnipeg, Man.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 16 December 5, 2003

• Bethany College students spend day in exile
  Hepburn, Sask.
• J.E. Toews urges rethinking ordination
  Waterloo, Ont.
• North Kildonan MB Church celebrates 75 years
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Mennonite Disaster Service breaks barriers in B.C.
  Barriere, BC
• Low German Bible launched
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Family Life Network plays lead role in Latin American convention
  Guayaquil, Ecuador
• CMU adopts new board structure, mission statement
  Winnipeg, Man.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 15 November 14, 2003

• Meeting brings change to direction and leadership of MB mission agency
  Fresno, Cal.
• Stewardship funds grow; hermeneutics on study horizon
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Salvation at stake”: “Mennonites and Catholics discuss sixteenth-century martyrs
  Collegeville, Minn.
• Skateboarder’s dream becomes reality
  Leamington, Ont.
• Mennonites, hockey, forgiveness: a pastor’s reflections
• Helping leaders lead
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Church celebrates 75th
  Boissevain, Man.
• Mennonite Studies program celebrates anniversary
  Winnipeg, Man.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 14 October 24, 2003

• Installation service for new president
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Ontario and Honduras churches forge partnership by Ont. St. Catharines
• “We’re Here!” celebration launches new church in Winnipeg
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Indian Mennonite Brethren help fire victims
  Chitlamkunta, India
• Glenbush church celebrates 75 years
  Glenbush, Sask.
• Israel’s ‘security fence’ disrupts life for Palestinians
  Jayyous, West Bank
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 13 October 3, 2003

• MWC General Council sends message to churches
  Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• Peace Council works on central peace platform
• Mennonite World Conference adds subtitle to name
• ICOMB charts further course
  Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• Gathering 2004
• Newton church celebrates 75th anniversary
  Newton, Man.
• Hairshow adds colour to B.C. event
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 12 September 12, 2003

• New model, old name for now
  Mennonite World Conference General Council charts future • Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• Grief and race relations mark Mennonite Church conventions
• Okanagan churches affected by summer of fires
• Exciting summer at Nova Scotia’s Gateway Church
  Lower Sackville, N.S.
• Manitoba church celebrates 75 years
  Killarney, Man.
• Second women’s gathering slated
  Toronto, Ont.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 11 August 22, 2003

• Youth in our churches
  Winnipeg, Man.
• MCC, MB leaders meet
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Mennonite women in Ukraine show mercy to neighbours
  Kutuzovka, Ukraine
• Eagle Ridge group serves in Mexico
  Coquitlam, B.C.
• MCC Summerbridge volunteer seeks the heart of worship
  Halifax, Nova Scotia
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 10 August 1, 2003

• Reason to celebrate
  Yarrow, B.C.
• MCC Annual Meeting discusses vision for the future
  Issaquah, Wash.
• Quilt connects two young cancer patients
  Winnipeg, Man.
• New venue for second annual golf tournament
  Winnipeg, Man.
• “Women @ Work” a success
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 09 July 11, 2003

• Editor leaves
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Executive Director appointed
• Mennonite World Conference is on
  Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• MBBS graduates 24
  Fresno, Calif.
• CMU bids farewell to Concord president
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Africa Bible translators led to Jesus
  Orodara, Burkina Faso
• Mennonites search for alternatives to war-making
  Vancouver, B.C.
• Women share talents, theological insights under Red Tent
  Harrisonburg, Va.
• Ontario ruling provokes shock, disappointment, confusion
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 08 June 13, 2003

• Gifts, heroes and encouragers
  B.C. MB Conference Convention  •  May 2–3, 2003
• Seminary appointment
  Fresno, Calif.
• Schmidt recognized
  Fresno, Calif.
• Regional Council formed for MBBS–ACTS
  Langley, B.C.
• Director appointed
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Canadian Mennonite University celebrates commencement
  Winnipeg, Man.
• 24–7 prayer shakes youth, adults
  Coaldale, Alta.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 07 May 23, 2003

• Celebrating 50 years of urban church planting
  Alberta MB Conference convention • March 21–22, 2003 • Vauxhall, Alta.
• Merv Boschman appointed Executive Minister
  Vauxhall, Alta.
• TREK adds second, shorter track
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• 14 youth explore ministry
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Columbia welcomes new staff
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Canadian students immersed in changes
  Johannesburg, South Africa
• Peace-It-Together 2003
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Mennonite Trust distributes profits
  Waldheim, Sask.
• MCC explores response to fetal alcohol disorders
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery opens new exhibit
  Winnipeg, Man.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 06 May 2, 2003

• People of Praise
  Saskatchewan MB Conference convention  •  March 14–15, 2003  •  Regina, Sask.
• New Pastors’ Orientation
  West Portal Church, Saskatoon, Sask.  •  March 6–8, 2003
• Church is re-launched
  Stoney Creek, Ont.
• Stewardship appoints new representative
  Winnipeg, Man.
• More than hiring an associate pastor
  Nanaimo, B.C.
• A church in the image of God
  Vancouver, B.C.
• New church arises
  Penticton, B.C.
• Staff changes for US MB Conference
  Wichita, Kan.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 05 April 11, 2003

• A people of God for all seasons
  Manitoba MB Conference makes historic decisions  •  February 28–March 1, 2003  •  Steinbach, Man.
• Defending the divinity of Jesus
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Mission Calgary booming
  Calgary, Alta.
• Something new in northwest Calgary
  Calgary, Alta.
• Two for two
  Surrey/Delta, B.C.
• Participation in politics a hot issue among Paraguayan MBs
  Neuland, Paraguay
• Touching and healing lepers
  Kilometre 81, Paraguay
• Dealing with addictions
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Faithfulness: generation to generation
  Alumni reunion weekend at Columbia Bible College  •  Abbotsford, B.C.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 04 March 21, 2003

• A lot to celebrate
  Ontario MB Conference Convention  •  February 14–15  •  Niagara Falls, Ont.
• Grays join Rendez-vous Montréal team
  Montréal, Que.
• Friendship centre reaches students in Thailand
  Fresno, Calif.
• Legal arguments filed in marriage case
  Toronto, Ont.
• CMU hosts worship conference
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Light for the homeless
  Vancouver, B.C.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 03 February 28, 2003

• Canadian MB Conference Council of Boards: Many significant developments
  Winnipeg, Man.
• General Conference of MB Churches has last meeting
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• MB Church in Toyota, Japan celebrates new church property
  Fresno, Calif.
• Convention date announced
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Water damages Christian Press, Elmwood church
  Winnipeg, Man.
• New name for short-term evangelism ministry; New ministry opportunity
  Fresno, Calif.
• CPED visits former MB Church in Ukraine
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 02 February 7, 2003

• New appointments
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Missionaries meet in Europe
  St. Georgen, Austria
• New contact info for MBMSI
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Hearing the call
  Winnipeg, Man.
• MCC workers killed by flash flood in Indonesia
  Akron, Pa.
• MCC opens 9th B.C. thrift shop
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• People & events

Vol. 42, No. 01 January 17, 2003

• Vision: Healthy churches, reaching out, or both?
  Simcoe, Ont.
• Becoming global Christians
  Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• New churches being planted across the country
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Steinbach celebrates 75th anniversary/missions
  Steinbach, Man.
• Seminary in a suitcase
  Fresno, Calif.
• Bicentennial celebration scheduled
  Toronto, Ont.
• Mexico City church plants daughter congregation
  Fresno, Calif.
• YMI sends out 14
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• People & events

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