At LMC
Christian Education this week:
- Kid Zone (Preschool – Grade 6) will be held in the Sanctuary Basement.
- The topic this week is on Caring for the Vulnerable: Welcoming Everyone
- Scripture Focus: James 1:27-2:8, 14-17
- Youth (Grade 7-12) will meet in the Youth Room (room 109).
- Adults will meet in the Fellowship Hall.
- Called as Partners: Over the next few weeks, our Adult Christian Education time will welcome a variety of LMC’s ministry partners. These individuals and organizations connect to our congregational life through our Missions & Services Commission. Come hear stories and learn more about the way good news is being shared here in Edmonton and around the world! Our guest presenters will include: Canadian Peacemakers International (Jan 26), Sombrilla (Feb 2), Inter-city Pastoral Ministry (Feb 9), a focus on nurturing relationship with our Indigenous neighbors through our Study Conference – Storytelling: Intergenerational Faith Formation (Feb 23), and Mennonite Central Committee (Mar 2).
Please check your weekly bulletin for prayer requests and other church family news.
In the Community
The MCC Alberta Relief Sale is on May 31 at Bergthal Event Centre. Visit mcc.org/events/
The new Edmonton Thrift shop is taking shape at 10531 51 Ave NW! We will be ready to begin accepting donations at the side entrance on Feb 3rd, Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Stay tuned for a Grand Opening date.
The Great Winter Warm-up is a way to give the gift of warmth through a comforter. Help us meet our goal of donating 7,000 comforters before March 31 and give the gift of warmth to those who need it the most. If you can’t get your comforters in this month, don’t worry — donations of comforters are gratefully accepted throughout the year. Link: https://mcc.org/get-involved/
Save the date! MCC Alberta’s biggest celebration is back. The Relief Sale is happening Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the Bergthal Event Centre from 9 am to 4 pm.
1. RSVP! We want to know if you are coming, so that we can plan for the delicious food that will be served. Click here to RSVP.
2. Volunteer: Many hands are needed to run this event, and we would deeply appreciate your help in any way. Click here to sign up to volunteer.
3. Donate an item to the Auction: Some ideas of items you can donate are art, services, handmade crafts, recreation equipment, quilts, experiences and more! Click here to register an auction item.
CMU Upcoming Events:
CMU Discover Day – Join us for the full day or the afternoon of January 31 to discover what it is like to be a CMU student. Tour the CMU campus, attend a sample lecture, meet professors and current students, and have lunch and treats on us! Visit cmu.ca/experience for more information and to register.
Discover Music Day – Prospective music and music therapy students are invited to learn more about studying music at CMU with a full day campus visit on February 7. Visit cmu.ca/experience for more information and to register.
Social Justice Fair – The 19th annual social justice fairhosted by Menno Simons College is on Wednesday, February 5 between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM at Marpeck Commons. Take the opportunity to interact with community organizations, learn what they do, and find ways to be involved! Visit media.cmu.ca/events for more information.
Xplore – CMU’s Xplore extended education program investigates dimensions of the Christian faith, our world, and life in it—all without assignments or exams! Join one or more in-person or online courses beginning February 18 in topics such as loneliness, Indigenous spirituality and Christian faith, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and more. Churches may consider hosting an Xplore watch party with people from the community. For more information and to register, visit cmu.ca/xplore.
CMU Employment Opportunities – CMU invites inquiries and applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Biology position. Other opportunities include a full-time Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications and a Sessional Instructor in Social Work. Visit cmu.ca/employment for more information.
Camp Evergreen
Summer Camp 2025 registration opened this week! Click here to view more information!
Chester Ronning Centre
Spilling Tea: Métis and Mennonite Conversations on Making Good Relations. On January 29 from 12pm-1:00pm Join professors Paul Gareau, Willow White, and Joe Wiebe for a discussion of positionality, visiting, and what it means to be good relatives in the context of secular and settler academia in the prairies. Their discussion will examine how spiritual and cultural identities shape academic experiences, and how Métis visiting practices can foster genuine relationships and understanding across Indigenous and settler communities. This event is free to attend both in person or online. Click here for more information.
We invite you to join us, online and in-person, on February 12th in celebration of Black History Month for “Storytelling As Ritual: Black Art, Faith, Ancestral Ways of Knowing, and Systems Change”. This artist showcase will feature a multidisciplinary performance, an artist talkback, and a visual art installation. This event explores the intersections of Black diasporic storytelling traditions, spirituality, faith practices, and artistic expression. Doors open at 6 p.m. to allow time to explore the visual art, with the performance beginning at 6:30 p.m. MST. Click on the link above to register.
Radicals and Reformers by Troy Osborne & David R. Swartz. In this new authoritative introduction to Anabaptist history, historian Troy Osborne reflects on the ways that Anabaptists have defined their identity in new settings and in response to new theological, intellectual, geographic, and political contexts. Drawing from current scholarship and a range of written and visual sources, this book provides an overview of how Mennonites from Zurich to Zimbabwe have adapted to or resisted the world around them. Click here to learn more.
Mennonite Disaster Service
The 2024 MDS Canada Annual Report to Churches is available. Please click here to download and share our one-page report with your congregation.
Attention youth leaders: An MDS Summer Youth Project will take place at Crowsnest Lake Bible Camp in Alberta this July. More details will be available in the coming weeks. To express interest on behalf of your youth group, fill out the wait list form at mds.org/summer-youth-program/
King’s University
Public Art Gallery: The President’s Arts Council is collaborating with local artist Karissa Prins to host a public art gallery from now until February 28. The exhibit features Alberta landscapes in bright acrylics and will raise funds for the Honduras Water Project, an annual service-learning field course offered through the Micah Centre. To support the Honduras Water Project by purchasing original pieces and greeting cards of the exhibit, please email Ellen Algera at Ellen.Algera@kingsu.ca.
Community Ice Rink: We are embracing winter with the King’s Community Ice Rink! Students, staff, and community members are already enjoying the rink between classes and in the evenings. Be sure to bring your skates next time you’re in the neighbourhood and stop by for a game of hockey or a relaxing skate. The rink is open 7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
King’s Camps: Camps are a great way to keep your kids engaged during the summer holidays. They are also a wonderful place to make friends, develop skills, and explore new interests. This year we are once again offering sports, art, and science camps for children and youth ages 8 to 17 in July and August. Register online today!
2025: Remembering Zurich & Nicaea. The year 2025 marks 500 years since the first adult believers’ baptisms of the Anabaptist movement took place in Zurich, Switzerland. It also marks 1700 years since the Council of Nicaea, where the Nicene Creed was established as the first ecumenical statement of “catholic” Christian faith. On January 27, from 8-9:30pm ET Bridgefolk Board Member Jennifer Otto, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge, will host a webinar that will provide a brief historical introduction to the events of both Nicaea and Zurich and invite us into conversation about unity and division within the Church. Click here for more information.
Multiply
The February 2025 Daily Prayer Guide is now available. Click here to view.