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Four Cultures Gather Together for Worship in Preston, ON

Aug 17th, 2022

Four Cultures Gather Together for Worship in Preston, ON

“This is a foretaste of the worship we will experience in heaven,” said KyongJung Kim, pastor of Preston and Wanner Mennonite churches. Four cultures came together to worship this past weekend at Preston Mennonite Church in Ontario. Participants from Chin Christian Church (Myanmar), Living Bridge Assembly (China), Wanner and Preston Mennonite churches (Canada) along with their pastor, KyongJung Kim and his wife Ellen (Korea) were actively involved through the service.

Scripture and singing was in four languages: Mandarin, Hakha-Chin, English and Korean. Through scripture in Matthew 28, people were reminded of God’s great commission to make disciples in all nations.

From Dormant Winter to Spring

Aug 11th, 2022

From Dormant Winter to Spring

The smell of freshly toasted garlic bread wafts through the air. The tables are set, the wait staff are ready, the coffee is on and the kitchen is teaming with activity. The doors are almost ready to open. For the past nine years, Saturday Suppers@Stirling have provided a hot meal and a place of belonging for 170 guests and 50 volunteers each week. Arising from a need to support the Out of the Cold program in the area by providing a secondary site for suppers, Saturday Suppers@Stirling was open from November through to April, and the coffee was hot.

The pandemic arrived and Stirling closed their doors. “We have certainly been asked by people when we are opening again because they miss the social aspect of what we had,” says Josie Winterfeld, Missions, Peace & Justice and Outreach Worker at Stirling.

Moving Faith From a Microwave to a Crockpot

Aug 10th, 2022

Moving Faith From a Microwave to a Crockpot

The Zoom screens come to life and connect across six computers, bringing the friends into each other’s living rooms and dorm rooms. ‘What is God doing in your life? What are you going to do about it?’ These questions have changed the lives of these friends.

Several young people at Hillcrest Mennonite Church were interested in baptism in the fall of 2019. Hillcrest planned to begin faith exploration classes after the Christmas season as a way of preparing for baptism. “And then we started hearing about this global pandemic,” says Kevin Peters Unrau, co-pastor at Hillcrest Mennonite Church. “Everything was shutting down.”

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