The Many Rooms Church Community seized the opportunity to participate in Come and See, a season of spiritual renewal for our conference.

We all have our familiar rituals in our everyday lives. These predictable patterns give us a sense of security. But sometimes, these patterns are broken, and that sense of security is shattered by the unexpected.

The Personnel Committee of the EMC General Board is very pleased to announce that Peter Doerksen has been hired to fill the role of EMC Western Ambassador. This appointment, effective October 1, 2022, is a new one-quarter-time position.

On July 21, 2022, after over a year of processing, an Afghan refugee family of five arrived in Winnipeg and was settled in their new home in Landmark, Man.

Reviews of Jon Buller’s album Come Awake and E. J. Wiens’s To Antoine.

Nyawar Mapieny Gathoul’s baby and siblings are hungry. Nyawar is strong, resilient and hardworking. But the family has only enough food for one meal a day.

On June 16, 2022, EMC Project Builders held their 28th annual golf tournament. The weather was good, the camaraderie was excellent and, best of all, nearly $40,000 was raised to support several ministry projects.

With its national motto of “unity in diversity,” Indonesia proved a fitting host for the 17th assembly of Mennonite World Conference—downsized by COVID-19 restrictions but full of joy, beauty and fellowship.

Pastor Jake Enns presents associate pastor Joe and Jessica Penner with a graduation gift from Leamington Evangelical Mennonite Church for finishing their studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Laura Bonney, a missionary ventriloquist with SEND International, shared her experiences teaching values in schools in the Philippines and Uganda. Her method: ventriloquism.

EMC Festival 2022 included several events: the Not-So-Late Show (reported on elsewhere), EMC run to support Open Schools Worldwide, an international market, and worship night.

God does not finally expect you to make any sacrifice for him. There is no cost to following Jesus, at the end of the day.