Lori has been working with Inner City Youth Alive for the past 17 years in the Bridge Drop-in Program. The Bridge provides a safe and fun environment for kids and teenagers to connect with caring adults, learn and grow in faith, and develop leadership skills. Dan, Lori and Finley continue to navigate work and home […]
As Director of Gem Lake Wilderness Camp, facing the government mandate that overnight camps are not allowed to operate, my specific area of ministry, looks very different this year from what it has in the last 12 years. In January and February of 2020 life seemed normal when we held our usual five winter camps […]
After returning to Canada from Asia right when COVID-19 restrictions began taking effect worldwide, we have worked at adjusting to ministry under a new normal. At this point in the early fall, we typically would be in the middle of preparations to have me travel for ministry overseas again. These 3-week trips would include planning […]
From: Del Valle EMMC To: EMMC in Canada To whom it may concern, this is Pastor Diedrich Dyck giving a little update about out church building. First of all, in the name of this church, I want to give a big thank you for the financial help that we have reserved from the conference and […]
They’ll be at a reporting evening next Tuesday, October 15 at 7 at the Winkler EMM Church and Wednesday, October 16 at 7 at the Bagot Community Chapel. They’ll be presenting an update on the ministry to the Low German Mennonite people in Bolivia. Herbert and Alwiera are from Menno Colony in Paraguay and have […]
For many of us, “who’s my mother” is a pretty straight forward answer. We look too much like our parents to deny that we biologically belong to them. I am in a unique situation, where I am a step-parent to “my” two kids. Their mom passed away after a very brief illness when they were […]
Photo Above: 2019 VN Teachers former students This year five former graduates of the Villa Nueva School near Pailón, Bolivia are a part of the teaching team continuing the task of training future leaders. A Librarian, an English teacher, a Music instructor, a Plautdietsch (Low German) teacher, and a Kindergarten teacher (see picture above) join […]
February 6 and 7, 2019, seventeen leaders and pastors from all 5 of our EMMC Regions will join Executive Director Lyn Dyck at the Multiply Conference in Vancouver, BC. God has called us to multiply, make disciples and teach! Matthew 28:18-20 says we are to make disciples. Each year at the Multiply Conference, they gather […]