Sutherland Evangelical Church, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan By Bonnie Fehr The Sutherland church family gathered on a very cold January evening to celebrate the 20 years that Dale and Sheryl Doerksen have been our pastor couple. Numerous people could not attend the event due to the extreme cold, but many braved the weather to join the celebration. John and Mandi Letkeman led the group in Dale and Sheryl’s favourite worship songs. Video greetings from Henry Redekopp, EMMC Executive

MEM, (Misión Evangélica Menonita), is an outreach ministry of the Evangelical Bergthaler Mennonite Conference (EBMC) out of La Crete, Alberta, and the Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference (EMMC) with offices in Winnipeg. The Evangelical Mennonite Conference (EMC) provides staffing and other support, and ministry workers and additional help is also coming from Paraguay and Mexico. MEM has a goal to encourage those people who for one reason or another have disassociated the

By Lil Goertzen, editor Photo left to right: Henry Redekopp, EMMC Executive Director; Kelly Lesser, Pastor of Care & Mission; Darrell and Elaine Kehler Getting ready to leave for an out-of-country assignment always has one ‘last’ thing to be done or picked up. Darrell and Elaine Kehler stopped by the EMMC Home Office on January 15 for those last-minute items before they headed off to the airport. Well-wishes and blessings were shared, and then Al Kehler, Darrell’s dad, deliv

Community Ministries Manager Inner City Youth Alive Winnipeg, Manitoba Andrew & Amie Reimer Community Ministry: In my new role as Community Ministries Manager, I meet regularly with our community ministers, Terry, Harvey, Rosemary and Carissa. I’ve been moved and inspired to hear about the ways they are walking with adults in our community who face isolation, trauma, addiction and many other challenges. God is using this ministry to bring justice, hope and spiritual renewal

International Workers in Residence SIM / Prairie College Three Hills Alberta Home church: Aylmer EMMC, Ontario Back in 2002, living in Three Hills while getting aviation training here at Prairie Bible College, Bob was swimming in our goldfish bowl. During a bowl cleaning, Bob was accidently dropped into the sink. From that day on, Bob just lay at that bottom of the bowl, rolling from side to side as he allowed the food to flutter down to him. At that time, we had a sibling li

Director / Gem Lake Wilderness Camp Inner City Youth Alive Winnipeg, Manitoba Home church: Nassau Street Church, Winnipeg Manitoba Last summer was a chaotic one as we worked around forest fires and operated out of an alternate location for part of the season. It was a gift to have a slower fall to recover from that pace. We completed our camp close-up work trip at the end of September but were unable to get our new boat up to camp before closeup. In October, we were blessed t

Art & Jen Schroeder Director, Youth for Christ Portage la Prairie, MB Home church: Bagot Community Chapel, Manitoba Art Schroeder This past year, we have watched God move in remarkable ways. We've seen young people discover hope where they felt hopeless, community where they felt alone, and the love of Christ in places where they never expected to find it. Each story, each breakthrough, each changed life is a reminder that the light of Jesus still shines brightly in a world t

Dan and Danielle Ingram, Co-Executive Directors at InterVarsity Circle Square Ranch, Austin, Manitoba Dan & Danielle Ingram & Children Dan and Danielle Ingram stepped into the Executive Director roles at Circle Square Ranch near Austin Manitoba on November 1, 2015. Dan and Danielle both hold degrees in Recreation Management and Dan a Master of Divinity (youth ministry) from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia where they met in 1999. For 14 years they served with Inter

Murray and Carol Honsberger Completed ministry with Wycliffe Bible Translators Papua New Guinea Home church: Altona EMMC, Manitoba Murray & Carol Honsberger This new year will bring many changes for us as we retire from Wycliffe Bible Translators at the end of January 2026. I think it may take a good while before we feel truly settled. However, it is not hard to get used to seeing deer coming through our yard, and just this morning, several large red foxes came speeding by th

For more than a year, EMMC leadership has been in ongoing conversation with Pastor Washington Martin of the House of Prayer Church in London, Ontario, following his initial inquiry about joining the EMMC. Over this time, the two groups have met regularly—twice in person and several times by video conference—to build understanding and explore next steps. At the March 2025 General Board and Council meetings, General Council authorized the Board to continue these discussions. In