Rachel Bergen, former Menno Simons Centre alumnus and Young Voices Co-Editor, interviewed PGIMF attender Victoria Pelletier for the June 17, 2015 issue of the Canadian Mennonite entitled, Where are the young board members? (5 tips from young Mennonites who serve on boards).
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Spring 2015 e-newsletter
Read our Spring 2015 e-newsletter featuring stories about: new promo video, PCDA vision decision, Menno Simons Centre application deadline approaching, January retreat at Hemlock, Abendmusik Vesper Choir’s Lenten services, spreading the potluck tradition, and more!
“Over and over again” – devotional for Lent by a former MSC Residence Coordinator
Former Menno Simons Centre Residence Coordinator Kathryn Schmidt (now Adjunct Professor of Music at Goshen College in Indiana) wrote a devotional for Lent at “Over and over again” based on Psalm 51 and Psalm 119.
Abendmusik Lent 2015 – Mar. 7 & 8
This Lent Vespers service features 60 minutes of uninterrupted choral singing, congregational hymns, meditative responsive readings and prayers. The 26-voice chamber choir will be conducted by our Music Director, Michael Murray, organist and Director of Music at St Philip’s Anglican Church in Vancouver and founding member of Vancouver’s musica intima. During an organ offertory, an offering will be taken in support of the Choir and The Menno Simons Centre, a residence for the 23 Christian university students attending Vancouver’s various universities and colleges.
- Saturday, March 7, 2015, 8:00 pm, Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, 3386 Mount Lehman Road, Abbotsford, BC
- Sunday, March 8, 2015, 8:00 pm, St. Philip’s Anglican Church, 3737 West 27th Ave, Vancouver, BC*
Please note our new venue in Vancouver!
For maps and directions, see pcda.bc.ca/avc-choir/vespers-schedule/
Fall 2014 e-newsletter
Read reflections from new and returning residents about finding community when you’re far from home — what has it meant to live at the Menno Simons Centre — in the 2014 Fall e-newsletter.
Abendmusik Advent 2014 – Nov. 29 & 30
This Advent Vespers service features 60 minutes of uninterrupted choral singing, congregational hymns, meditative responsive readings and prayers. The 26-voice chamber choir will be conducted by our Music Director, Michael Murray, organist and Director of Music at St Philip’s Anglican Church in Vancouver and founding member of Vancouver’s musica intima. During an organ offertory, an offering will be taken in support of the Choir and The Menno Simons Centre, a residence for the 23 Christian university students attending Vancouver’s various universities and colleges.
- Saturday, November 29, 2014, 8:00 pm, Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, 3386 Mount Lehman Road, Abbotsford, BC
- Sunday, November 30, 2014, 8:00 pm, Knox United Church, 5600 Balaclava at West 41st, Vancouver, BC
For maps and directions, see pcda.bc.ca/avc-choir/vespers-schedule/
Potluck Barbeque, Sun. Sept. 7
Welcome to the new residents of the MSC for Fall 2014! On Sunday, September 7th, the church which meets in our chapel (Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship, a.k.a. PGIMF) invites you to join them for a BBQ of farmer sausage and veggie burgers. The worship service starts at 10:30am and lunch will be served afterwards. Meet the founders of the society that bought the building 28 years ago and get to know the students who have just moved in!
Happy Easter from the students at the Menno Simons Centre!
Read the March 2014 Issue 4.0 of our e-newsletter. Spring is here and excitement is in the air! The students of the Menno Simons Centre are wrapping up their term and using more Internet bandwidth than ever. Is it homework, or is it YouTube – or both, in the case of TED talks?
Currently Accepting Applications!
Great news! Summer 2014 and Fall/Winter 2014/2015 registration is now open! Click on the link provided to apply to live in the Point Grey area, (with a view of the ocean) at the Menno Simons Centre today!
Abendmusik Vesper Choir – Lent 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014, 8:00 pm
Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, 3386 Mount Lehman Road, Abbotsford, BC
Sunday, April 13, 2014, 8:00 pm
Knox United Church, 5600 Balaclava at West 41st, Vancouver, BC
Abendmusik continues its 22nd season with a traditional Lent Vespers. You and your friends are cordially invited to attend this event which features 60 minutes of uninterrupted choral singing, congregational hymns, meditative responsive readings and prayers. The 26-voice chamber choir will be conducted by our Music Director, Michael Murray, organist and Director of Music at St Philip’s Anglican Church in Vancouver and founding member of Vancouver’s musica intima. During an organ offertory, an offering will be taken in support of the Choir and The Menno Simons Centre, a residence for the 23 Christian university students attending Vancouver’s various universities and colleges.