Mennonite Historical Society of Canada comes to Calgary

The MHSC and MHSA are having a combined public evening that everyone in the Calgary is welcome to attend.  Local arrangements chair, Peter Penner writes that "the purpose of this evening is to extend our knowledge of the people doing Mennonite history in the provinces".  This will be a great opportunity to learn about the Global Anabaptist and Mennonite Encyclopaedia Online (GAMEO), a project of the MHSC that MHSA is actively involved in. 

Representatives from many other Mennonite history organizations will be with us - from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.  And, Dr. Arthur Kroeger will speak on his family history just published by University of Alberta Press and launched this eveniung. Dr. Kroeger’s book will be available for sale and autographing.

Come early to get a good seat!

• Location:  First Mennonite Church, just West of Crowchild Trail and south of 26 Avenue SW, Calgary
• Date:  January 17, 2006

Program:

• Welcome from MHSA (Peter Penner) and First Mennonite Church (Marwin Thiessen)
• Corpus Christi Male Chorale
• History Society Reports from MHSA (Vince Friesen), GAMEO (Bert Friesen), and MHSC (Ken Reddig)
• Corpus Christi Male Chorale
• Offering for MHSA
• Congregational Song
• Speaker: Dr. Arthur Kroeger, Ottawa, author of Hard Passage: A Mennonite Family’s Long Journey from Russia to Canada, introduced by Ted Regehr, Calgary, First Mennonite Church
• Corpus Christi Male Chorale
• Expression of Thanks and Invitation (Dick Neufeld) to Reception (First Mennonite Helping Hands)