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Friday, January 31, 2020 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Bechtel Lecture in Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies: Film Screening

“Food & Faith: Mennonites Farming Locally and Globally”

Mennonite sociologist Winfield Fretz called farming the ‘sacred vocation.’  Even though fewer and fewer Mennonites are involved in it, we are all dependent on, if not blessed by it.  We used to talk together about farming and faith a lot more when more of us were farmers.  Maybe it’s time to talk again. 

Thursday, March 12, 2020 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

J. Winfield Fretz Visiting Scholar Lecture

"Where Moth and Rust Destroy: Archives and the Contest over Anabaptist Information"

David Neufeld stands in the grebel atriumArchives set the parameters of what we can know about early Anabaptists. Examination of archives’ own histories shows that, far from neutral repositories of historical evidence, these collections intensified conflict between early Anabaptists and their opponents. The management of information about nonconformists contributed to their repression, while Anabaptists’ documentary response supported their efforts to survive. 

Friday, March 27, 2020 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

CANCELLED: Absent Friends Film Series: The Fault In Our Stars

Fault in our stars screening invitation

Attend a film screening of The Fault In Our Stars and follow up discussion from 7:oo p.m.-9:30 p.m. at Grebel, as part of the Absent Friends Film Series. 

Based on The New York Times best-selling book by John Green, The Fault In Our Stars follows two adolescents living with cancer who fall in love. 

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 8:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Anabaptist Story Virtual Museum and Archive Tour

The Anabaptist Story Lives On: Virtual Museum and Archives Tour

Watch The Anabaptist Story Lives On: Virtual Museum and Archives Tour with Anabaptist museums, archives and heritage centres across North America. Beginning May 12 at 8 pm EDT and on Tuesday evenings following, watch 20 minute presentations followed by a chance to ask questions. Free Registration and More Information

Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

#MennonitesToo: Sexual Violence and Mennonite Peace Theology

2020 Benjamin Eby Lecture

The #MeToo movement has placed sexual violence in the spotlight and Mennonites are asking; “What does it mean to be people of peace when sexual abuse and assault is woven into the fabric of our own communities?” Through a survey of church periodicals, I will show that some Mennonites have been working on this topic for almost fifty years.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Hymnal Celebration with Sarah Johnson

Join the Grebel Community for a special virtual chapel service to celebrate the arrival of our new hymnal Voices Together. This special service is open to the public and will feature a homiletic reflection by Distinguished Alumni award winner Sarah Johnson. The service will include music and worship resources from Voices Together

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 8:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

The Cookie War: A Sweet and True Tale from the Mennonite Archives of Ontario

Three cookies baked by local Old Order Mennonite women in 1984 lie in a box at the Mennonite Archives of Ontario. How they came to be here involves a patent dispute, a famous cookbook author, and a series of events that inspired a stage production and screenplay. Perhaps this lighthearted tale holds some lessons for us today? Join Archivist Laureen Harder-Gissing to find out.

Thursday, March 11, 2021 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Bechtel Lecture 2021

Blackness, Whiteness and the Anabaptist 'Imagined Community' in Print and Mission

This lecture will premiere via YouTube on March 11 at 7:00 PM and is viewable without registration.

A virtual Q&A will follow, and requires registration to participate. Please register here to participate in the Q&A.