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For many generations the Ontario Mennonite Bible School and Institute (OMBS & I) was the focal point of church leadership and theological education. Young people from across Canada and the northern United States found their way to First Mennonite Church in Kitchener and participated in a program that shaped their faith and trained them for leadership.

When we sat down to discuss long range planning, the same topic came up over and over again – it was time for Grebel to expand,

says Paul Penner, Operations Manager at Conrad Grebel University College.

Conrad Grebel University College will be hosting a Peace week with John Sloboda, on October 15-16, 2003.

John Sloboda is an internationally recognized peace activist, British Psychology Professor and Iraq Body Count website creator. Within these venues at Waterloo/Conrad Grebel, he will talk about his peace networking and activist work. He also assisted Carol Ann Weaver in supplying names for her composition in memory of Iraqi civilian victims, Piece of a Rock, which will be performed in some of these events listed below. Sloboda's bio appears below.

For four decades, fresh faced young adults eager to make a difference in the world have called Conrad Grebel home. This dynamic group of university students from across Canada, the USA, and the world, regularly demonstrate how “unity” fits into community.