Don’t miss upcoming opportunities to see Ted & Company’s performance of DISCOVERY: A COMIC LAMENT coming to Seattle Mennonite Church on Saturday, February 16, and then to Albany Mennonite Church on Saturday, February 23. Both shows begin at 7:00pm. For details visit https://www.tedandcompany.com/events/discovery-a-comic-lament-seattle-wa/

Saturday, January 19, 2019 “MCC Service in Vietnam, A Personal Story: From War to Forgiveness”  Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Society’s Annual Meeting and program, Zion Mennonite Church. Guest speaker and Oregon native, Jessie Gingrich Hosteller from Portland Mennonite Church shares her experiences as an MCC volunteer in Vietnam (1966-68) which included being caught-up in the TET offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. She will also talk about her ongoing family relationship with that country. For some of us this war was lived experience, for others it is distant history. Come hear Jessie’s inspiring story of God’s love and protection […]

Zion Mennonite Church, 6124 S Whiskey Hill Rd, Hubbard, invites you to their annual Sing Your Own Messiah on Saturday, December 22 at 7:00pm. The event will be directed by retired Canby High School music teacher Tom Gingerich and include selections from Handel’s Messiah with accompaniment on piano and strings by members of the Stegmeier family. The production is free and open to singers and listeners, and sheet music is available to share. Donations gladly accepted to pay instrumentalists and soloists. Refreshments following. Zion has hosted this event annually for at least 16 years. Questions? Conatc zionmc@canby.com or 503-651-2274.  

It all started in the 1970’s, when missionaries of the Christian Missionary Alliance in what was then the country of Upper Volta asked their friends in the Mennonite Central Committee, also working in Upper Volta (the name was changed to Burkina Faso in 1984), if they could send missionary linguists to the southwestern province of Kenedougou, by the border with Mali and Ivory Coast. They saw the area as opening to the gospel, but they didn’t see any new missionary linguists of their own “coming down the pike.” MCC workers contacted Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, and soon, two young Mennonite missionary […]

Your continued prayers for the family and the congregation are appreciated. A funeral service will be held at Fairview Mennonite Church on Saturday, November 3, 2018, at 10:00 am. Rick Leroy Troyer passed from this earth into the arms of his Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, October 16th at 10am. Rick was born in Milford, NE to Cloy and Norma Jean Troyer on July 18th, 1955. He grew up in different states including Nebraska, Arizona, California and Oregon as his family moved across the country to the west coast. He graduated from Western Mennonite High School in 1973. It was in […]

Please join the PNMC community in praying for the family of Rick Troyer, Pastor of Western Mennonite Church, who died suddenly on the morning of October 16 while he and his wife, Joanie, were visiting their daughter in Phoenix, Arizona. Please pray for Joanie, their children, the extended family, and the Western Mennonite congregation. May God surround them with comfort and strength at this sudden and difficult loss.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to enjoy a joint performance by Heather Kropf and Michelle Milne on their Pacific Northwest tour: ABOUT MICHELLE Michelle Milne has worked as a performer, writer, director, and educator across the United States — including both coasts and regions in between. She has created multiple original theatre shows, including The Telling of the Bees (mixing science, technology, mythology, and honeybees), and For Those Who Cannot Fly (about our relationship to borders and walls). Currently, she is expanding the latter piece for touring as a new solo production titled Boundary Conditions. Michelle has performed her poetry […]

Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the life of Paul Robeson with special guest, Tony Brown, Saturday, October 27, 7pm at Portland Mennonite Church. This concert captures the essence of a monumental 20th-century figure, Paul Robeson. Robeson was an all-American athlete, scholar, international recording artist and star of stage and screen. Regarded as the best-known African American entertainer in the world during his lifetime, he was a courageous example of integrity and discipline in service of peace. The concert combines song (including “Old Man River”), narratives, news clips and excerpts from an interview with Robeson’s friend, the legendary folksinger/ songwriter Pete […]