Workshop

Voices Together: A Celebration of Church Song

Timothy Saari — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:57:29 +0000

Voices Together: A Celebration of Church Song Timothy Saari Mon, 10/17/2022 - 14:57

WK United Mennonite Church Hymn Festival

Please join us for a celebration of the diversity of church song in the Voices Together Hymnal, complete with congregational singing. Sing hymns and worship songs from German Mennonite, African American, Laotian, Ethiopian and other Christian traditions along with other lovers of church song.This event is supported by the Institute of Music and Worship at Conrad Grebel University College, hosted by Kate Kennedy Steiner and Mark Diller Harder, and will feature Jan Overduin, Matthew Boutda, Brandon Leis, APC Worship, and other excellent church musicians. All are welcome to come and participate. Masks are encouraged.

PACS-Grebel MCC Blanket Exercise

Timothy Saari — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:47:13 +0000

PACS-Grebel MCC Blanket Exercise Timothy Saari Wed, 09/14/2022 - 10:47

A painting representing various Indigenous cultures, made by Kelsi Bartake, Jordan Raymond and grade 12 students, Bethlehem Catholic High School, Saskatoon, SK, from Canadian Commission for UNESCO.

Friday, September 23, 9:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m, Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College

The Peace and Conflict Studies Department and Grebel Student Services are inviting you to participate in the Mennonite Central Committee's Blanket Exercise Event to observe Peace Week. Drinking water and snacks will be provided.

Registration required: Maximum of 40 participants. Closes 1 pm, September 22, 2022.

Register here

About the Blanket Exercise

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is a workshop that explores the nation-to-nation relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Blankets arranged on the floor represent land and participants are invited to step into the roles of First Nations, Inuit and later Métis peoples. The workshop helps people to understand how the colonization of this land impacts those who were here long before settlers arrived. It engages people’s minds and hearts in understanding why the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples is often broken and how we can take action together (source: KAIROS Canada).

View "The Blanket Exercise" on Vimeo

Source: KAIROS Canada.

June Art Classes with Yulia Balobanova

Grebel Communication — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:06:19 +0000

June Art Classes with Yulia Balobanova Grebel Communication Thu, 05/26/2022 - 09:06

Art Classes

Try your hand at something new! Join Brubacher House 2022 Artist-in-Residence Yulia Balobanova for a fun series of June workshops as we capture the beauty of Brubacher House with pastel. No painting experience necessary— Yulia will guide us through the entire process from start to finish.

Event Details/Registration

Paint Brubacher House! Register Here
Sat, June 4 / 3:30-6:00 PM
Adults and youth ages 11+
Fee: $50

Still-Life: Fascinating Artifacts (for kids) Register Here
Sat, June 11 / 3:30-5:00 PM
Kids ages 6-10
Fee: $25

Still-Life: Fascinating Artifacts (for adults/youth) Register Here
Sat, June 18 / 3:30-6:00 PM
Adults and youth ages 11+
Fee: $50

For more information, visit the event's page.

2022 Bechtel Lecturer: Dr. Sofia Samatar

Margaret Gissing — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:01:00 +0000

2022 Bechtel Lecturer: Dr. Sofia Samatar Margaret Gissing Wed, 11/10/2021 - 12:01

In the last two years, instructions to "shelter in place" became familiar around the globe as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This lecture considers what it means to shelter in place, not just in terms of emergency management, but as a deliberate practice with ethical and ecological effects. What do poets, walkers, and weather observers teach us about the value of dwelling in place? What does shelter look like for those who are forced to leave their homes? And when prevented from staying in place, how can a person dwell? Is it possible to shelter in time?

Lecture: On Dwelling: Shelters in Place and Time
Thursday, March 10, 7:00 PM (Virtual)
Register here to save your spot for this virtual lecture

Dr. Sofia Samatar is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories, the short story collection, Tender, and Monster Portraits, a collaboration with her brother, the artist Del Samatar. Her works have received several honours, including the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and the World Fantasy Award. A graduate of Goshen College and former Mennonite Central Committee volunteer in Egypt and South Sudan, she now lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she teaches African literature, Arabic literature, and speculative fiction at James Madison University. Her memoir The White Mosque, forthcoming in October 2022, shares what she learned about identity and border-crossing from the history of a Mennonite village in Central Asia.