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Ron Friesen ended his ministry Sept. 1 as pastor of young adult ministries at Forest Grove Community Church in Saskatoon, after serving one year. He began serving Oct. 1 as the young adults and youth ministries pastor at Northview Community Church, Abbotsford, B.C. Previously, he was senior youth pastor for eight years at Willingdon Church, Burnaby, B.C., youth pastor for a year at Fraserview MB Church in Richmond, B.C., and youth pastor for eight years at Dalmeny (Sask.) Bible Church and part-time youth pastor at Bethany Baptist Church in Omaha, Neb. He has a B.Sc. from Grace University in Omaha and an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Ill. He and his wife Nancy have four children: Cody, 7, Luke, 6, and Mikayla and Janaya, both 4.
Ken Reddig has been appointed director of Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba, effective Nov. 15. For the past two years, he has been director of Mennonite Heritage Centre in Winnipeg, the archives for the Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Previously, he worked for the Manitoba provincial archives for eight years, was the director of the Centre for MB Studies for the Canadian MB Conference for 12 years, taught at MB Bible (Concord) College, was interim pastor of Minot (N.D.) MB Church for one year, taught at MB Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg for three years and served with MCC in Jordan and France for three years. He has an M.Div. from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind., an M.A. in history from the University of Manitoba and a B.A. from Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan. His wife Willa teaches French at MBCI. They have two grown children. The Reddigs are members of McIvor Ave. MB Church in Winnipeg.
The Historical Commission of the General MB Conference has announced the winners of the 1999 P.M. Friesen History Essay Contest. Jeanine Janzen, studying at MB Biblical Seminary in Fresno, Calif., is the winner of the graduate school/ seminary division with her paper, “Co-Labouring in the Gospel: Implications for the Mennonite Brethren churches of India and North America.” This paper is part of her thesis for an M.Div. Dora Dueck of Winnipeg is the winner of the college/ university undergraduate division with her essay, “A Dear Visit: The Zionsbote as a discourse of Mennonite Brethren in Russia and America.” The essay was written for a course at the University of Winnipeg. Tanya Peters of Winnipeg is the winner of the high school division with her essay, “Detour to the Promised Land: The story of three sisters.” The essay was written for a Mennonite history class at MB Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg. Each winner will receive $100 US for her entry. The P.M. Friesen History Essay Contest was established in 1992 to encourage original research and writing by students. Judges of the entries are members of the Historical Commission.
Every morning July 19-23, 132 children ages 5-12 gathered for vacation Bible school in Scott Street MB Church in St. Catharines, Ont. They were taught about being citizens of God’s community based on Veggie Tales materials. Throughout the week, they visited five sites where biblical concepts such as overcoming fear, accepting others, doing what is right, forgiving others and serving others were taught. One site, the food bank for City Mission, taught them about the joy of giving. Also during the week, a women’s class studied the same biblical principles, and the junior high youth met for evening sessions. Hildegard Wall directed the VBS program, assisted by 45 volunteers.
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