First Mennonite Church

Please join us at to celebrate Easter on Sunday April 5 at 9:30am for a free continental breakfast. RSVP at 780-436-3431.

Tomorrow is the big day! It's our 29th Christmas Craft Fair and Bake Sale from 9:30-3:30. Pop by for the cookie walk and bake sale, sit for minute over a coffee and cinnamon bun, enjoy live music at 2:00, and of course, shop with our fantastic crafters!

Handbags at Bancroft Bagworks
Faeries, earrings, charms, and art prints at Faerie Wing Trinkets (https://faeriewingtrinkets.carrd.co/)
Resin art, jewelry, ornaments, metal art
Christmas decor
Christmas cards
Interactive photo albums
Knit, crochet and sewn items
Camp Valaqua swag
Village Goods fair trade handmade products
Fiction and non-fiction books
Massage oils and tea (have a chair massage while you are there)
Jams, marmalades, and preserves
Jelly and beeswax fire starters
Water colour paintings

Bring your own shopping bag to be entered into our Christmas Draw!

It's that time of year! Our Christmas Craft Fair is fast approaching.

Upcoming Christmas Events:
Saturday, December 21, 7:00pm: Longest Night Service. Scripture, music, and quiet meditation to remember losses, acknowledge grief, and pray for light and hope. This service recognizes that for some the Christmas season may be a time of sadness rather than "tidings of good cheer".

Sunday, December 22, 9:30am: Christmas Fellowship and Hymn Sing. Join us for hot chocolate and fellowship followed by a hymn sing in the sanctuary. For the hymn sing, we’ll be sitting in parts (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) for easier 4-part harmony singing. Zoom participants can join in at 10:35 to sing a few carols.

Sunday, December 22, 10:45am: Worship service.

Tuesday, December 24, 7:00pm: Christmas Eve service. Come hear the Christmas Story told through word and song.

Wednesday, December 25, 10:45am: Christmas Day service. Join your church family as we open the gifts of Christmas!

If you'd like to join any of the services via Zoom, please contact the church office.

Don't let the snow stop you from coming to the awesome handcrafted market and picking up your Christmas baking, or sir with coffee and a delicious cinnamon bun! If you come for lunch, we have hot dogs as well. Gluten free options available. 3650 - 91 street NW. We're open until 3:30.

Christmas Craft Fair and Bake Sale
Saturday, November 23, 9:30-3:30
Free Admission! Handmade Crafts, Bake Sale, Cookie Walk, Cinnamon Bun and Coffee Café, and hot dogs for lunch.
Bring your own shopping bags and be entered into a Christmas prize draw.
First Mennonite proceeds go to our Refugee Fund.
For more information call 780 436 3431.

Christmas Craft Fair and Bake Sale
Saturday, November 25, 9:30-3:30
Free Admission! Handmade Crafts, Bake Sale, Cookie Walk, Cinnamon Bun and Coffee Café, and hot dogs for lunch.
Bring your own shopping bags and be entered into a Christmas prize draw.
First Mennonite proceeds go to our Refugee Fund.
For more information call 780-436-3431.

We are still looking for a few crafters of homemade goods. Call if you are interested.

We're Hiring!
Inviting applications for two pastoral positions for a combined FTE of 1.5 - 2.0.

First Mennonite Church is excited to build a new pastoral team that works along with our church community to help us grow as a community of grace, joy, and peace. We are a multi-generational, urban church of approximately 180, with Anabaptist theology and principles guiding us. God has called us to be an inclusive, affirming, Christian community. Congregants are actively involved in church ministries and programs. The new pastoral team will share pastoral responsibilities in a manner that fits with their skills and gifts.

For information or to apply, please contact: Ruth Friesen, Search Committee Chair ([email protected], 780-910-2573) or Tim Wiebe-Neufeld, Mennonite Church Alberta Executive Minister ([email protected], 780 994-1021).

More information about First Mennonite Church is available at: https://edmontonfirst.mcab.ca/

Join us tonight (September 30) at 7:30 for an outdoor viewing of Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up. It is a 1 hour and 38 minute documentary released in 2019 that relays the
story of the killing of Colten Boushie and his family's pursuit of justice.
Many of you will remember the headlines of that violent Saskatchewan confrontation.
Any and all are welcome! Bring your chair, a mask, perhaps a hot drink in a thermos (but no sharing!). Wear many many layers.

Lets together honour Canada's first Truth and Reconciliation Day.

This fundraiser is for the parents and siblings of a young Syrian Muslim woman that was married at our church a few years ago. Raghda's mother has serious health issues. Her in-laws are some of the first Syrians that Mennonites brought to Edmonton. She and her husband met in Lebanon where they were volunteers in refugee relief work. Please help if you can.

Help Reunite Syrian Refugee Family, organized by Nhung Tran-Davies At the height of media attention to the humanitarian crisis in Syria five years a… Nhung Tran-Davies needs your support for Help Reunite Syrian Refugee Family