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Sunday@CMU: January 2021

Theme: Covered in the Dust of our Good Teacher

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing a sermon series from Cheryl Braun. Cheryl is a former principal of Mennonite Collegiate Institute in Gretna, MB and is now the pastor at Glenlea Mennonite Church in Glenlea, MB. She is also a current student in CMU's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry. Throughout this series, she will explore Paul's letter to the Colossians and his invitation to consider how we clothe ourselves as people of God.

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Sunday@CMU: December 2020

Theme: The Canticles of Luke's Gospel

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are journeying together through the season of Advent. In these weeks leading up to the celebration of Jesus' birth, we will be exploring the canticles of three characters in the Gospel of Luke—Zechariah, Mary, and Simeon—who awaited a Saviour and sang of God's faithfulness, mercy, and salvation. And finally, we will celebrate Christmas Day!

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Sunday@CMU: November 2020

Theme: Gathered at the Table

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing a new series of meditations from Kathy McCamis. Kathy is Associate Pastor at Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, and she is an alumna of CMU's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry. Her series explores who Jesus ate and talked with, and who we welcome to our table.

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Creation care as career: spotlight on alumni farmers (part 4 of 4)

"This is my evangelical plea to any 20-something malcontents among you: stop wasting anger on The Corporation and The Conservatives and get some chickens instead." – Nicholas Rempel

Nicholas Rempel has been working on chemical-free farms in Manitoba for seven growing seasons. Along with Arianna Hildebrand of this series' last feature, and James Magnus-Johnson, founder of the CMU Centre for Resilience, Rempel is a former board member of Fireweed Food Co-op. Through 2014 and 2015 he studied International Development Studies (IDS) at CMU, and in 2016 he became a founding member of Natural Collective, a small farm and CSA located just outside Niverville MB. He is also a wry-humoured rogue.

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Creation care as career: spotlight on alumni farmers (part 1 of 4)

Why more and more CMU alumni are including small-scale agriculture in their life-paths, during and after school.

This year the CMU Farm celebrates its 10th anniversary season. And while the challenges of COVID-19 have reshaped things for the farm, from celebration plans to daily operations of their CSA project, Autumn's work is largely unaltered: harvest season proceeds apace, and the steward Metanoia Farmers' collective are already forming their plans for next season.

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Sunday@CMU: October 2020

Theme: Stories from the Mennonite Heritage Archives

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from Conrad Stoesz. He will be sharing stories that have been preserved in documents and artifacts in the archives, which he also presents on his radio segment, Still Speaking. Conrad is the archivist at the Mennonite Heritage Archives, affiliated with CMU, where he has worked since 1999. He is also an alumnus of Canadian Mennonite Bible College, one of CMU's predecessor colleges.

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Sunday@CMU: September 2020

Theme: Naming and Dismantling Walls of Privilege; Seeing the Other as Beloved

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from Arlyn Friesen Epp. He performs several monologues and dramatic retellings of scripture, which explore naming and dismantling the walls of privilege that separate people. Arlyn is the Director of CommonWord, a Bookstore and Resource Centre jointly operated by CMU and Mennonite Church Canada.

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Sunday@CMU: August 2020

Theme: Voices of the CMU Community

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from voices of the CMU community. This includes the student speeches from this year's C. Henry Smith Oratorical Peace Contest, Face2Face On Air segments created by communications and media students, and performances from this year's 15th annual Verna Mae Janzen music competition.

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CMU choir continues to connect during cancelled tour

From April 27 to May 4, the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Singers were to spend a week singing and travelling across the country, all the way from Manitoba to British Columbia. Unfortunately, the choir tour had to be cancelled—one of the many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But that didn't stop the choir from connecting. Instead of boarding a bus every morning, the singers were greeted daily by a new email from Dr. Janet Brenneman, Associate Professor of Music and conductor of the CMU Singers.

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Sunday@CMU: July 2020

Theme: Journeying Through the Psalms

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are rebroadcasting a sermon series by Janet Peters. She explores the Psalms, a biblical book that encompasses the whole range of human emotions and experiences, and how they can help us in our lives and faith journeys. Janet is an alumna of CMU's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry and the Associate Program Director of Camps with Meaning, Mennonite Church Manitoba's camping ministry.

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