The Messenger Index: 2017
AN EDUCATION APP
Questions That Arise From Franz Jägerstätter (March)
A READER’S VIEWPOINT
Normal Time Is Not Wasted Time, Diana Peters (January)
Let’s Be Careful What We Teach Children! Irene Kroeker (March)
ARTICLES
Our Reformation Heritage: Protestant and Radical, Terry M. Smith (January)
Jesus: Tempted Like Us, Dr. Ed Neufeld (January)
Using the Apostles’ Creed in Worship, Kim Muehling and Paul Walker (January)
Christians Need to be More Shrewd, Michael Zwaagstra (March)
Children and the Church (Part One): A Search for Comfort, Dr. Harvey Plett (March)
Martin Luther and the Anabaptists, Dr. John J. Friesen (March)
Transformed by the Word, Dr. Hanspeter Jecker (May)
Dr. Ed Neufeld: Will You Love as Paul Asked of the Philippians? Reilly Smith (May)
When You Find Yourself in the Minority, Ralph Unger (May)
Rethinking Mother’s Day, Heidi Dirks (May)
God Gets the Glory for 50 Years of Church Growth in Nicaragua, Ken Zacharias (May)
Children and the Church (Part Two): Safe in the Kingdom of God, Dr. Harvey Plett (May)
Change: Wrong Reasons, Right Reasons, and Two Considerations, Dwight Plett (July)
Abundant Springs 2017: Carrying a Bit More of Jesus With Us, Jaime Loewen (July)
Conversion Stories of Martin Luther and Menno Simons, Dr. Terry Hiebert (July)
Inviting Healthy Change, Gord Penner (September)
10 Things Not to Say to a Grieving Parent, Angelyn Kuiper (September)
Menno Simons, Remembered and Forgotten, Terry M. Smith (September)
Please Don’t Make Me Read the Genealogies, Bob Tice (November)
Simeon’s Wish List, Eric Isaac (November)
Letters to the Family: A Mother’s Treasure, Arlene Friesen (November)
Eight Ways Preachers Can Harm the Depressed, Dr. David Murray (November)
EMC Ministerial Explores Unity: Cultivated, Not Fabricated, Phil and Lydia Hamm (December)
Council Embraces Change, Grapples With Reality, Terry M. Smith (December)
NLCF Holds Service of Reconciliation, Pastors Kevin Wiebe and Jacob Enns, (December)
CHURCH NEWS
Aberdeen (July)
Airdrie (March, November,)
Blumenort (September)
Braeside (July)
Crestview (May, November)
Fort Garry (March, July)
Good News (September)
Heartland (September, November (two),)
Hillside (November)
Kleefeld (March, September)
Leamington (March)
MacGregor (November)
Pansy (January, September, November)
Picture Butte (March, September, November)
Portage (May, September)
Prairie Rose (May, November)
Redcliff (November)
Roseisle (September)
Stony Brook (March, September (2x))
Swan River (May)
Taber (September, November)
Treesbank (January, March)
Wymark (May)
CONVENTION
Change: Wrong Reasons, Right Reasons, and Two Considerations, Dwight Plett (July)
The EMC Moderator’s Closing Comments (July)
Delegates respond to Survey Results, Restructuring Proposal (July)
EMC ministerial ponders role of deacons—past, present, and future (July)
Elections (July)
Inviting Healthy Change, Gord Penner (September)
EDITORIALS
A History We Stand Upon (January)
Work Together? (January)
Salespersons and Young Pastors (March)
About the Widow’s Coins (March)
Boundaries and Freedom (May)
Don’t Care About Theology? (May)
How Creative Will We Be? (July)
TIES: Building Church-Conference Links (July)
Relating to Others Through Senua’s Sacrifice (September)
Questions Asked Near a Mirror (November)
Advent is a Time for Adventure (December)
Advent is a Time of Grief (December)
FOCUS ON
Dissecting ‘catholic’ in the Apostles’ Creed (March)
Praising the Lord for Cornerstone Fellowship Church! (September)
FURTHER IN AND HIGHER UP (Layton Friesen)
You Can’t Make This Up (January)
It’s Hard to be Good When Everyone Else is Doing It (March)
Could I Love the World as Jesus Does? (May)
I’m Assuming (July)
Suffering the Corinthians (September)
Racist Pigs (November)
HERE AND FAR AWAY
From Here to Far Away (May)
Indispensable (July)
The Same Last Year and Next Year (September)
Scandalous (November)
KIDS’ CORNER
Try Something New (January)
A Lion or a Lamb (March)
In May (May)
Celebrate Canada! (July)
A is for Apple (September)
Are You Balanced? (November)
LETTERS
Directives on Treating Foreigners, Irma Janzen (January)
A Great Article! Helen Teichroeb (January)
What To Do With Our Bodies? Gordon Dyck (January)
Poorly expressed, well expressed, W. Kruse (May)
Thank you, EMC, for The Messenger! Bethany Matejka (July)
Silence Needed in Sanctuary, Jake K. Friesen (September)
Seeking Peace Between North Korea and the U.S., Hyoungjin Kim and Terry M. Smith (November)
Respect, Yes, But More Than Silence is Needed in the Sanctuary, Suzanna Hopcraft (November)
MISSIONS
Paraguay: Erna Plett (January)
Mexico: Phil and Lydia Hamm (January)
Bolivia: Caroline Krahn (January)
Paraguay: Chris Kroeker (March)
Winnipeg: Andrew Reimer (May)
Fort Chipewyan, Alta: Arlyn van Enns (September)
Bolivia: Bill Kehler (September)
Papua New Guinea: Tim Schroder (September)
Mexico: Les Kroeker (September)
Kenya: Melvin Peters (September)
Paraguay: Joanne Martens (November)
Brazil: Dwayne Klassen (November)
NATIONAL
Proposed Statement of Faith Receives High Support (January)
Council approves budget and ponders wider relationships (January)
The EMC Moderator’s Closing Comments (July)
Delegates respond to Survey Results, Restructuring Proposal (July)
EMC ministerial ponders role of deacons—past, present, and future (July)
Elections (July)
Convention Hightlights (July)
Abundant Springs 2017: Carrying a Bit More of Jesus With Us, Jaime Loewen (July)
EMC Ministerial Explores Unity: Cultivated, Not Fabricated, Phil and Lydia Hamm (December)
Council Embraces Change, Grapples With Reality, Terry M. Smith (December)
NEWS ITEMS
Changes at The Messenger (January)
Bowden prison walk-a-thon for CFGB a success (January)
PTS expanding Anabaptism courses, offers AS Track (January)
Povology resource launched during Conference Council (January)
New Leaders’ Orientation on March 18-19 (January)
Famine ‘a tragic reality’ in South Sudan, according to UN (March)
Did You Know [MCC}? (March)
CFGB deals with a ‘troubling contradiction’ (March)
Want to get more from The Messenger? (March, May)
News about subscription prices (March, May)
Rolf and Angela Kruse are PUC’s Alumni of the Year (May)
CFGB responding to Rohingya refugee crisis (November)
Persecution past and present (November)
EMC graduate (November)
OBITUARIES
Tina (Plett) Reimer, 1924-2016 (January)
Henry Nick Epp, 1936-2017 (March)
Melvin Barkman, 1944-2016 (March)
Rev. John K. Reimer, 1919-2016 (March)
Rev. John Reimer (1919-2016): A Tribute (May)
Peter Klassen, 1943-2015 (May)
Neil Klassen, 1954-2016 (May)
Walter George Kruse, 1945-2017 (July)
Ellen Plett, 1921-2017 (July)
POEMS
Jesus Did It All For Me, Elmer Hamm (July)
Gratitude at Christmas, L. Marie Enns (November)
REFORMATION REFLECTIONS
What Happens When a Student Disagrees With a Mentor? (January)
Felix Manz and a Sympathetic Pastor (March)
A Reformation Fantasy (May)
Earlier Voices for Church Reform (July)
An Ugly Incident Over Communion (September)
Thomas Müntzer: Too Easily Dismissed (November)
STEINBACH BIBLE COLLEGE
Dr. Ed Neufeld: Will You Love as Paul Asked of the Philippians? Reilly Smith (May)
SBC graduates 44 in 2017 (May)
Conversion Stories of Martin Luther and Menno Simons, Dr. Terry Hiebert (July)
SBC launches Pursuit discipleship school (September)
Letters to the Family: A Mother’s Treasure, Arlene Friesen (Nov)
SEMINARS SHARED
Same-Sex Attraction and Pastoral Care (May)
STEWARDSHIP TODAY
A Lesson on Sharing (January)
Preventing Prodigals (March)
Giving as Protest (May)
What is Your Passion? (July)
It’s Better to Give! (September)
Contagious Generosity (November)
Grateful Today (December)
WINDOW ON MISSIONS
EMC Board of Missions approves Special Projects at its June meeting (July)
WRITINGS SHARED
Katherine Willis Pershey, Very Married: Field Notes on Love and Fidelity (March)
Palmer Becker, Anabaptist Essentials (July)
Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (September)
