The Meaning of Easter – Holy Week
/in Community News, Family and Friends/by Sharon SimpsonEaster is celebrated by over 2.3 billion Christians in the world. For 40 days, Christians anticipate the death and resurrection of Jesus in a time of Lent. This ends on Palm Sunday which is the start of the Holy Week. The end of the Holy Week brings Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ death and Easter Sunday, His resurrection.
Menno Place Video: Welcome Home
/in Explore Our Campus, Family and Friends, Move to Menno Place/by Danielle KinvigExplore the Menno Place Campus of Care in Abbotsford, BC!
Hymn Stories – December 2024
/in Family and Friends/by Danielle KinvigThe origins of this carol date to medieval times. The Latin verses were discovered in the mid 1800s by an English minister named John Mason Neale, who translated and wove them together to produce “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” Neale is also the author of the carol, “Good King Wenceslas,” and the Palm Sunday hymn, “All Glory, Laud, and Honor.” Find out more about this poet, scholar, and director of a home for the elderly.
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Hymn Stories – November 2024
/in Family and Friends/by Danielle KinvigOverwhelmed with God’s creative brilliance, Folliot S. Pierpoint wrote this poem, “For the Beauty of the Earth.” He intended it primarily for Communion services in the Anglican Church, but when it jumped the Atlantic, it quickly became associated with the American Thanksgiving holiday. Find out more about this hymn!
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Hymn Stories – October 2024
/in Family and Friends/by Danielle Kinvig“My soul cried for deliverance, and God’s unlimited promises stood out like stars above me. But I wasn’t willing to pay the price.” The author of “Standing on the Promises,” Russell Kelso Carter, author was an athlete, educator, rancher, preacher, and physician. Find out more about his captivating testimony of surrender.
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Menno Place is Music Care Certified!
/in Family and Friends/by Sharon SimpsonWe are delighted to announce that Menno Place is the first long-term care home in Canada to be Music Care Certified!
Grandparent’s Day Was a Huge Success!
/in Events, Family and Friends/by Sharon SimpsonOn September 7th over a thousand people came to Menno Place to celebrate Grandparents Day!
Hymn Stories – September 2024
/in Family and Friends/by Danielle KinvigCecil Frances Alexander wrote the hymn, “All Things Bright and Beautiful” as a song for children to explain the phrases and truths of the Christian faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed. This series of hymns was published in 1848 in “Hymns for Little Children.” It became one of the most successful hymn-publishing projects in history, going through over one hundred editions.
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Hymn Stories – August 2024
/in Family and Friends/by Danielle KinvigHelen H. Lemmel, the author and composer of the beloved hymn, “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus,” lived to the age of 97. Her long life was spent looking up, seeing Jesus, and reflecting His radiance to others. Find out more about the incredible woman who wrote over 500 hymns and children’s songs.
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MENNO PLACE CAMPUS
Menno Place Campus is one of the largest senior's care campuses in British Columbia. There are 700 seniors living on 11 acres across from the Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Menno Place is governed by the Mennonite Benevolent Society which founded faith-based seniors care on this location in 1953.
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32945 Marshall Road
Abbotsford, BC V2S 1K1
604.859.7631
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