News and Events

The 3rd Annual Charity Motorcycle Ride in support of MCS is fasting approaching!
$25 per person and $15 per passenger and the registration deadline is May 31st!

The MCS Annual Banquet (previously Auction Promotion
Dinner) is an evening to enjoy a catered meal of local eithnic
fare: Perogies and Farmers Sausage.
Hear the Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer speak and learn
more about Mennonite Community Services and what we are
doing in our community.
Tickets can be purchased at the MCS front desk.
16 Talbot St E. Aylmer.

Abram’s Last Christmas in Canada is a fictional story told by Gerhard Ens. It’s Christmas morning 1921. Abram, a 12-year old Mennonite boy, struggles to understand why his family must emigrate to Mexico.

Pictured is a homestead of a Mennonite settler in South Tofield, Alberta, 1920-30s. On March 1, 1922 at 11:00AM the first train carrying Mennonite settlers departed Plum Coulee, Manitoba, Canada destined for San Antonio de Arenales, Chihuahua, Mexico. During 1922-30 some 25,000 Mennonites immigrated to Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Abram’s Last Christmas in Canada (pdf file)