Menno Place Parking for Staff
Staff may only park in STAFF or FLEX parking spots. VISITOR parking is for VISITORS only. Please be particularly aware in the parking spots off of Brundige Ave at Entrance A, Menno Home. You can park at no-cost at the Lutheran Church on the corner of Ware and Marshall (2 blocks from Menno Place) as […]
Christmas Crossword Puzzle
For an easy-to-print version, download the crossword here. Answers will be posted next week.
2020-2021 Annual Report
Download Menno Place’s 2020-2021 Annual Report.
Are you wondering how you can help with the flood recovery?
MCC is set up to provide a response and relief for those who are impacted by the Great Sumas Prairie Flood.
Flu Shots – Get yours today!
It’s time to get your flu shot! Link to report your flu shot if you’ve already received it.
Congratulations to Asia Geier – Future LPN!
Congratulations to Asia Geier – Future LPN! Menno Place recognizes the importance of providing learning opportunities and funding to maximize the potential of our team members, through the Education Assistance Program. This program is funded by the Mennonite Benevolent Society. Asia has successfully applied and been granted funding through the Education Assistance Benefit to attend […]
Menno Place Purdy’s Chocolate – Christmas 2021
It’s beginning to taste a lot like Christmas! Save 25% off Purdy’s Chocolate when you order through the Menno Place group order. There will be no paper catalogs or order forms this year. Simply go online to the Menno Place Group Order form to place your order. Payment is done by credit card on the […]
Coping Through a Natural Disaster Emergency
The rain and flooding over the past week has been devastating for many of our team members at Menno Place. Coping through a natural disaster can be very difficult. People are dealing with their own losses and may also be supporting other people such as their children, neighbours and friends. This Information sheet from the […]
KNOWN ISSUE: EMAIL NOTIFICATION OF PAY NOT SENT TO ALL STAFF
Payroll is working as usual. Your pay will be deposited to your bank account as usual. Pay notices did not go out to every staff member. Click for more information.
Remembrance Day 2021
Today we pause to remember and lament the horrors of war. We remember Canadian soldiers who died in wars past: The First World War, Second World War, Korean War, Afghanistan War. We remember the young men – and also women – who never returned home. We remember their families, their friends and their communities. We […]
Dress Up Day Fun!
Thanks to all those who dressed up on Oct. 29th! There was great creativity and team spirit shown, even during these difficult days. Enjoy the costumes of those who took part. And the Winners are: Group Costumes – Social Workers – Dan Janzen and Kim Wiebe Individual Costume – Tonya Neufeld Congratulations to all!
Love It or Hate It – Thrills Gum
Thrills Gum – yes it still takes like soap! Does anyone like this? What memories does it bring back for you? Email Jeanette @ jeanette.lee@mennoplace.ca with the word Thrills in the Subject Line if you love it 🙂 Contest deadline November 15, 2021 Sponsored by the Wellness Committee at Menno Place
Time Change Reminder – Nov 7 2021
Time Change Reminder – November 7, 2021 at 2am. Remember to set your clocks BACK 1 hour. Standard time begins at 2am on Sunday.
Flu vaccinations at the Home and Hospital
Flu vaccination for residents and staff on their designated units are as follows: Menno Home West 1 on Friday, November 5th Menno Home East 1 and 2 Tuesday, November 9th. Menno Home West 2 on the Monday, November 8th Menno Hospital East 1 and 2 Wednesday, November 10th Menno Hospital West 2 Friday, November 12th. […]
Hymn Stories – May 2024
/in Important Update, NewsFew hymns paint such a vivd picture of God’s love as this one by Samuel Trevor Francis. Find out more about the hymn, O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus, and how its author experienced the mercy of God.
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Hymn Stories – April 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThis poem, written by an Irish woman named Jean Sophia Pigott, became the favorite hymn of J. Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China. Find out how the hymn Jesus, I am Resting, Resting helped strengthen the faith of an overwhelmed man near breakdown.
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Hymn Stories – March 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThe authors of the this month’s modern hymn are committed to creating a more timeless musical style that every generation can sing. Find out more about In Christ Alone by Keith & Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townsend.
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Hymn Stories – February 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThis month’s hymn is Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty penned by English minister, Reginald Heber, in the early 19th century. Heber was a gifted poet and hymnist who faithfully served his small congregation. After his death, his widow discovered he had written over 50 hymns. She succeeded in publishing his work and brought them to the forefront of the Christian community.
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Hymn Stories – January 2024
/in Important Update, NewsJanuary’s hymn is Trusting Jesus. This textually and musically simple expression of child-like trust in Jesus has met the daily spiritual needs of many of God’s people to the present time.
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Nominate a Team Member! Team Appreciation!
/in Important Update, NewsJanuary 25th will be a celebration of Service Awards and three categories of awards for staff members who are nominated for three awards recognizing Outstanding Contribution – click here to find out more
Hymn Stories – December 2023
/in Important Update, NewsJoy is the keynote of the entire Advent season, especially for the Christian, who realizes its spiritual significance – God Himself invading this world and providing a means whereby sinful man might live eternally. Joy to the World is generally considered to be one of the most joyous Christmas hymns in existence, not in the sense of merry-making, but in the deep and solemn realization of what Christ’s birth has meant to mankind. Find out more about this hymn by Isaac Watts.
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Hymn Stories – November 2023
/in Important Update, NewsI am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus is one of the child-like, but beautiful expressions from the soul of the esteemed English poetess, Frances Ridley Havergal, often referred to as “the Sweetest Voice of Hymnody.” Find out more about this hymn!
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Time Change Sunday November 5
/in Apartments, Events, HOME, HOSPITAL, Important Update, NewsDaylight Savings ENDS on Sunday November 5 at 2am.
Hymn Stories – October 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe writer of Count Your Blessings, Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr., was one of the important and prolific gospel song writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Find out more about this gospel song!
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Hymn Stories – September 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe Love of God, written and composed by Frederick M. Lehman by 1919, has its roots in a Jewish poem, written in Germany in the eleventh century. The Jewish poem, Hadamut, in the Aramaic language, has ninety couplets. Find out more about this gospel song!
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Hymn Stories – August 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe beloved gospel hymn, All The Way My Savior Leads Me, written by Franny Crosby was the expression of gratitude to God after a direct and peculiar answer to prayer. Find out more about this hymn!
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Hymn Stories – July 2023
/in Important Update, NewsWritten and published in 1833, O Worship the King, is considered one of the finest hymns from the early nineteenth century Romantic Era. It has often been called a model hymn for worship. Find out more about this hymn and its author, Robert Grant.
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Hymn Stories – June 2023
/in Important Update, NewsIt was in 1912 that C. Austin Miles was asked to write a hymn text that would be “sympathetic in tone, breathing tenderness in every line; one that would bring hope to the hopeless, rest for the weary, and downy pillows to dying beds.” Find out more about In The Garden.
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Hymn Stories – May 2023
/in Important Update, NewsJoyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, which is sung to the music of Beethoven’s “Hymn of Joy”, is generally considered by hymnologists to be one of the most joyous expressions of hymn lyrics in the English language. Find out more about this hymn inspired by the Berkshire mountains!
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COR Audit starts Monday!
/in COR, Important Update, NewsAre you ready if the auditor speaks to you? Review the Health & Safety Audit questions and answers! The audit takes place May 1 – 3, 2023.
Stop and Think – Managing Your Mood
/in News, Not Myself TodayCORky’s Back! – The COR Questions & Answers
/in COR, Important Update, NewsOn May 1 – 3, 2023, Menno Place will be having our annual COR Health & Safety Audit. You may be asked to meet with the auditor. Let’s all be ready! Watch your email over the coming weeks for review questions and answers to strengthen your COR knowledge.
SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT – THE COR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/in COR, News“You’re going to fly through this!” – CORky, the SAFETY HERO May 1-3, 2023 If you don’t know the answer, say, “I would ask my supervisor” Review the key COR questions: RESPONSIBLILTY Can you describe your health and safety responsibilities? Protect my health and safety and the health and safety of others Follow established safe work […]
Hymn Stories – April 2023
/in Important Update, NewsChrist the Lord is Risen Today was written by Charles Wesley in 1739 for the first chapel service held in a deserted iron foundry in London, England, which later became known as the Foundry Meeting House. Find out more about this hymn!
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