This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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MHM Matinee Film Series: Through the Desert Goes our Journey
In-person
Film & videoDate and time
Location
Mennonite Heritage Museum, Theatre 2
1818 Clearbrook Road
Abbotsford, BC
Directions: Please register 604-758-5667, leave a message after hours. Check in at the Front Reception Desk when you arrive. Lunch in the Cafe: please mention when you register if you are planning to visit the MHM Cafe before the film. Lunch menu featuring borscht begins at 11:15am.
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
Join our Film Host in Theatre 2 located in our Main Exhibit.
Through The Desert Goes Our Journey uses many voices to tell a story of Mennonites who had believed a prophecy predicting the second coming of Christ at a specific date and time. The film discusses the beliefs around this event focusing on the Mennonites who embarked on a pilgrimage, 'the Great Trek', led by the “dramatic leader” Claas Epp.
(57 min) Agile Arts Production
Registration required, leave a message after hours: 604-758-5667. Free Admission, donations welcome.
Links
- Website mennonitemuseum.org
Organizer
Mennonite Museum Society
The Mennonite story is one of an enduring Christian faith throughout an often tumultuous history. The Mennonite sojourn from The Netherlands to Poland (later Prussia), and then to Russia (later the Soviet Union), is one of joy and sorrow, stability and turmoil. Persecution, exile, and martyrdom failed to extinguish the hope and perseverance that Mennonites have shown throughout their history. Settlement in Canada and, in particular, the Fraser Valley, has allowed the Mennonite story to take root and flourish.
The mission of the Mennonite Heritage Museum is to preserve and exhibit the stories of the Mennonites from their origins in the 16th century to their settlement in the Fraser Valley.
500 Years of Anabaptist History, from the 1500's to today.
This event is part of a hub:
City of Abbotsford: Hub of the Fraser Valley
City of Abbotsford Abbotsford, BCJoin the City of Abbotsford and our partners, as we host a series of free, interactive, and family friendly Culture Days programming and events across the City.