Der Bote ("The Messenger") is a German-language Mennonite newspaper published 24 times a year in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by Mennonite Church Canada. As of 2006, it had approximately 2350 subscribers, down from 9000 in the mid 1970s, with circulation in North America, South America, Russia, Germany and other European countries. It plans to cease publication in June 2008.[LINK: http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/files/resources/equipping/50/Der_Bote_EHP.p.pdf] Every Home Plan (EHP) subscriptions for Der Bote for 2005[LINK: http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/news/releases/2006/09/Release04.htm] Celebration and winding down of Der Bote ministry. Der Bote was first published in 1924 as Die Mennonitische Immigrantenbote at Rosthern, Saskatchewan, to serve as a point of contact for German-speaking Russian Mennonites immigrating to Canada after World War I. In 1947, Der