June Equipping alert

May 21, 2002
Winnipeg, Man.- The June issue of Equipping Canada is in the mail! (Equipping Canada is an information packet sent to all Mennonite Church Canada congregations ten times per year.)

Equipping Canada offers resources, ideas, and news for all 250 Mennonite Church Canada congregations. It's for anyone and everyone: lay leaders, Sunday school teachers, small groups, adult education leaders, pastors, treasurers, church councils, youth and young adult leaders, worship leaders, and perhaps even you!

If you've never seen it, ask your pastor or church secretary for it, or test drive it at Resources» Equipping. Highlights in the June issue of Equipping Canada include:

• Notes from general secretary Dan Nighswander: Saskatoon 2002, publishing transformation, staff changes, and personal notes.
• "Are you sometimes preoccupied?" Reflection and announcements by denominational minister Henry Paetkau
• "What happens when a church grows up?" A skit for two voices from the congregational partnerships office.
• Resource Centre Updates
  • No. 9 - Summer reading for Congregational and Pastoral Leadership
  • No. 10 - Highlighting resources for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
• Library Life #8, for church librarians
• "It's about networking!" Reflection and announcements by Formation executive secretary Justina Heese.
• Assembly Sunday worship resources for churches [135 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• The Parish Paper - Not available online
• "Good Times, Good Topics!" A seminar sampler for Saskatoon 2002
• Witness Notes for church bulletins
• Mennonite Church Canada Prayer Requests
• Information about special gifts and keepsake items available at Saskatoon 2002
• Mennonite Heritage Centre memo re: archiving church bulletins