Equipping No. 52 January 2005
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

For this edition of Equipping we are introducing a special way to celebrate Christmas with a Difference, as well as sending you the 2005 MC Canada wall calendar, information about the new On-line Congregational Database, and information regarding what has been happening in MC Canada. If you have any questions or comments, please call me at 1-866-888-6785 (888-6781 local) or email: . Enjoy!

Thanks…

Can you help us ensure that these items reach the right people? Thanks! Jennifer Rempel – Equipping Coordinator.

Inside this issue of Equipping:

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer, notes and news (for your bulletin announcements/newsletter/bulletin board)
  • January PDF Version to download [39 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • January Web version of Prayer, Notes and News
• Christmas with a Difference (for your bulletin announcements/newsletter/bulletin board)
  • Poster [71 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Brochure [157 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Prayer Week Material – Praying over the broken body of Christ
• 2005 MC Canada Calendar
  • Printed version**
  • Online Version
• Letter from Director of Communications – Dan Dyck
  • On-line Congregational Database

General Secretary’s Office

• Letter from general secretary Dan Nighswander (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders,)
  • Lifting the Vision [51 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Formation

• Letter from the Denominational Minister – Sven Eriksson (For pastors, church leaders and your bulletin board/newsletter)
  • Struggling as a good thing [56 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Resource Update (For librarians, educators, Sunday School Teachers, Pastors and Church Leaders)
  • No. 1 Highlighting Resources for Sunday school, Family Ministry & Worship [204 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Witness

• Letter from the Executive Secretary – Robert J. Suderman (For pastors, church leaders and your bulletin board/newsletter)
  • Reflections on change [59 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• A Moment for Celebration by Gordon Janzen (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders)
  • China - Celebration Story: “After the class” [74 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Mission Action Profiles (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders)
  • Botswana - 1 copy on a half page [29 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Israel - 1 copy on a half page [30 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Combined Botswana and Israel - on a full page [35 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Speakers Bureau 2005 [36 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Extending our faith…

• Faith & Life Resources (For leaders, educators, and Sunday School teachers)
  • Spring 2005 Catalog form [934 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Spring 2005 Order form [97 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

(**Please note: hard copy only, contact your church office)

Note about PDF documents:

Trouble cutting & pasting from Acrobat PDF files? The newest version of Adobe Reader lets you select the exact amount of text you want, even from documents that contain columns (older versions of Reader selected text line by line across all columns – a process that would jumble text and challenge even the most patient user). Download the latest FREE version of Adobe Reader with this link.

• To select text from a PDF document, choose the “I” beam Select Text tool from the Adobe Reader tool bar at the top of the screen, and highlight the text you want to copy from the document. Copy it. Then paste it into your bulletin or other document.
• To select images from a PDF document, choose the "Select Image" tool from the Adobe Reader tool bar at the top of the screen, and highlight the image you want to copy from the document. Copy it. Then paste it into your bulletin or other document.