Equipping No. 54 March 2005
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

This edition of Equipping holds information on many new resources, a request for information updates, information regarding Charlotte 2005, and letters from Dan Nighswander, Dave Bergen, and Sven Eriksson. 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)
  • PDF Version to download [41 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Web version to browse
• Charlotte 2005 Letter [32 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Information Requests [43 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

General Secretary’s Office

• Letter from general secretary Dan Nighswander (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders)
  • Becoming a productive ministry [47 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Formation

• Letter from the Executive Secretary, Formation - Dave Bergen (For pastors, church leaders and you bulletin board/newsletter)
• Lent is a time of opportunity [48 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Letter from the Denominational Minister - Sven Eriksson (For pastors, church leaders and your bulletin board/newsletter)
  • Leadership Reflections [51 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Resource Update (For librarians, educators, Sunday School Teachers, Pastors and Church Leaders)
  • March 2005 No. 3 [328 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Witness

• A Moment for Celebration: A Mission Moment (For your reading aloud or including in church newsletter)
  • Celebration Story – Walter Franz, Director of Native Ministry [58 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Extending our faith…

• Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (For leaders, educators and Sunday School teachers)
  • Summer 2005 [154 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Faith & Life Resources (For leaders, educators, and Sunday School teachers)
  • Resource Update [92 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Summer 2005 Catalog [915 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Summer 2005 Order Form [137 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Jubilee (For leaders, educators, and Sunday School teachers)
  • Update: News and Notes about the Curriculum [63 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Note about PDF documents:

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• 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.