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Prayer Requests:
Consider praying for the work of the Church! |
Announcements:
Stay in tune with the wider church |
Witness Notes:
This is how your financial support of Mennonite
Church Canada WITNESS is ministering...from across the street to
around the world! |
| September 4, 2005 |
Pray for an easy transition for George & Tobia
Veith and family as they return to Macau, joining Tim & Cindy
Buhler in strengthening the church and its presence in a city known
for its gambling and prostitution. Pray for the Veith children as
they begin attending a new school. |
A Retirement Dinner for Walter Franz, Director of
Native Ministry, is being held Tuesday, Sept. 20th, 6:30 pm at Sargent
Ave Menn. Church in Winnipeg, MB. All are invited. RSVP requested
by Sept 16th.
Phone: 1-866-888-6785 or 888-6781 or Email: witness@mennonitechurch.ca
Letters or messages may be sent to MC Canada if you are unable to
attend. |
Pat and Rad Houmphan, MC Canada Witness workers,
have just returned to Thailand after a one year North American Assignment.
Your support in their next term will purchase land and a building
for the Living Water Church in Burabur, Thailand, expand local economic
development and further church planting activities. |
| September 11, 2005 |
Pray for churches around the world who are providing
an alternative to violence, showing God’s way of love and
acceptance of all peoples. Pray especially for the Mennonite Church
in Colombia where they are responding to injustices and pain by
taking in broken people, providing healing and hope for a better
world. Pray that we might follow their example of faithfulness. |
A Retirement Dinner for Walter Franz, Director of
Native Ministry, is being held Tuesday, Sept. 20th, 6:30 pm at Sargent
Ave Menn. Church in Winnipeg, MB. All are invited. RSVP requested
by Sept 16th.
Phone: 1-866-888-6785 or 888-6781 or Email: witness@mennonitechurch.ca
Letters or messages may be sent to MC Canada if you are unable to
attend. |
Sherry Peters of Manitoba is beginning a term in
Belfast, Northern Ireland where she will be assisting in peace and
reconciliation work between the Catholic and Protestants. Your support
assists MC Canada be a peace witness to troubled neighbourhoods
around the world. |
| September 18, 2005 |
The leadership in the Native Ministry program of
Mennonite Church Canada Witness is undergoing changes as Walter
Franz retires and Neill & Edith von Gunten prepare to take on
the responsibilities. Pray for a smooth transition and strong ministry
of leadership development, constituency education, facilitating
partnerships and networking. |
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The church in Niedergoersdorf, Germany continues
to resource its people and the neighbourhood as it ministers holistically
through worship and social services. Your prayer and fi nancial
gifts help provide leadership to the congregation through Witness
workers Jake & Dorothy Unrau. |
| September 25, 2005 |
Publishing Sunday
The Christian nurture of children, youth and parents depends on appropriate
curriculum and study materials. Pray for the writers and producers
of the new Gather Round material to be introduced in 2006. Remember
Anna Speicher, project director and editor for this project as well
as the various writers and planners who are devoting their gifts to
this important mission of the church. |
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This weekend, Conference Ministers and Mission Leaders from across
US and Canada have gathered to worship God and for planning and resourcing
each other as church leaders. Your support strengthens the church
as their influence and inspiration reaches across the nations. |
