Equipping No. 68 July / August 2006 a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Jennifer Rempel is responsible for Equipping.

Greetings to you in these glorious summer months. I hope you are enjoying some time in the sun.

This issue includes some great news about updates made in the Resource Center. Look for tips and guidelines regarding Pastor’s salaries for 2007 as well as the Fall 2006 Faith and Life Resources catalogue.

If you have questions or comments, please call 1-866-888-6785 (or locally, 888-6781) or email me at . Enjoy!

PS: Can you help ensure that these resources reach the right people? Thank you! Jennifer Rempel – Equipping Coordinator

Inside this issue of Equipping:

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer, News and Notes – July & August 2006 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, bulletin boards)
  • PDF Version to download
  • Web version to browse
• Touched by angels – Jack Suderman (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)

Christian Witness

• Celebration Story – Cross Lake, Manitoba – Celebrating the Church Family (for congregational story-telling, church newsletters…)

Christian Formation

• Denominational Minister Reflection – Sven Eriksson (for pastors, bulletin boards, and church newsletters)
• Reflections on Communion – Dave Bergen (for pastors, bulletin boards, and church newsletters)
• KidsPak – Drawin’ Together for Peace (for worship planners, teachers, and pastors)
• KidsPak Poster (for bulletin boards, Sunday school teachers)*
• Resource Centre increases services! (for pastors, bulletin boards, educators, planners, and church newsletters)
• Resource Update: July-August 2006, No. 7 (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, church secretary, etc.)
• Gather ‘Round Worship Resources
• Give what you’ve got! – Young Adult Fellowship Retreat Poster (for young adults, bulletin boards, and church newsletters)

Support Services

• Human Resources Tools – Kirsten Schroeder (for pastors, church secretary, treasurer)
  • MC Canada Pension Plan Update
  • 2007 Pastor’s Salary Guidelines
    • Memo of Understanding
    • Background & Tips
    • Pastor’s Annual Salary Worksheet, 2007

Extending our faith . . . *

• Faith & Life Resources (for leaders, educators, and Sunday school teachers)
  • FLR Fall 2006 Catalogue/Order form
  • Mennonite Bulletin Series
• MEDA – Set the Pace: Business as a Calling 2006 (for leaders, bulletin boards, and church newsletters)
• Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (for pastors, bulletin boards, and church newsletters)
  • Pastor Sabbatical Program

* Hard copy only- see your Church resource coordinator for this item.

Note about Resources

All new resources are being added to the Resource Centre Catalogue, where you can use keyword searches to find the resource you need.

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.