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July
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Prayer Requests:
Consider praying for the work of the Church! |
Witness Notes:
This is how your financial support of Mennonite
Church Canada WITNESS is ministering...from across the street to
around the world! |
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July 4, 2006 |
This is the week when the Mennonite Church Canada
delegates meet in Edmonton. Important discussion and discernment
will take place. One discussion has to do with our MC Canada’s
response to the desire by some congregations to have membership
only in the Area Conference. Another has to do with developing a
process for using scripture to focus our annual planning. Please
pray for both of these items in particular and the success of the
Assembly in general as delegates from across the country meet to
discern God’s will for the church.
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Witness Workers: Sudermans from China and Buhlers
from Macau have just arrived in Canada. Pray for them as they move
to various locations in Canada and the US, for the time with people
in their home context, and for their sharing and learning during
their North American Ministry. |
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July 9, 2006 |
The Mennonite Church Canada Assembly ended on Friday
of this week. Please pray that the spirit of goodwill and unity
that was present there will become present in every person and congregation
across our country. |
Annual Assembly in Edmonton has just come to an
end. The Ramsays were able to share about their work in Mongolia
and the Buhlers shared about their work in Macau. Your support enables
the Buhlers and the Ramsays to minister in these countries and share
these experiences with congregations here in Canada. |
| July 16, 2006 |
Witness Workers on North American Ministry and some staff of Mennonite
Church Canada are attending Mission Seminar in Indiana this week.
Please pray for good fellowship and learning as new workers prepare
to leave for assignments and returning workers decide how best to
share their experiences in ministry. |
Witness Workers Phil and Julie Bender arrived from China at the
beginning of this month. They have wrapped up another academic year
at Chongqing University and are ready to share stories of faith-sharing
and relationship building. Their ministry is made possible because
of your support. Thank you. |
| July 23, 2006 |
Native Assembly 2006 is being hosted by the Poarch Community
of Atmore, Alabama on July 24-27. Please pray for the attendees’
safety while travelling, guidance for workshop speakers and leaders,
and for good fellowship and sharing. |
Three programs at the Zaporozhye Bible College will be accredited
and four new programs are now accepted on candidate status. Your
prayer and fi nancial support have contributed toward the education
and ministry that the college provides in Ukraine. |
| July 30, 2006 |
Some students of the Zaporozhye Bible College, Ukraine are participating
in summer ministries including a missions outreach in Kazakhstan.
Please pray for the students’ preparation and support during
this time. Thank God for the growing ministry of the college. |
The Living Water Church in Borabur, Thailand together with Witness
Workers Pat and Rad Houmphan are thankful that their purchase of property
for a future church building has been approved. Thank-you for the
support that has made this church growth in Thailand a reality. |
August
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Date |
Prayer Requests:
Consider praying for the work of the Church! |
Witness Notes:
This is how your financial support of Mennonite
Church Canada WITNESS is ministering...from across the street to
around the world! |
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August 6, 2006 |
Dan Nighswander and Yvonne Snider-Nighswander are
beginning as Witness Workers in South Africa. Teaching theology,
supporting the Africa Initiated Churches and HIV/AIDS ministries
are all part of their new assignment. Please pray for them as they
adjust to their new context and pray for the ministries in which
they work. |
Daniel and Joji Pantoja are Witness Workers in the
Philippines where they prepare and equip Christian peace-building
team leaders, provide social assistance, and are establishing a
peace community centre. It is your support that makes their work
in the Philippines possible. |
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August 13, 2006 |
Rod and Kathi Suderman and family are returning
to China, as full time Mennonite Central Committee coordinators
and Mission Associates with MC Canada. They will be expanding their
work in China and will have close contact with China Educational
Exchange. Please pray for the Sudermans during this time of transition
as they adapt to their new role. |
Phil and Julie Bender, Witness workers, are fi
nishing up their North American Ministry and returning to China
during the last week of August. Thanks to your support they can
continue to be seed-sowers of faith as they answer questions about
Christ, as they build friendships, and as they teach English. |
| August 20, 2006 |
Summer camps play an important role in nurturing the growing faith
of children. As the camping season comes to a close, give thanks for
the spiritual growth of children in your congregation, and for the
leadership provided by youth and adults in this ministry of faith
formation. |
Jeff and Tany Warkentin are new Witness Workers to Burkina Faso
this year. Your fi nancial and prayer support makes it possible for
them to assist in a Mennonite church plant in Ouaga and to form relationships
to university students in the local church. |
| August 27, 2006 |
As churches across the country begin their Fall Christian education
programs, pray in particular for those in your congregation who
will be teaching. Pray that the Holy Spirit might use the new Gather
‘Round curriculum to enlighten the minds and open the hearts
of young and old as they begin another season of learning together. |
MC Canada supports Connexus, a language institute operating
as part of the Korea Anabaptist Center’s educational ministry.
Thanks to your support Connexus is able to provide a valuable English
teaching ministry with a community atmosphere. |
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