Equipping No. 71 November/December 2006 a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Jennifer Rempel is responsible for Equipping.

Blessings to you as you enjoy the next few months of planning and celebration.

In this issue of Equipping you will find resources to help bring you into through the Christmas season and into the new year. There is a letter from Jack Suderman on Unity and Diversity in the Church as well as updates on what is happening in the global church through the Celebration Stories.

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 –
  • November 2006 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, bulletin boards)
    • PDF Version to download
    • Web version to browse
  • December 2006
    • PDF Version to download
    • Web version to browse
• Unity and Diversity in the Church – Jack Suderman (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)
• Wall Calendar *– Contact Jennifer Rempel for extra copies (for pastors, planners, administrators, foyers)
• Web Site Tips and Tools – November 2006 (for leaders and church web site administrators) [51 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Witness

• Tempted by Babel, Reaching for Pentecost – Janet Plenert (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)
• Multi-cultural Ministry Newsletter: Autumn 2006 – Samson Lo (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)
• Celebration Story – Burkina Faso: A Community’s Healing Growth (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)]
• Celebration Story – Kazakhstan, Central Asia: The Man With the Bright Green Name Tag (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)

Christian Formation

• An Unlikely Blessing – Sven Eriksson (for pastors, bulletin boards, and church newsletters)
• Resource Update: November/December 2006:10 (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, church administrator, etc.)
• Walls: Divine and Dividing: Season of Prayer Resource (for worship planners, leaders, pastors, and educators)
• The Parish Paper – July – December 2006 *(for pastors, bulletin boards, and church newsletters)
• Kids Helping Kids (for children’s ministries) [326 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• KidsPak – The Language Gift (for children’s ministries)
• Love’s Revelations – 1st Advent 2006 – Epiphany, 2007 (for worship planners, leaders, pastors, and educators)

Extending our faith . . .

• Mennonite Publishing Network
  • Announcement (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, church administrator, etc.) [38 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Adult Education, Leadership & Worship 2006-2007 Catalog * (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, church administrator, etc.)
  • Winter 2006 – 2007 Catalog * (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, church administrator, etc.)
  • Purpose October 1, 2006 * (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, church administrator, etc.)
  • Purpose November 5, 2006 * (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, church administrator, etc.)
• The Evangelical Fellowship if Canada: Canada Watch – Fall 2006 *
• Canadian Mennonite University: Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology: Prayer *
• Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary: Pastors Week: Meeting Jesus in Popular Culture *
• Mennonite World Conference - World Fellowship Sunday 2007
  • Coverletter (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)
  • Worship with Boldness – Logo (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)
  • Worship with Boldness – Worship Materials (for worship planners, leaders, pastors, and educators)

* Hard copy only

See your Church resource coordinator for these items.

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.