Equipping No. 77 June 2007a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Miriam Tshimanga-Maenhout is responsible for this issue of Equipping.

Greetings to everyone!

Jack Suderman is sharing some observations in terms of leadership issues in the church during the God’s People Now! Tour as well as at a symposium of AMBS. And he would like to hear your ideas about leadership too!

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!

Miriam Tshimanga – Equipping Coordinator

Inside this issue of Equipping:

• Resource Centre listing for this issue

Mennonite Church Canada

• God's People Now! Phase II - Jack Suderman (for bulletin boards, leaders, and church newsletters)
• Prayer, News and Notes – June 2007 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, bulletin boards)
  • PDF Version to download
  • Web version to browse
• Online Registration for Abbotsford 2007 is available at www.mennonitechurch.ca/events/abbotsford07 (for delegates, leaders, pastors)

Christian Witness

• On becoming a global church… – Janet Plenert (for bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)
• Celebration Story – South Korea: Who is Your Family? (for bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)

Christian Formation

• Resource Update: June 2007: No. 6 (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian etc)

Extending our faith . . .

• Mennonite Publishing Network:
  • New from MPN: June 2007
  • Fall 2007 Catalogue/Order form (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, church administrator, etc

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.