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July 2007
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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! |
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July 1 |
Please pray for representatives of congregations
across Canada who are meeting in Abbotsford, BC, July 3 to 6th
for the Annual Assembly of Mennonite Church Canada
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Calling all artists. Each year the Mennonite Heritage
Centre Gallery in Winnipeg hosts a juried exhibition open to artists
across Canada. This year’s theme is “human dignity”.
The deadline for submissions is October 10. For details contact
Ray Dirks at rdirks@mennonitechurch.ca. |
Pat and Rad Houmphan, Mennonite Church Canada Witness
Workers in Thailand, and Gerald and Rie Neufeld, Witness Workers
in Japan, began their North American Ministry in June. Thank you
for your continued support of the Mennonite church Canada ministries
in Thailand and Japan. |
| July 8 |
Thank God that International Mennonite Pastors
Coming Together (IMPaCT) 2007 was a success! Four pastors from
Brazil, Bolivia, and South Korea met with pastors from Alberta
and were hosted by congregations as they shared stories of challenge
and promise in the global church. Participants shared global perspectives
of the Spirit’s work in the church. Together the pastors
grew in their understanding of what it means to be a church around
the world. |
Does church really matter? Find out by tuning in to
Church Matters, a Mennonite Church Canada produced issues and interview
format radio program on the third Sunday of each month, at 8:45 am
CST on CFAM 950, Altona, AM 1250, Steinbach, and CJRB 1220 Boissevain,
or listen anytime at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/158. |
Five young adults are leaving to serve with Connexus
in South Korea this summer for a one-year term. Thank-you for your
support of Mennonite Church Canada Witness and its partnership
with Connexus, the English language institute that is associated
with the Korea Anabaptist Center. |
| July 15 |
Pray for Mennonite Church Canada Witness and Mennonite
Mission Network international workers and staff as they gather
in Pinawa, Manitoba on July 15-21 for a time of orientation prior
to assignments, North American Ministry, or term completion. |
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Siaka and Claire Traore, leaders from the Mennonite
Church in Burkina Faso, are in Canada this summer and have already
attended the Mennonite Church Canada annual assembly. Your generosity
makes it possible for international guests like Siaka and Claire
to enrich our national church’s global understanding and connections. |
July 22 |
Please pray for the Legesse family, Mennonite Church
Canada Witness Workers preparing to go to Ethiopia. Dianne, Fanosie,
and their two children Zach and Lydia, will travel to Ethiopia
in early August. They will serve as a bridge between the Mennonite
church in Ethiopia and Canada while Fanosie teaches at Meserete
Kristos college.
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Did you know that your congregation has an online presence
at www.mennonitechurch.ca/directory/? Check out your own congregation
or find others in the MC Canada community. |
The Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives is a ministry
that collects, preserves and makes available the records and stories
of the Mennonite church – its people, organizations and programs,
so that we can learn from the past and be guided in the future. Staff
assist many people within and beyond the church who long to understand
and connect with their family’s history and experience of God.
Your support of Mennonite Church Canada helps in part to cover the
costs of this ministry. Thank you. |
| July 29 |
Please pray for Cliff and Natasha Dueck, Witness Workers in Ukraine,
as they are preparing for summer camps. They are very concerned
about the lack of rain, intense heat, and lack of natural shade where
they usually operate their camps. Pray that God would supply this
Ukraine ministry with much needed camp staff and pray for a relief
from the drought in Ukraine that is adversely affecting crops. |
Did you know that your congregation has an online presence at www.mennonitechurch.ca/directory/?
Check out your own congregation or find others in the MC Canada community. |
Through visuals, news stories, displays, and videos, the MC Canada
communications team brings the stories of the wider church to your
door. We hope this material is both used and useful to congregations.
Your support makes this aspect of ministry possible. |
August 2007
Date |
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! |
August 5 |
Thank God that the completion of the first phase
of “Reaching Up to God Our Creator” curriculum. This
six-session curriculum project for older children and adults has
been developed by church leaders with European, Ojibway, Metis,
and Cree roots and is designed for use in Mennonite Church Canada
and Aboriginal Christian congregations. |
Does church really matter? Find out by tuning in
to Church Matters, a Mennonite Church Canada produced issues and
interview format radio program on the third Sunday of each month,
at 8:45 am on CFAM 950, Altona, AM 1250, Steinbach, and CJRB 1220
Boissevain, or listen anytime at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/158. |
The Laotian Mennonite churches
of North America are meeting in St. Catharine’s, Ontario in early August.
It is because of your support that the Multi-Cultural Ministry
of Mennonite Church Canada continues to grow and encourages Mennonites
from many cultural backgrounds around the country and the world. |
| August 12 |
Pray for Jeanette and Todd Hanson, MC Canada Witness
workers, as they and others give leadership to the Summer Language
Program in China this month. |
Does church really matter? Find out by tuning in to
Church Matters, a Mennonite Church Canada produced issues and interview
format radio program on the third Sunday of each month, at 8:45 am
on CFAM 950, Altona, AM 1250, Steinbach, and CJRB 1220 Boissevain,
or listen anytime at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/158. |
Jeff and Tany Warkentin, Witness Workers in Burkina
Faso, are thankful for the growing collection of books that they
now have as part of their ministry to the community. Because of
your support, the Warkentins are in a place to begin talks with
the church in Burkina Faso about developing other resources that
will help form potential leaders and to bring newcomers to the
church. |
| August 19 |
Tobia and George Veith, Witness workers in Macau,
are encouraged to see 35 to 40 people regularly attending the church’s
Sunday services. At this time, six people are considering being
baptized this summer. Please continue to pray for the Veiths and
the church in Macau as this small Christian community is challenged
to grow in faith and trust in Jesus. |
Did you know that your congregation has an online presence
at www.mennonitechurch.ca/directory/?
Check out your own congregation or find others in the MC Canada community. |
Hyo Sook Yun arrives in the Mennonite Church Canada
offices from South Korea this month. A volunteer with MCC’s
International Visitor Exchange Program, Hyo Sook will spend a year
in Winnipeg assisting with several Communications and International
Ministries projects. Your gifts to MC Canada create this opportunity
for Hyo Sook and the MC Canada Winnipeg staff to learn from each
other as brothers and sisters in the global church. |
August 26 |
A “Bridging the Gap” weekend is being
held at Siksika First nations in Alberta at the end of August.
Mennonite Church Canada Native Ministry asks that you pray that
this weekend of fellowship and worship will build positive Christian
relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. |
Did you know that your congregation has an online presence
at www.mennonitechurch.ca/directory/?
Check out your own congregation or find others in the MC Canada community. |
The Mennonite Heritage Centre
Gallery in Winnipeg is
a ministry of Mennonite Church Canada. The gallery proclaims that
artists in our congregations are God gifted and that those gifts
should be celebrated by the church. It specializes in working across
cultures and faiths, serving as a bridge to the mainstream for artists
from underserved communities and as a point of connection between
Mennonites and more recently arrived communities. The gallery offers
schools and churches multimedia presentations on the “daily
life” of members of the global church and the root cultures
of refugees and immigrants. Thank you for your support. |
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