Equipping No. 79 September 2007a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

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

Greetings to everyone!

Warm summer greetings to everyone!

In this electronic copy of Equipping you can read about some significant meetings that have taken place the past months. Some of you were at the Annual Assembly in Abbotsford and have experienced the positive mood and Spirit first hand, but for those who were not, you can find many stories in this Equipping.

Jack Suderman writes about another church meeting he attended and he concludes with the following wise words:” Whether Anglican or Mennonite, the key question for the church today continues to be: What does it mean to be a faithful Christian church in our time and in our place?”

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

Mennonite Church Canada

• Reflections on the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod 2007 – Jack Suderman (pastors, leaders)
• Bylaws or Covenant? – Pam Peters-Pries (for administrators, pastors, leaders)
• Prayer, News and Notes – September 2007 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners)
  • PDF to Download
  • Web Version to view
• Valley Tab – The daily news sheet of the 2007 Annual Assembly in Abbotsford (church libraries, bulletin boards, etc.) [Large File - Best with High Speed Internet - 5,580 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Witness

• Celebration Story – Thailand – Under God’s Construction (for bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)
• CPT: Peacemaker Congress IX “Tearing Down Walls...Restoring Communities...” (for anyone interested in peacebuilding) [762 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Formation

• Publishing Sunday worship resource - Sept. 23 (for pastors, worship planners and leaders) [119 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Heritage Sunday worship resource - Oct. 28 (for pastors, worship planners and leaders) [623 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Mission Sunday worship resource - Nov. 11 (for pastors, worship planners and leaders) [203 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Advent at Home 2007 resource – (for worship planners, teachers, families)
  • Printer Version [Large File - Best with High Speed Internet - 3,050 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files] pages ordered for double sided printing
  • Reader Version [1,770 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files] pages ordered for normal printing
• REMINDER: Please update your Mennonite Church Canada Online Directory by the cut-off date of Sept. 28, 2007 (for office administrators, pastors, leaders, church council chairs) [46 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Resource Update: September 2007 No. 8 (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, librarian, etc)

Extending our faith . . .

• Mennonite Publishing Network
  • New from MPN [464 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Winter 2007 Catalog/Order form (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, etc.) [2,070 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• AMBS: Announcements (for teachers, pastors, education committees) [75 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

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.