Equipping No. 84 March 2008 a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Alice Pound is responsible for this issue of Equipping.

It is good to celebrate and pray together. Included in this issue of Equipping you can learn about and share with your congregation the prayer requests and celebration stories of faithful people here and in other parts of the world.

Mennonite Church Canada

• Lame from Birth – Jack Suderman (pastors, leaders)
• Prayer, News and Notes – March 2008 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners)
  • PDF version for download
  • Web version to view

Christian Witness

• Celebration Story - Chile: Celebrating and Reclaiming Anabaptist Roots - (for bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)

Christian Formation

• Preaching for Transformation - Dave Bergen (pastors, leaders, church newsletters)
• Resource Update: March 2008 No. 3 (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
• The Parish Paper*: (for pastors and congregational leaders)
• March [160 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• April [160 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Support Services

• Please note especially the following items in Prayer, News, and Notes:
• Registration information for MC Canada delegate assembly and the joint People's Summit, available March 30 (for office administrators, pastors, leaders, church council chairs)
• MC Canada prayer directory 2008-2009 edition Forming Disciples in a World of Witness will be available in July 2008

Extending our faith . . .

• Mennonite Publishing Network
  • Gather 'Round update of resources [824 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files](for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, etc.)
  • Summer Catalogue for Resources and Sunday School curriculum [1,400 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files](for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, etc.)
  • Summer Order Forms for Resources and Sunday School curriculum [192 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files](for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, etc.)

If you have questions or comments, please call 1-866-888-6785 (or locally, 888-6781) or email me at . Enjoy!

PS: Please help ensure that these resources reach the right people. Thank you!

Alice Pound – Equipping Coordinator

*Note from the editors of The Parish Paper:

Mennonite Church Canada's subscription to The Parish Paper gives you copyright permission to share it with your clergy, staff, lay leadership, and members—for local use—in any or all of the following ways: E-mail, U.S. Mail, enclosing or reprinting in your newsletter, distribution at your meetings or training events, and posting on your Website.

If you mail photocopies with your newsletter or other mailings—using your U.S. Post Office Nonprofit Mailing Permit—most local Post Offices require that every item carry your organization’s name and address. Above The Parish Paper masthead, type your congregation’s name, address, and “Photocopied by Permission.”

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.