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Prayer Requests:
Consider praying for the work of the Church! |
Announcements:
Stay in tune with the wider church |
Ministry Notes:
This is how your financial support of Mennonite
Church Canada is ministering...from across the street to around
the world! |
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September 7 |
Scott Bergen, Dorothea Toews and
Rebecca Willms will
leave for Paraguay this month on behalf of MC Canada to assist with
Mennonite World Conference (2009) preparations. Pray that this cross-cultural
service and learning experience will open windows on the nature of
God’s global church and help these young adults to discern
their own place within it. |
Where’s Waldo? Check
out the photo gallery from this summer’s Mennonite Church Canada
Assembly and People’s Summit for Faithful Living at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/534 and see if you can spot anyone from your congregation. |
The Mennonite Heritage Centre
Gallery began operating
as a fulltime exhibition space in August 1998. We thank God for 10
good and growing years and anticipate, with continued donations,
an exciting next 10 years. This fall we look forward to exhibitions
reflecting on art by victims of violence in cooperation with MCC,
on Mennonite suffering in Russia and on women with breast cancer,
in a third Faces of Courage portrait exhibit by Betty Smith, this
one opening on the artist’s 81st birthday. |
| September 14 |
On this day, Mennonite Church Canada
celebrates the Sunday Schools within our congregations. Pray that
God’s wisdom and understanding will flow through leaders and
teachers to bless and encourage the students in their care. Praise
God for the ministry of teachers and leaders in our congregations
who nurture the faith of people of all ages! |
Find out what kids think it means to be Mennonite–and
catch up on a few other 2 minute video vignettes of this summer’s
Mennonite Church Canada Assembly and People’s Summit for Faithful
Living at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/534. |
Mennonite congregations depend on the availability
of biblically-based study and learning resources to nurture the faith
of people of all ages. Thank God for the ministry of Mennonite
Publishing Network, and for the teachers and leaders in our congregations who
use resources such as Gather ‘Round, Adult Bible Study guides
and other learning materials to increase faith, wisdom and understanding.
Thank you for your support of these important ministries. |
September 21 |
Hyo Sook Yun recently completed a one-year term with
MC Canada Winnipeg staff through Mennonite Central Committee’s
International Visitor Exchange Program and has returned home to South
Korea. During her stay, Hyo Sook produced over a fifteen video titles
for MC Canada, all of which have been posted to You Tube (see www.youtube.com/mennonitechurchca).
Pray that God will bless Hyo Sook during this time of transition
and help her discern the next step in her journey of discipleship. |
Check out the first episode
of the 2nd season of Church Matters podcast at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/158. |
Tim Froese, Executive Director of International Ministries,
together with Wilmer Martin, President of TourMagination will lead
a Learning Tour to Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay in conjunction with
Mennonite World Conference in 2009. Participants will visit and learn
about Anabaptist churches in South America and meet MC Canada Witness
partners in variety of locations. Thank you for your support of these
Witness partners! |
| September 28 |
Pray for continued encouragement and support for Lucy
Roca, church planter of several newer Quebec congregations, and pastor
of an emerging Spanish-speaking Mennonite congregation in Sherbrooke,
Quebec. |
MC Canada Witness Workers at home for North American
Ministry (NAM) recently gathered at Mission Seminar for orientation,
debriefing and fellowship. They shared stories of growth, transformation
and encouragement from around the globe. Thank you for your continued
support that allows MC Canada to send these workers abroad, ministering
to the world and building God’s global church. |
