Equipping No. 90 October 2008 a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Alice Pound is responsible for this issue of Equipping.

Here is the October edition of Equipping which includes many stories and valuable resources for use in your church.

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

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

Mennonite Church Canada

• Vignettes from ministry: The church at work – Jack Suderman (for pastors, leaders) [PDF file]
• Prayer, News and Notes - October 2008 (for bulletin announcements,newsletters, worship planners)
  • PDF version for download [PDF file]
  • Web version to view

Christian Witness

• Celebration Story:
  • October - Philippines: Coffee for Peace (for bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters) [PDF file]

Christian Formation

• Life-giving Formation – Dave Bergen (for pastors and congregational leaders) [PDF file]
• Resource Update: October 2008 No. 8 (for bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, library, church newsletter) [PDF file]
• Worship Resources for Advent at Home 2008 – Let your face shine! (for pastors, worship planners, teachers, education committees, librarian, etc)

Extending our faith . . .

• Faith and Life Resources (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, etc.)
  • Faith & Life Resources Update - October [PDF file]
  • Faith and Life Winter 2008-09 Sunday school order form [PDF file]
  • Gather 'Round Newsletter Winter 2008-9 [PDF file]
• Herald Press - News Resources for October 2008 (for pastors, teachers, library, education committee, etc.) [PDF file]
• Mennonite Central Committee - Peace Sunday Packet 2008 – On Earth as in Heaven – Praying for Peace (for pastors, worship planners, education committee, teachers etc.) [PDF file]

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.