Equipping No. 92 January 2009
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Miriam Tshimanga is responsible for this issue of Equipping.

Happy New Year to all of you.
Having enjoyed raising my baby boy to a happy toddler last year, I am also glad to be back at work at Mennonite Church Canada. This equipping has lots of up-to-date information for your church. Enjoy!

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

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

Mennonite Church Canada

• Faithfulness within crisis – Robert J. Suderman (pastors, leaders)
• Mennonite Church Canada Annual Report (for congregational meeting planners)
• Mennonite Church Canada Annual Video Update Script (video available at youtube.com/watch?v=OCtq6xZT7iM, for congregations, newsletters, congregational meeting planners)
• Prayer, Notes & News – Jan 2009 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners)
  • Web version to view
  • PDF version to print
• Mennonite Church Canada Ministry Highlights for 2008 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners)
• Saskatoon 2009: Adult Assembly poster* (for bulletin boards)

Christian Witness

• Celebration Story January 2009 Philippines - A most beautiful way (for bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)
• Invitation: Experience the Church in China firsthand! (pastors, leaders)
• Letter from Native Ministry + promotional card “Reaching up to God our Creator” (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
• Is your congregation ready for a pandemic? See the cards* and vist the Church Pandemic Resources website (for church leaders, mission committees, etc.)

Support Services

• Farewell – Pam Peters-Pries (for administrators, pastors, leaders)

Christian Formation

• MC Canada 2009 Wall Calendar*(additional copies are available on request from the Resource Centre)
• Resource Update: (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
• Online Children’s Stories (based on lectionary readings; for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committee, librarian etc.)
• Lent at Home 2009 – Our Lives are in Your Hands (for pastors, worship planners, teachers, education committees, librarian).
• Parish Paper: (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
  • January
  • February
• Special Sunday Worship Resources (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
  • Stewardship Sunday, January 18 resources
  • Mennonite World Fellowship Sunday, January 25 – Come Together in the Way of Jesus Christ. We invite you to join your brothers and sisters in five continental regions in marking World Fellowship Sunday on January 25, 2009.
    • Order of Worship.pdf
    • Additional Stories.pdf
    • Moses Mayordomo Meditation.pdf
    • Chipa Recipe.pdf
  • Church Education Sunday, February 1st – These worship resources are designed to assist in your worship planning for Church Education Sunday. On this Sunday we give thanks, pray for and emphasize the educational ministry of the Mennonite Church’s schools, from elementary through graduate levels.

Extending our faith . . .

• Faith and Life Resources* (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, etc.) Spring 2009 Order form
• Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (for bulletin board, leaders)
  • AMBS Summer courses, May-July, 2009 *
  • Kentucky Holy Land Pilgrimage*

*hard copy only

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.