Equipping No. 93 February 2009
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Miriam Tshimanga is responsible for this issue of Equipping.

“The road is dim; headlights are needed”. Jack Suderman writes in his letter how the Scriptures and counsel from Cuban friends can help us to move ahead as a church in this New Year. If you need an inspirational speaker for your church, you can use the Speakers’ Bureau list enclosed to invite someone to present or preach on a specific topic.

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

• Horizons and headlights… – Robert J. Suderman (pastors, leaders)
• Speakers’ Bureau list 2009 (for administrators, pastors, leaders, worship planners)
• Prayer, Notes & News – February 2009 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners)
  • PDF to download
  • Web page to view

Christian Witness

• Celebration Story February 2009 Botswana – Education and hope for vulnerable children (for bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)
• Reviving a Vision for Church Planting – Janet Plenert (for administrators, pastors, leaders, mission committees)

Christian Formation

• Resource Update February 2009 (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
• Youth Assembly Registration Forms will be sent out under separate cover to each congregation soon. You can also download the registration forms from www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/600. Feel free to make as many copies as you need from either the hard copy or electronic source. (for youth, youth pastors/leaders/sponsors)
• On line Children’s Stories (based on lectionary readings): electronic only, downloadable at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/126. (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committee, librarian etc.)
• Company of 1000 provides loans to support the training of pastors of the congregations of Mennonite Church Canada. Applications for the 2009-2010 school year are due on May 15, and are downloadable at: www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/135. (For pastors and prospective pastors)
• Lent at Home 2009 – Our Lives are in Your Hands, downloadable at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/732, with image files (for education leaders and worship planners). A hard copy was in the January 2009 Equipping.
• Special Sunday Worship Resources (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
  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. This resource is downloadable on the Mennonite Church Canada web-site at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/492

Extending our faith . . .

• Faith and Life Resources (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, etc.)
  • Update February 2009
  • ROUNDabout Spring 2009

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.