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Church Canada is ministering...from across the street to around
the world! |
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April5
Palm Sunday |
God rules in Humility: Forgiving and
redeeming God, we give thanks for the grace you have extended to
us through Jesus, our surprising King who rode on a donkey! –Pray
that God will grant wisdom, compassion, energy and companionship
to the many Mennonite Church Canada international workers who have
placed your call above the desires of their own hearts in order to
serve you. |
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On Sunday, March 1, Aboriginal elder,
Barb Daniels, was commissioned as a leader in the Riverton
Fellowship Circle (Manitoba). This Aboriginal congregation is partnered with
four Winnipeg Mennonite churches, Bethel, Douglas, Home Street, and
Sargent Avenue, through MC Canada Native Ministry’s Partnership
Circles. Thank you for your support of this important national ministry
and the relationships that are being nurtured through it! (WOW p.
19) |
April 10
Good Friday |
Jesus taught us to love each other:
Lord, we are blessed by your love, a love that is stronger than our
greatest fears. When we are grief-stricken by thoughts of Jesus’ crucifixion,
remind us that this Friday is considered “good” because
not even death can overwhelm your love and grace. –Pray that
seeds of the Word will be planted in the fertile soil of youth through
a new children’s ministry in Borabu, Thailand. MC Canada Witness
Workers Pat and Rad Houmphan and the Living Water Church of Borabu
are partnering with Compassion Thailand to witness to and care for
more than 100 children. |
Former Witness worker Cheryl Woelk and Hong-Soek
(Scott) Kim, were married on March 28th in South Korea. Cheryl was a MC Canada
Witness worker in Seoul, South Korea for many years at the Korea
Anabaptist Center (KAC). Thank God for the gift of Cheryl’s
long term contributions, and thank you for your support of her ministry
over the years! (WOW p. 85) |
April 12
Easter Sunday |
God whom we praise: Dear God, Deliverer of our
living Lord, we praise you for the power of your forgiving, life-giving
love! We thank you for raising Jesus from the dead to bring us forgiveness
and salvation. We thank you for the dedicated Christians who have
come before us, transformed by your love and shaping for us a legacy
of commitment to your son, Jesus. Thank you for continuing to live
in us and around us, and for showing us that your love is stronger
than sin and death. |
The Christian church
and the Aboriginal community have traveled a rocky road together.
Can this relationship be healed, and if so, what can the ordinary
person contribute to the healing? Tune in to Mennonite Church Canada’s
podcast, Church
Matters,
to learn more. |
MC Canada Witness Workers Tim and Cindy Buhler (Macau) report that a weekly English time in their home has transformed
into a Bible study. This change occurred when two university professors
who joined the group made faith commitments to Christ. With your
support, teaching English has become an invaluable way for MC Canada
Witness Workers to model Christ and share the Good News of God’s
Kingdom. (WOW p. 72) |
April 19
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Pray that Anne Garber Kompaoré,
MC Canada Witness worker in Burkina Faso, will sense God’s
leading as she determines which projects to undertake and which to
let go over the next year. The recent passing of a co-worker has
left Anne with an unusually challenging agenda. (WOW p. 45; WOW
web page) |
This web site gets over 600,000
hits and 21,000 unique visitors every month. Your support of Mennonite
Church Canada helps enable this ministry. Thank you! |
| April 26 |
Pray that the logistics of travel
to South America will come together in a smooth and timely fashion
for participants in the Mennonite World Conference
Assembly in Paraguay,
July 14-19, 2009. Pray that, through this experience, Mennonites
from around the world will better understand one another, and recognize
more clearly that which binds us together as followers of Jesus.
Pray also for new collaborative relationships in mission through
the Global Mission Fellowship. (WOW p. 123-125) |
Shane Claiborne, Michele Hershberger and Jeanette Hanson
are the speakers for the MC Canada Youth Assembly in Caronport on
July 6-10, 2009. Because of your support for youth ministry, MC Canada
is able to plan events like this. Thank you! |
