Equipping No. 103, February 2010
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Leanne Plett Equipping Coordinator

The current edition of Equipping has a focus on peace.

Janet Plenert will challenge you during tax season, and the Celebration Story on 1000 Acts of Peace will inspire you and your families, classrooms, or workplaces to make peace a “way of life.”

And be thankful.

Leanne Plett – Equipping Coordinator

Please do send us your comments and suggestions (office@mennonitechurch.ca) about this or any other item with regards to Equipping. Thank you for your partnership in the ministry of equipping the church.

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Mennonite Church Canada

• And be Thankful – Robert J. Suderman (pastors, leaders, bulletin boards, newsletters)
• Prayer, Notes & News – February 2010 (bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners)
  • Web version to view
  • PDF version to print
• 2010 Speakers Bureau (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committee, librarian etc.)
  

Christian Witness

• Peace Tax – Janet Plenert (bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners)
• Peace Tax Poster [1,100KB PDF file] (bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners)
• 1,000 Acts of Peace Poster [92KB PDF file] (bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)
• 1,000 Acts of Peace Bulletin Insert (bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)
  • Black and white [102KB PDF file]
  • Colour [113KB PDF file]
• Celebration Story: Acting for peace: a way of life (bulletin boards, leaders, worship planners, and church newsletters)
  

Christian Formation

• Children’s Stories - on-line only, based on lectionary readings (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committee, librarian etc.)
  
• Resource Update No. 2 (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
  
• Special Sunday Worship Resources: (View and download the entire Special Sunday grouping here) (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarian, etc.)
  • Church Education Sunday, Feb. 7
  • Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17

Extending our faith…

• MPN Spring Brochure and Order Form [8,950KB PDF file] - Large file, best with High Speed Internet

Note about Resources

All new resources are continuously being added to the Resource Centre Catalogue, where you can use keyword searches to find the resource you need.

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