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February 5
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Lillian Nicolson invites prayer for Adama, the son of Maminata Coulibaly, coordinator of the literacy program in Burkina Faso. Adama suffered a broken arm and a severe head injury when the bike he was riding collided with a motorcycle. He has been released from the hospital, but is still recovering from his head injury. Lillian and her husband Norm are Mennonite Church Canada workers currently residing in Quebec on a study leave to enhance their literacy work in Burkina Faso. |
Thanks to your support of Mennonite Church Canada, short-term resource worker Palmer Becker of Waterloo North Mennonite Church continues to teach Anabaptist theology. In Nov. and Dec. 2011, Palmer taught in China, Vietnam and Thailand. Over 60 participants in Borabu, Thailand attended the first ever inter-Mennonite seminar in that country. One participant said “(this) was a good reminder that we are part of a broader community that shares our beliefs and hopes.” |
Mennonite Church Canada’s Assembly 2012 is approaching. This year we gather for a Study Conference with the theme,Dusting off the Bible for the 21st Century, at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport July 12-15. Together we will enhance our ability to engage the Bible as the life giving foundation for living amidst the challenges of the 21st century. Plenary speakers include Tom Yoder Neufeld, Professor of Religious Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College; Gerald Gerbrandt, President of Canadian Mennonite University; Sheila Klassen-Wiebe, Associate professor of New Testament, Canadian Mennonite University; as well as video presentations by actor, director and humorist, Ted Swartz. More details will be posted online as they become available: www.mennonitechurch.ca/vancouver2012/ |
February 12
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Mennonite Church Canada is cooperating with the Burkina Mennonite Church and the Evangelical Community of Congo to develop and implement Entrepreneurship Seminars. These seminars equip youth, women’s groups and others with entrepreneurial skills that will create jobs with steady incomes, allowing them to assist their churches financially. Pray that these workshops will build self-sufficiency and growth. |
Our sincere thanks for your financial support in 2011! You have made it possible for Mennonite Church Canada’s Resource Centre to strengthen church health by circulating hundreds of loaned items across Canada to congregations for free, increase holdings by over 750 titles, and be sending 30 displays to congregational and Area Church events. Online resources alone were viewed a record 110,000 times! |
February 19
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Paul Dyck (Charleswood Mennonite Church) is serving in China for one year in the Radical Journey program through Mennonite Church Canada. Pray that his assignment of teaching English will provide a strong Christian witness to students, bearing the fruit of friendship among his students. |
Thanks to your financial generosity, Hmongspeakers can learn about their Anabaptist spiritual heritage, in their own language. A Hmong translation of the introductory brochure “What Makes a Mennonite?” was completed in December 2011 and is available from Mennonite Church Canada’s Resource Centre for use in teaching and outreach ministries. “What Makes a Mennonite?” is available in a variety of additional languages at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/1370 |
| February 26 |
As the tragic history of Indian Residential Schools continues to be revealed through the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Mennonite Church Canada is exploring how Mennonite involvement in Indian Day Schools fits into this larger story of assimilation. Pray for understanding, courage and discernment as we strive to articulate an honest history that will help bring hope and healing to our relationships with Indigenous peoples. |
Thanks to your generosity, Mennonite Church Canada’s Native Ministry is developing a new curriculum; Creation’s Harmony Way. In this study guide, twelve leading thinkers and activists explore what it means to live well with creation, and what that means practically for native and nonnative relationships here in Turtle Island – North America. Please pray for the authors as they craft their pieces, and pray for the editors too; that they might communicate this material in a way that shares the “good news” and its urgent call to action. |
67 Things: What, exactly, does Mennonite Church Canada do? If you’ve ever asked yourself that question, check out 67 Things Mennonite Church Does at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/1701.Thing #5: Together with you, we are helping three young churches in Brazil with their ambitious plan to triple the number of congregations in their respective states. |
