Equipping
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

No. 26 April/May 2002

Spring has arrived! We hope the enclosed materials will help you experience a spring of new beginnings and a new growth in your congregation. Please distribute these items to the appropriate people in your congregation as soon as possible. Special Events on our calendar for the month of May; Ascension Day May 7th, Festival of the Christian Home May 12, and Pentecost May 19.

Thanks for your help!

- Karen Peters - Equipping Coordinator
email: kpeters@mennonitechurch.ca

Inside this issue of Equipping:

General Secretary's Office

• Notes from Dan Nighswander (for your bulletin board)
• A Call for participants in Inter-Church and Inter-Faith Relations Reference Council (white for your bulletin board)

Mennonite Church Canada Prayer Requests

• Prayer requests for the month of May. These appear in our Resources» Prayer section.

Christian Formation

Denominational Minister's Office

• Meditation/Reflection: "Humans as just another weapon of war"
• The Parish Paper (not available electronically due to copyright issues)

Resource Updates

These are located in our Resource Centre» Updates pages

• No. 7 - highlighting information for Church Council Members and Pastors
• No. 8 - highlighting Resources for Worship Planners

Heritage Centre and Art Gallery

• Letter from Ray Dirks, Heritage Centre Gallery - Manitoba Only Bulletin - Not available online

Announcement

• New Events item: Making Peace with the Land - A city mouse and a country mouse talk about the pantry. A two day conference dealing with Canada's food system from a faith-based perspective.

Christian Witness

• Report from Witness Executive Secretary - Robert J. Suderman.
• Brochures - Mennonite Church Canada Witness, …. and when you pray…
  • We want to invite you and thousands of others into the Witness Prayer Net, an opportunity to become more intentionally engaged in praying for the many activities of Mennonite Church Canada Witness. We have about 7,000 people on the network already, and invite many more to sign up. Brochures are available, and a number are included in this mailing. Please display these in your church foyer. - Not available online
• Under Events» Saskatoon 2002: An invitation to engage in a Multi-Cultural Consultation reviewing Hugo Neufeld's "Diversity Project" report. July 7th
• New Life Ministries Report: Leadership & Management -off-site link, we are not responsible for content or availability of this link.
• Witness Notes - for your bulletin board

Support Services

• Annual Assembly - Registration Material announcements
• MMA - Churchwide Stewardship Council Meeting - Not available online

Beyond Mennonite Church Canada

• CMBC and AMBS; Vision - A Journal for Church and Theology (for your pastor or church library) - Not available online, contact Canadian Mennonite University
• Faith and Life Resources - 2002 - 2003 Catalog (for your church library) - Not available online, contact the Resource Centre.