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

No. 30 October 2002

For the month of October we have two dates to highlight: October 6th World Communion Sunday and October 14th Thanksgiving. We hope you celebrate both with song, scripture, and thoughtfulness of your family and community.

Two important surveys are included this month. Your input into these surveys will help guide staff in their work in the future. Please forward these items to either your pastor or other congregational leaders.

You can help us "do together what we cannot do alone" by ensuring the items in this issue find a home with the right person in your congregation.

- Karen Peters, Equipping Coordinator - e-mail: kpeters@mennonitechurch.ca

Inside this issue of Equipping:

General Secretary's Office

• Letter from Dan Nighswander (for your bulletin board)

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer requests for the month of October (for your bulletin)

Christian Formation

Denominational Minister's Office

• The Leadership Project - "The face of ministry in changing times" (survey) [79 kB RTF file - Help with RTF files]
• The Parish Paper (for pastors and congregational leaders) - Not available online

Worship and Spirituality

• "God our Refuge" Peace resource through song (sheet music for worship planners)

Der Bote

• Every Home Plan (EHP) subscriptions for 2003 (for German speaking readers)

Resource Centre Updates

• No. 14 - Highlighting Resources for Worship Planners (for educators) [31 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• No. 15 - Highlighting Resources for Christian Education Committees for educators) [29 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Churches (for worship planners)
• Letter from Elsie Rempel, director of Christian Education and Nurture

Faith and Life Resources

• New resources from Herald Press (for educators) - Not available online

Christian Witness

• What if the end was near? A reflection from Jack Suderman, executive secretary of Witness (for your bulletin board)
• Witness Notes (for your bulletin)
• "Stomach of a guest smaller than horn of a goat" - News Release from Peter Rempel (for your bulletin board)
• Announcing the MC Canada Speaker's Bureau! (for pastors, educators, and worship planners)

Support Services

• Leadership Journal Survey - for pastors and church leaders
  

MC USA Equipping - Binational Materials

• Not offered on this site. See MC USA's package at http://www.mph.org/equipping/