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

No. 33 February 2003

New Year’s Greetings to you in Christ’s name! With this edition you will find our General Secretary’s report for your congregational annual meeting, part one of the Leadership summary, and a invitation to become Witness Partners.

Remember that you can help us all “do together what we cannot do alone” by ensuring the items in this issue find a home with the right person in your congregation. Thanks for your help!

- 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, leaders, and worship planners)

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer requests for the month of February (for your bulletin)
• Report to Mennonite Church Canada Congregations (pink – for your Annual Meeting)

Christian Formation

Denominational Minister's Office

• The Face of Ministry in Changing Times – Part 1 of a summary of the Leadership Project [159 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• The Parish Paper (for pastors and congregational leaders) - Not available online

Christian Education and Nurture

• Poster promoting the CD “God’s love is for Everybody!” (for your bulletin board). [69 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• “God’s Love is Always Following You” 2003 At Home Lent Resource (for worship planners at home or at church).. [330 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Resource Centre Updates

• No. 20 – Highlighting Resources for Congregational Leadership… [66 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• No. 21 – Highlighting Resources for Worship Planners… [146 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• No. 22 – Highlighting Resources for Christian Education… [160 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Second Mile – Brochure and Sample Lesson - Not available online

Christian Witness

• Congregational Partnerships
  • “Your Invitation to become Witness Partners” (for your mission or congregational meeting)
• Evangelism and Church Planting Sunday [363 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Witness Wanderers – Manitoba Performance [78 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Witness Notes for February

Support Services

• Clergy Residence Deduction Information – Revised (yellow - for church treasurers)

Beyond Mennonite Church Canada

None of these are available online. See your church office.

• Faith and Life Resources
  • Jubilee Update – Spring 2003 (purple)
  • Resources for Faith and Life – February 2003 (grey)
  • Communion Worship resources for Four Seasons (pink)
  • Vacation Bible School 2003 (yellow)
• Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
  • Continuing Education Opportunities (February to August 2003)
• Mennonite Your Way
  • Invitation to be a host family and church bulletin flyer – 2003 (salmon)

MC USA Equipping - Binational Materials

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