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

Note: This is an online version of a resource packet that gets mailed to our member congregations ten times a year. For various reasons, some items are, as indicated, - Not available online. Mennonite congregations' church offices do receive hard copies of those items not included here.

No. 36 May 2003

Spring! Easter! The renewal of the season and life is here! Our edition this month is a bit slim but still packed full of information for your church and congregation. 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 and church leaders)

Mennonite Church Canada

Prayer Requests (for your bulletin)
Your pictures needed (for your bulletin and/or bulletin board)

Christian Formation

Denominational Minister’s Office

The Parish Paper – May 2003 (purple, for pastors and lay leaders) - Not available online
Leadership in Storms: Message from the Denominational Minister – Sven Eriksson (for pastors, lay leaders, bulletin board)

Resource Centre Updates (for librarians, educators)

No. 28 – Highlighting Resources for Christian Education/Worship Planners [105 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
No. 27 – Highlighting Resources for Congregational Caregivers [108 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
No. 26 – Highlighting Resources for Worship Planners [155 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Mennonite Heritage Centre – Gallery (for Manitoba Congregations only)

Bulletin Insert – Art During Siberian Exile exhibition.

Christian Witness

A view from Witness: summary of cutbacks in ministry (Message from Robert J. Suderman – Executive Secretary Witness) (for missions committees, leaders, bulletin board)
Witness Notes for May (for your bulletin)

Support Services

Reinventing Equipping Canada
- Exciting news about an electronic version of Equipping Canada coming soon! (for pastors, lay leaders, church office administrators, committee chairs)

Beyond Mennonite Church Canada

Faith and Life Resources (for leaders, educators)

Mennonite Bulletin Series Catalogue - September 2003 to August 2004 - Not available online
Curriculum Preview 2003 – 2004 - Not available online

Canadian Mennonite University (for leaders, educators)

Vision – A Journal for Church and Theology – Spring 2003 - Not available online

Herald Press (for leaders, educators)

2003 Catalogue - Not available online

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