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Prayer Requests:
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Announcements:
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Witness Notes:
This is how your financial support of Mennonite Church Canada WITNESS
is ministering...from across the street to around the world! |
For Sunday, June 22 & 29,
2003 |
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Some Mennonite Church Canada assembly materials may
note conflicting times for the joint youth/adult worship on Saturday
evening (July 12). Please note that worship will begin at 7:30 PM.
All are invited to attend any of the assembly worship times! |
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For Sunday, July 6, 2003 |
Pray for the Mennonite Church Canada Assembly this
morning as participants gather this coming week to worship and praise
God. Ask God to guide delegates and leaders as they discern the ministries
and mission of MC Canada into the future. |
Please repeat the June 22nd and 29th announcement (above). |
Jake & Dorothy Unrau, who have worked 5 years in
Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, are completing their assignment and returning
to Canada for the summer months, before beginning new work in Germany.
The church in Zaporizhzhya has found a local couple, Ivan & Violetta
Duschenko to take over the leadership. Your support of the ministries
in Ukraine is still needed as MC Canada WITNESS provides assistance
to the Duschenko’s ongoing work. |
For Sunday, July 13, 2003 |
Today we close the annual assembly of Mennonite Church
Canada in St. Catharines. Please pray for the safe return of travelers,
and for volunteer leaders newly elected to Council, Committee, and
General Board posts. Pray that they may be enthused, energized, and
engaged in their work. Pray also for those who are continuing their
appointments. Thank God for the gifts and talents of the many committed
workers in congregations and in the wider church. |
Prayer, notes and news is a compilation of the resources
that we have been sending out under the names “Witness Notes”
and “Prayer Requests.” Using this format, all requests
for prayer, announcements, as well as ministry updates can be found
in one place in Equipping. Let us know how this works for your congregation!
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This past week, Congregational Partnership staff was
involved in a number of workshops at the Mennonite Church Canada Annual
Assembly in St. Catherines. Your gifts to MC Canada WITNESS assists
in connecting congregations with each other and with WITNESS ministries
and workers. |
For Sunday, July 20, 2003 |
Today just over 60 people are gathered in Pinawa, MB
for the final day of the Mission Seminar, where International Mission
Workers, MC Canada Witness and Mennonite Mission Network staff have
been learning from each other as they look ahead at what God has set
before them. Pray for God’s continued guidance and strength
as each one of them steps out in faith – to be God’s ambassadors,
sharing our Saviour’s reconciling love. |
For Manitoba Congregations: Caribbean Celebration.
View art and crafts from throughout the Caribbean and by Caribbean-Canadian
artists from across Canada at the MHCGallery, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd.
from July 25 – August 1. |
Today is the last day of the Witness Mission Seminar,
where new MC Canada WITNESS workers who are leaving for an assignment
and returned International workers get together for five days of orientation.
Your support of MC Canada WITNESS International Ministries assists
in preparing our mission workers as they reach out and work in cross-cultural
settings. |
For Sunday, July 27, 2003 |
Lillian Haas, MC Canada Witness worker in Burkina Faso,
has returned to her village after 7 months of language study, has
begun developing a writing system (orthography) for the Siamou language,
and is creating literacy materials. Praise God that a helper has come
forward to assist in this literacy project. Pray for an openness to
the Gospel and for effective resources to be developed. |
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Glen Witmer, MC Canada WITNESS worker in Israel, has
helped set up an intern program over the summer months for students
to experience and participate in Mennonite ministries among Palestinian
& Israeli Christian, Muslim and Jewish people. Your gifts to MC
Canada WITNESS work at keeping the different groups in dialogue –
seeking ways to bring about reconciliation and peace in Israel. |
For Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 |
Cliff and Natasha Dueck, MC Canada Witness workers
in Ukraine, are involved in Bible studies with youth on a weekly basis.
Natasha works with a group of girls and Cliff with the boys. Pray
that the time they spend with these young adults will be fruitful
as they disciple them to become followers of Jesus. |
For Der Bote readers: The Aug 6, #16 issue of Der Bote
features two Bible meditations and questions for reflection. These
are suitable both for personal use and Sunday school classes or study
groups. |
Pat & Rad Houmphan of Thailand, and Rudy &
Elsie Frose, recently returned from Brazil, are presently in Canada
speaking in churches across Canada and the US. Your financial gifts
to Mennonite Church Canada Witness will help them connect you with
stories of healing and hope in many parts of the world. |
For Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003 |
About 5,000 delegates and visitors from around the
world will converge on Bulawayo, Zimbabwe this week for the Mennonite
World Conference Assembly. Pray for God’s Spirit to be poured
out on all as they gather, worship, visit, sing and praise God. |
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Samson Lo, director of Multi-Cultural Ministry with
MC Canada WITNESS, is working at connecting leadership in churches
newer to MC Canada with Anabaptist teachings. Samson provides workshops
and resource materials translated into different languages.Your financial
support helps build up these churches and links them with the larger
church body. |
For Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003 |
Bonnie Klassen, Mission Associate to Mennonite Church
Canada Witness, writes from Bogotá, Colombia about the atrocities
that people suffer. Pray for the peace witness for the church in Colombia
as they work in the midst of this violent context. Pray that God’s
desire for peace and reconciliation becomes a reality. |
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Janet Plenert, Executive Director for International
Ministries with Mennonite Church Canada WITNESS, will attend the Global
Mission Fellowship in conjunction with Mennonite World Conference.
Your support helps realize new potential for mission as leaders partner
with each other around the world. |
For Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 |
The third session for the Leadership in a Missional
Church course will be taking place in two weeks. Pray for the resource
people as they prepare, and for the participants as they gain a clearer
understanding of how the church’s mission and our Anabaptist
identity seek to align all parts of the church with God’s purpose
and mission in the world. Pray also that the participants will feel
enabled to assist our congregations in a similar process. |
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Glyn Jones and Susan Allison-Jones, with their two
daughters, have just begun their language study and work in Botswana
this month where they will be providing leadership training with the
African Indigenous Church leaders in a region struggling to fight
against AIDs. Your financial gifts assist Glyn and Susan and local
churches to respond as God’s ambassadors to the daily realities
in these communities. |
For Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003 |
Pray today for Mennonite Publishing Network as they
work with Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada in discerning
essential resources for the church in Canada and the USA. Remember
Eleanor Snyder, recently appointed as Director of Faith and Life Resources
for Mennonite Publishing Network, as she guides this process. |
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Cheryl Woelk has been working in Korea this past year
with the Korean Anabaptist Center under the Internship program of
MC Canada WITNESS. She has renewed her commitment to continued development
of the peace program at the Korean Anabaptist Centre. Your support
helps build up resources for a people seeking Christ’s way of
peace. |
