Equipping No. 39 September 2003
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

The Annual Assembly has come and gone and September is just around the corner. We hope your summer months were full of adventure and spiritual fulfillment. Our Equipping edition this month is a bit light but still packed full of information about the Assembly, Congregational Partnerships, Prayer Directory Updates and much more!

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 – email: kpeters@mennonitechurch.ca

General Secretary’s Office

• Letter from general secretary Dan Nighswander (for your bulletin board and church leaders)
  • In PDF format [192 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer, notes and news. (for your bulletin announcements and bulletin board)
  • In PDF format [108 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Formation

• Resource Updates (for librarians, educators)
  • No. 33 Highlighting Resources for Christian Education [204 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • No. 34 Highlighting Resources for Small Groups and Sunday School Classes [149 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • No. 35 Highlighting Resources for Worship Planners [99 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Witness

• Congregational Partnerships (for program volunteers, DVBS leaders or SS Superintendent)
  • Opportunities to connect to missional congregations, local, national and international. [37 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • World of Witness – directory update 2003 (to add to the printed book received in 2002) [104 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Mission Action Profile for Cuba and Thailand (bulletin insert) [30 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Support Services

• Highlights from the Annual Assembly in St. Catharines (for church leaders and the bulletin board)
  • Assembly Resolutions and "Strong Congregations" – testimony presented by Jim Brown (Home Street MC, Winnipeg) [144 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• News from the office - Message from Dan Dyck – Director of Communications -
  • Elected Church Officers and Appointments [36 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Beyond Mennonite Church Canada

Faith and Life Resources (for leaders, educators)

• Winter 2003 – 04 Catalog/ [856 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Ordering information [109 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Sunday School Order Form [92 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS)

• Continuing Education Opportunities [228 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• AMBS Interterm [200 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• The Heart of the Matter – Effective Ministerial Leadership - Pastors Week 2004 [166 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]